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charlie had one of the most notorious and hippest nightclubs in notting hill called Woodys, where no one can quite remember all the stories.
time moved on and charlie set up draft house

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Will describes finding success through continuous mistakes, ultimately taking a restaurant lease on Commercial Road and cost saving meant using the existing grill and Hawksmoor was born from there. Along the way Hawksmoor reached amazing milestones of attracting investment from Graphite capital to conquering New York and shortly to open in Chicago.

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Ben oozes luxury and really has seen the best of the best. Former editor of Square Meal and now writes for Telegraph Luxury, The Evening Standard amongst others.
We talk about the prevailing trends in London and the soon to open ultra luxury hotels.

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Stefan is the editor of Restaurant magazine , seeing trends come and go.
We cover off everything from challenges whilst also relishing the comeback of big names including Jeremy King, Jamie Oliver etc.

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Put simply, Guy wanted to creat a hospitality business with everything else wrapped around it. Maslow is the mothership and from that was born Mortimer House followed by 1 Warwick and the acclaimed Nessa restaurant,  both redefining high end hospitality with dining, offices, bars etc.

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Olly met Charlie playing rugby on the beach in Thailand. A while later they realised they are perfect partners to pioneer a new way of working, blending the office with hospitality.
The Office Group was born long before the competition came to town, however, they were wisely advised that this was coming.
Olly and Charlie went from strength to strength still working out how to make things even better again.
Hospitality? That’s a smile

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Karan was always set on applying himself to food and hospitality. Pure passion and attention to detail. Leaving an excellent academic career and qualifications, Karan went to work in kitchens chopping onions.
Tales of hospitality abound, in the end, hospitality is defined as a warm fuzzy feeling

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Robin has been recognized by a number of awards such as “Retailer of Year” awarded by MCA, “Group Restauranteur” awarded by Catey, “Icon Winner” at the annual Peach Factory Hero & Icon Awards, and received an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for outstanding services to hospitality in 2016.
Incredible pearls of wisdom including Robin’s five “P’s”.
Description of hospitality ? One word - life.

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Contrary to my expectations, Rik had never visited India prior to opening Kricket in Brixton.
Kricket is one of the most successful modern Indian restaurant brands branching out into delivery and most recently into an award winning coctail bar, Soma in Soho.
Rik believes hospitality is how it makes you feel and Ive gone one step further in what I learnt in Malta.

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James had a passion for street food and being fed up with media and other ventures, made the plunge to source a pizza oven. A pilgrimage to Naples followed with purchasing their very own Italian mobile pizza oven which they drove through Italy and all the way back to London.