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Brits Abroad - Mick Cooper

Mick CooperMick Cooper has spent the past four years battling Bulgarian bureaucracy in an attempt to set up a chef and restaurant school in the deprived area of Vidin. He speaks to Janet Harmer about his frustrations
Posted: 11 May 2012 | 12:42

Brits Abroad - Mark Silver

Mark SilverMark Silver has created an oasis at Le Mas Candille, a luxury 46-bedroom hotel with a Michelin-starred restaurant, in the south of France. He speaks to Janet Harmer about the challenges of launching a business overseas and enjoying a drink with Brad Pitt
Posted: 27 April 2012 | 09:14

Brits Abroad - Nigel Didcock

Nigel DidcockNigel Didcock is executive chef and food and beverage team leader at the Granite Club in Toronto, Canada. He has set up a scholarship enabling British and French chefs to work in Canada. Janet Harmer spoke to him
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 11:06

Brits Abroad – George Jardine

George JardineScottish-born George Jardine is an award-winning chef working in South Africa where he ran his critically acclaimed restaurant, Jardine, in Cape Town, before opening his current eaterie at Jordan wine farm in Stellenbosch. He speaks to Kerstin Kühn
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 17:12

Brits Abroad - Matthew Clarke

Matthew ClarkeMatthew Clarke, 33, is head chef of the Malvina House hotel in the Falkland Islands' capital, Port Stanley. Despite its remoteness, he tells Janet Harmer how he loves the islands' beauty, lack of crime and cheap beer
Posted: 09 March 2012 | 11:01

Brits Abroad – Marc Fosh

marc foshIn 2002, Marc Fosh became the only British chef to have gained a Michelin star in Spain, where he has lived for 20 years. He now runs three restaurants in Palma de Mallorca with business partner Robert Bragagnolo. He speaks to Kerstin Kühn
Posted: 10 February 2012 | 08:45

Brits Abroad - Paul & Tania Slijper

Paul and Tania SlijperPaul and Tania Slijper opened the nine-bedroom Hotel L'Avenida in Soller, on the north-west coast of Majorca, in 2007 after extensive renovation work. They share their experiences with Janet Harmer
Posted: 13 January 2012 | 16:40

Brits Abroad - Jamie Unwin

Jamie UnwinJamie Unwin is the food and beverage director at the Mark hotel in New York, USA, where he enjoys the tip-based culture, but not the long working hours. He speaks to Janet Harmer
Posted: 16 December 2011 | 12:11

Migration cap making life tough for restaurant businesses

The migration cap is making life tough for London businesses, particularly in the restaurant sector. A survey of 123 firms by the London Chamber of Commerce found that 23% had found it difficult to fill vacancies as a result of the cap, introduced in April this year...
Posted: 08 December 2011 | 12:21

Brits Abroad - Andrew Milton

Andrew MiltonAndrew Milton is the general manager of the luxury resort, the One&Only Le Saint Géran, in Mauritius. He explains to Janet Harmer how working overseas can take you out of your comfort zone
Posted: 01 December 2011 | 12:25

Brits Abroad - Tom Matterface

Tom MatterfaceTom Matterface is the executive chef of corporate dining at a major bank, looking after three sites for the Compass Group. He tells Janet Harmer why he has decided to settle in Charlotte, North Carolina
Posted: 30 November 2011 | 10:38

Government plans 'curry college' to train British workers in Asian cooking

Communities secretary Eric Pickles is to launch a "curry college" to teach British workers how to perfect the art of Asian and Oriental cooking, as part of the Government's new strategy on integration, to be published soon...
Posted: 21 November 2011 | 10:40

Brits Abroad - Francesca Blench

Francesca BlenchLondon-born Francesca Blench is a freelance hotel marketing and communications consultant working for several hotels, including the Villa Crespi, in Italy. She tells Janet Harmer what attracted her to life overseas
Posted: 18 November 2011 | 12:23

Brits Abroad - Robert Whitfield

Robert WhitfieldBrighton-born Robert Whitfield is general manager of the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii. He tells Janet Harmer how a well executed plan got the hotel through the Japanese tsunami
Posted: 10 November 2011 | 15:20

Brits Abroad - Chrissy Veltman

Chrissy VeltmanChrissy Veltman combines two jobs in Ontario, Canada. She tells Janet Harmer about working during the summer at the Delta Grandview Resort and at Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Area in the winter
Posted: 30 September 2011 | 16:34

Brits Abroad - Kevin Barron

Kevin BarronKevin Barron is executive chef at the 134-bedroom Ole-Sereni hotel in Nairobi. He explains to Janet Harmer that, despite being robbed at gunpoint, he loves the challenge of his first job overseas
Posted: 02 September 2011 | 16:19

Brits Abroad – Alex Willats

Alex WillatsAlex Willats, acting general manger of the 517-bedroom Dusit Thani Bangkok, tells Janet Harmer how working overseas has helped broaden his skills
Posted: 12 August 2011 | 15:48

A letter from Dubai...

With Dubai emerging from the economic doldrums to once again become a magnet for hospitality professionals, Learnpurple chief executive Jane Sunley captures the conditions in a letter from the emirate...
Posted: 29 April 2011 | 16:42

Ethnic restaurateurs call for migration cap changes

ethnic dishesOperators in the £3b ethnic restaurants sector have called on the Government to rethink its stringent new rules on bringing in workers from non-EU countries, a week after they were introduced. Under a new annual limit introduced on 6 April...
Posted: 14 April 2011 | 17:13

Skilled migrant workers are crucial to hospitality

Mark LewisThe industry rejoiced when David Cameron spoke so tub-thumpingly about tourism back in the summer. He said: "Tourism presents a huge economic opportunity,...
Posted: 26 November 2010 | 12:55

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