After having children, Corsino realised that there weren’t any great options for families who were looking for nice places to eat. So in partnership with his sister, he opened Jugar - a cafe/restaurant with an excellent play area, where the kids can have fun while parents relax and enjoy the great food.

For more on Corsino and Jugar, visit their website.

Emma is a die hard hospitality professional. After working her way up through the industry, she started her own consulting company - At Your Own Whisk - and has also written and self published a book about her experiences in the industry.

For more information on Emma and At Your Own Whisk, visit her website.

After starting successful companies in the beauty sector, James started the phone power bank rental company Charge Buddy after seeing their popularity across Asia.

He now supplies the power bank stations to various industries including a number of hospitality venues for patrons to keep their phones charged up.

For more on James and Charge Buddy, visit their website.

Sam is the owner of Make My Day - a fantastic cafe in Woolloongabba. Since getting a liquor licence, they've also started trading as a bar, where Sam has been able to apply his strong background in and love of wine.

Outside the venue, Sam also has a roasting business called Vox Coffee and is soon to be releasing a range of teas.

Ali Hutley created Botanica with her husband Brett, a store offering amazing healthy takeaway salads. This has now grown to a chain of stores across Brisbane. Ali shares her hospitality journey and why they decided to focus on a shop selling salads.

For more information about Botanica Real Food, visit their website.

Soon after finishing university, Tristan started Wilak Media, a production house and digital marketing agency. Wilak now teams up with hospitality venues, real estate agencies and a number of other brands and businesses to run successful campaigns with excellent returns on investment.

For more information Wilak Media, visit their website.

Gus Goncalves opened Fogata Restaurant with his brother and another business partner, bringing excellent Latin food to the Brisbane scene.

While looking for a larger site, COVID hit and they decided to close the restaurant, so hopefully we will see them back in the industry very soon. Gus gives some great insight into what it takes to open a venue.

Ewen has had an involvement in launching some major brands across the world and has now turned his skills to vodka, creating Idle Hour Rye vodka with two other founders.

The brand has been very popular in the local Brisbane market and now the team is hoping to conquer the rest of Australia, before taking on the world.

Idle Hour Vodka - https://www.idlehourvodka.com/ 

Another legend of the Brisbane hospitality scene, Glenn has worked across many sectors of the industry. In this episode, we discuss Barport - the hospitality equipment supplies business he started, ran and eventually closed down.

Ken Parry created a bar that he would want to drink in and it turned out a lot of other people wanted to drink there too. He built almost all of King Lear’s Throne himself and the interior decorating is a thing of beauty. He has worked hard to establish his independent venue amongst a number of big players.

For more info on King Lear’s Throne, visit their Facebook page, here.