HUNGRY.

Tommy Banks: From hospital bed to becoming the UK’s Youngest Michelin star chef and winning Great British Menu twice


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Tommy Banks was on course to cricket-stardom.

Until a debilitating disease struck him down.

Hospitalised. Bed ridden for 2 years. His adolescence eviscerated.

In the hospital bed he piously inhaled cook books. Tommy course corrected.

He came out swinging with hell-bent drive.

🥦 The youngest chef in the UK to win a Michelin Star.

🥦 Great British Menu Winner in 2016 and 2017.

🥦 Owner of 2 Michelin Star restaurants, Roots, York and The Black Swan, Oldstead.

🥦 Owner of pub The Abbey Inn.

🥦 Owner of Made in Olstead delivery boxes

🥦 Founder of Banks Brothers Canned Wine.

SO LOVED this conversation.

A total Master Class in empathetic leadership.

When your back is against the wall, always come out swinging.

ON THE MENU:

1. Why Perfection is a curse for founders: set ridiculously high standards but move quickly

2. Why competition is for LOSERS - be a forager - create unique IP - protect it at all costs

3. How to build a culture WITHOUT ego: the difference between self-respect and ego

4. How to create systems that facilitate magic, you need a frightening amount of detail behind the scenes

5. The Principles of Great Leadership: Inspiration + Empathy = (Self) Discipline

6. The Effect of being Idle is to Spiral” (downwards)


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