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12 th February, Soul Kitchen Chester hit 10 years… and we celebrated it properly. Our little vision came to life in a room full of people who showed up, gave big, and reminded me why community still wins. With 170+ of us in the room, we managed to raise £10,232 for a charity that helped our Chester community for 10 years. We kicked off with arrival drinks from Barlounge, CHANCE Clean Cider and Wrexham Lager, and it set the tone straight away. Then we got seated and the night

Valentine’s Day in the UK didn’t always look like it does now. These days it’s everything: couple’s retreats, spa weekends, tasting menus, themed afternoon teas, city breaks, cocktail packages, rooftop igloos, immersive experiences, “Galentine’s”, “Palentine’s”, and basically any excuse to turn romance into an itinerary. But if you wind the clock back through the 1900s, Valentine’s in the UK was way simpler, and in some ways, way more intense. Less about the “experience packa

That’s the whole point of The Art of Hospitality. When we founded TAOH in November 2023, it wasn’t because we fancied another industry “talking shop”. It was built with a clear mission: change the way people view hospitality in the UK, protect the future of it, and join up a network that’s too often fragmented. Hospitality doesn’t need more noise. It needs stronger connection, better leadership, and more pride in the people doing the graft every single day. Since day one, TAO

Yep, clearly, we didn’t have enough on this year, so we thought, why not throw another challenge into the mix? But honestly, I’m so  excited about this one. We’re going all in and diving into it headfirst. After 25 years, The Chester Food and Drink Festival was about to end. Proper end. And the minute we heard that, it just felt wrong. Chester at Easter without the food and drink festival isn’t Chester. It’s one of those traditions that’s quietly become part of the city’s ide

Yesterday (Monday) we did our first ever primary school hospitality workshop at Newton Primary School in Chester… and honestly, it was epic. This was our first one. The first proper test. The first time we’ve taken Bee Our Guest  out of our heads, off the page, and into a room full of real kids. And the children at Newton were brilliant. We originally connected through their careers fair and ended up securing a full workshop slot too, which meant the pressure was properly on.

Soul Kitchen Chester. You may or may not have heard of them before. Today I’m going to change that. They’re a local, volunteer-run charity in Chester supporting people experiencing homelessness, food poverty, and serious hardship. And before anyone thinks “that’s sad but it’s not my world” it kind of is. Because hardship doesn’t always arrive with a warning. It can be a job loss, a relationship breakdown, a rent increase you can’t keep up with, your mental health dipping, a s