Jessica Parrish, former commercial director at Time Out Market, is a food, restaurant and property expert with over 20 years’ experience working in the sector. She’ll be joining Peter Martin, founder of the Atlantic Club, and his remarkable panel of leading operators — including Richard Hodgson, CEO of YO!, talking about the opportunities, as well as the pitfalls to be avoided, when taking restaurant and bar brands ‘global’.
Another new speaker for 2020 is Oli Ingham, creative marketing lead at Wahaca. He’ll be at the show on Thursday 26 March for The Casual Dining / Supersonic Inc Marketing Podcast panel, hosted by Mark McCulloch. It’ll also feature Libby Andrews from Pho, Anna-Marie Mason from Mitchells & Butlers, and Sara Stark from Dishoom.
Our next Q&A features Steve Hill, operations director at Bone Daddies, which runs Japanese-inspired Ramen bars, Izakaya and Yōshoku restaurants in London. Prior to joining the company in 2018, his previous roles included operations director at Jamie’s, Novus and TGI Fridays UK.
Meet Laura Morris, co-founder of Yard & Coop, which specialises in serving up buttermilk fried chicken with tasty sides, classic cocktails and craft beer. She will be taking part in our ‘Next Big Thing panel’ (on 25 March), alongside Mark Wogan from Homeslice and Andrew Macleod from Emilia’s Crafted Pasta.
Meet Steve Phillips, operations director at modern Thai eatery Busaba. A new speaker for 2020, he’s looking forward to taking part in our ‘Casual Dining Ops Director’ panel session (on 26 March), alongside Bone Daddies’ Steve Hill, Browns’ Dave Lewis, Dishoom’s Brian Trollip and (session chair) Simon Stenning, founder of FutureFoodservice.com.
Chris Stagg, operations director at The Peach Pub Company, calls Casual Dining “relevant, inspiring and fun”. An experienced operator, with a strong people-focus, he boasts over 25 years’ in hospitality (including, prior to joining Peach Pubs in 2015, senior roles at Brunning & Price and Hall & Woodhouse).
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…
Meet Simon Allison, Head of Marketing at Inception Group — 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.