Our next Speaker Q&A features Mark Wogan, co-founder and creative director of Homeslice. He was instrumental in designing and conceptualising the transformation of the original street food business (founded in 2011) into a restaurant offering, and will be taking part in our ‘Next Big Thing panel’ (on 25 March), alongside Andrew Macleod, founder of Emiliaâs Crafted Pasta, and Laura Morris, co-founder of Yard & Coop.
Simon Potts is MD of The Alchemist, the multi-award winning bar and restaurant brand famed for its cocktail creations and theatrical venues. In this new speaker Q&A, he shares his thoughts on the casual dining trends to watch, the significant influence of social media, and why food delivery is here to stay…Â
Meet Simon Allison, Head of Marketing at Inception Group â a collection of twelve London venues (Bunga Bunga, Cahoots, Mr Fogg’s, Barts & Maggie’s) that focus on offering unique and memorable experiences.
Dishoom’s Brian Trollip will be taking part in our ‘Casual dining ops director panel’ (on 26 March), with Stephen Hill from ramen chain Bone Daddies.
In our next Q&A, Mark Teed shares some fascinating insights into his role as food strategy & implementation manager at Star Pubs & Bars. He’ll be taking part in the Menu Innovation for Multi-Site Pubs panel, on opening day (25 March), in our new Pub & Bar Keynote Theatre.
For Simon Stenning, founder of FutureFoodservice.com, Casual Dining is a “brilliant melting pot of ideas, innovations and insight”. He’ll be back at the show on opening day (10.15am, 25 March) sharing exclusive new research from his Future of Foodservice 2030 report
Nisha Katona is the CEO, executive and development chef of Mowgli Street Food. In the five years since she founded her first restaurant in Liverpool (while still working full time as a Barrister), she’s opened nine more sites across the UK (number 11, in Bristol, is coming soon), become a familiar face on TV, written three cookbooks, featured twice on the Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 list, and been awarded a MBE for services to the Food Industry.
Kicking off our 2020 Speaker Q&A series in style â here’s Baton Berisha, MD of The Ivy Collection. Don’t miss his highly-anticipated Keynote interview at the show on Thursday 26 March.
Simon Potts, MD of The Alchemist Bars & Restaurants, is making his Casual Dining speaker debut this year. In his opening day Keynote âFrom cocktails to coversâ, he’ll be discussing how the brand has evolved from a late-night bar to all day dining serving around 25,000 covers a week.
Next up is Jo Fleet, MD of Flat Iron, whoâll be taking part in an exclusive panel session on ‘Coping with Crisisâ. Head to Casual Dining’s Keynote Theatre 2 on opening day to hear expert advice from Jo â plus the Yummy Pub Coâs Tim Foster, MEATliquorâs MD Scott Collins, Brian Keeley-Whiting, owner of Whiting & Hammond, and Simon Stenning, founder of FutureFoodservice.com â on how to protect yourselves, your teams, your customers, your property and your brand in the event of disaster. Prior to joining Flat Iron in 2017, Jo was MD at Wahaca for seven years. She also spent over…