When Everything Falls into Place: A Lunch Full of Hospitality
Recently, I walked into a restaurant where everything simply clicked. The exterior was so inviting that I didn’t even consider looking further. One of those places where you just know it’s going to be a good experience. [Read More…]

Focus in Hospitality: Between Passion and Market Pressure

In my consulting work, I often meet entrepreneurs struggling with the same question: how do you stay true to your concept in a market that demands “cheap, big, and greasy”? It’s a dilemma I not only observe, but have experienced myself.

The Dream Start
With a love for cooking and the craft, I wanted to create affordable dishes made entirely from fresh, homemade ingredients. [Read More…]

Hospitality is not service. It is emotion.

In my early years in hospitality, I worked as a bartender in a new bar so luxurious and special that it felt as if you had stepped into Paris. [Read More…]

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Transparency: a Lesson from Amsterdam

During my years as a consultant in the Netherlands, not every assignment left me with a good feeling. One particular case in Amsterdam, working for a major brewery, taught me a very clear lesson. Back then, breweries often provided large loans to bar owners who sold plenty of their beer. [Read More…]

I Want to Be a Chef…
What starts as a childhood hobby—making snacks for birthdays at the age of ten—turns into a hospitality career that spans more than 40 years. Like many kids, I once dreamed of becoming a police officer or a vet. But eventually, I found my way into the kitchen. [Read More…]