The Burnt Chef Journal

Kris Hall speaks with Jonathan Howell

This week on The Burnt Chef Journal, Kris is joined by Jonathan Howell, the Executive Chef for Sommerro House in Oslo, Norway.

After choosing the career path from school at the age of 15, Jonathan went on to become the youngest chef in Norway to gain a Michelin star at Le Canard.

However, Jonathan, a well established fine dining chef, spent time in his early career in the hostile environments we are unfortunately too familiar with and that we're seeing getting further attention in recent press.

Jonathan has since made a conscious effort to create environments where this behaviour is not tolerated. This is greatly aided by the laws and culture in Norway.

In this episode, Kris and Jonathan discuss the glaring juxtaposition we’re seeing between the dark days of old and the brighter days modern hospitality brings.

Hulya Erdal interviews Sjoukje Gummels - Threads of Healing

This week's episode is the second episode from our guest host series. Hulya interviews...

Hulya is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador and has over 20 years hospitality experience as a professional chef, teacher, mentor, apprenticeship leader, business owner, consultant and coach. Hulya has joined The Burnt Chef Journal as a guest host to launch her 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who can delve deeper into mental health and wellbeing.

Hulya's guest this week is Sjoukje Gummels.

Sjoukje Gummels is a Shamanic Practitioner and a mother of two. She works with energy healing disciplines such as Reiki, Regression Therapy and Shamanic Healing. Sjoukje has trained with world-renowned teachers in Shamanism in the West: Sandra Ingerman Imelda Almqvist and Joan Parisi Wilcox. Sjoukje offers guided meditation classes for healing and self-revelation. Offering people a safe space to release, relax and re-energise.

 

Within this episode, Sjoukje will give us a short guided meditation for us to connect with our senses. Let us know how it made you feel! 

Jim Taylor meets Chris Williams

This week's episode sees our guest host Jim Taylor with guest speaker Chris Williams. Jim Taylor is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador based in Canada and his goals are focused on doing what he can to improve the overall state of the hospitality industry after having grown up in it and witnessing firsthand the challenges it and the people working in it face. Jim's guest this week is Chris Williams who is the Director of Training and Brand Culture at Walk On's Sports Bistreaux and has been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years. Chris and the team at Walk On's Sports Bistreaux work tirelessly to ensure their culture outpaces their growth. While they are growing rapidly from the South Eastern states, and heading across the US, they as a brand lead every decision with their culture - ensuring they don't lose who they are and what they represent in the process. Thank you Jim for a great episode!

Merry Xmas & 5 Mins of Mindfulness

In a slight change to our usual episodes - CEO/Founder of the Burnt Chef Project wishes our loyal listeners a Merry Christmas and takes the opportunity to share a mindfulness audio track that he has found useful over the last year. 

 

It's a busy time of the year and often our senses can get overloaded. Hopefully this short 5 minute audio track will help you feel grounded and guide you into a calmer space.

The clip starts at 1 minute 24 seconds.

 

Thank you for your continued support over 2022 and we look forward to providing you with more stigma busting content in 2023.

 

Thank you to Psychology Tools for the audio clip.

Hulya Erdal interviews Paula Gardner - Human Givens Approach to Tackling Mental Illness

This weeks episode sees the first from our guest host series. Hulya interviews...

 

Hulya is a Burnt Chef Project Ambassador and has over 20 years hospitality experience as a professional chef, teacher, mentor, apprenticeship leader, business owner, consultant and coach. Hulya has joined The Burnt Chef Journal as a guest host to launch her 6 episode mini-series focussed on speaking with guests who can delve deeper into mental health and wellbeing.

 

Hulya's guest this week is Paula Gardner who is a psychotherapist and counsellor using The Human Givens approach. The Human Givens is all about making sure that every one of us gets our emotional needs met, making it a wonderful foundation for building great teams and workplaces. It’s also a strong part of making sure that we raise your profile in a way that suits you, and fulfil your needs. 

 

The Human Givens approach is actually one of the original pieces of inspiration that Founder Kris Hall researched when he looked to start The Burnt Chef Project so this episode is definitely not to be missed!

 

If you wanted to learn more about the Human Givens approach, Paula or Hulya please see the links below as well as FREE access to the Human Givens Emotional Needs Audit.

 

Thanks Hulya - looking forward to next weeks episode! 

 

 

The Emotional Needs Audit (hgi.org.uk)

Paula Gardner - Visibility Coaching (scarletthinking.com)

Hulya Erdal - Coaching Female Professionals & Leaders - The Recipe for Life

Jack Ellis - Exploring ADHD and Neurodiversity

This week Kris is joined by Global Neurodiversity Lead and Snr Client Partner for Yahoo, Jack Ellis. 

 

Jack and Kris met each other at This Can Happen Global awards earlier in the year which was setup specifically to tackle issues around mental health, diversity and inclusion and workplace safety. 

 

Jack joins us on The Burnt Chef Journal to talk openly and passionately about his diagnosis of ADHD a few years ago. In the conversation Jack and Kris also explore all manner of subjects including neurodiversity, having intrusive thoughts, medication and challenging why's!

 

An awesome episode with open conversation and a few laughs - don't miss it!

Tackling the Rising Cost in Hospitality - Staff Canteen/Rational

This week we are sharing the Staff Canteen conversation, in partnership with Rational, that we were invited to be part of in October 2022. 

 

The conversation was hosted by The Burnt Chef Project Non-Exec and Staff Canteen Editor, Cara Houchen. The stellar panel consisted of:

 

• Rehan Uddin - Indi-Yang/Asian Restaurant Owners Network
• Ollie Williamson - The Fat Duck
• Elliot Hill - Chester Grosvenor
• Tom Bainbridge - The Tilbury
• Kris Hall - The Burnt Chef Project

 

This conversation aimed to tackle some of the main pinch points when it comes to managing costs. There were some great ideas and experiences shared when it comes to tackling the rising costs in hospitality.

 

If you’ve enjoyed this panel and want to know more, you can sign up for a FREE 10-minute webinar with RATIONAL today, the link is below.

Click https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JX5CTBW to register for a FREE 10-minute webinar with RATIONAL

 

Nikki Bond - Martin Lewis’ Money and Mental Health Policy Institute

This week Nikki Bond joins us from Martin Lewis’ Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. Which was setup to specifically tackle the relationship between finances and mental health.

 

Kris and Nikki discuss many different subjects relating to finances and it’s impact on our mental health as well as the impacts the our mental health can have on our finances. As Kris said on the episode, he’s been in debt, he knows how it feels and you aren’t alone. If you have been impacted by the topics discussed on today’s episode please contact any of the following services and remember.

 

We’ve got your back

 

Help and Support | The Burnt Chef Project

 

Sign Up for the Money and Mental Health Community: https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/community/

Get Advice on Mental Health and Money (UK): Managing mental health and money : Mental Health & Money Advice (mentalhealthandmoneyadvice.org)

Access Support (UK): Citizens Advice or StepChange Debt Charity - Free Expert Debt Advice.

Access Support (USA): Debt Relief - Money Advice USA

Access Support (Canada): Managing debt - Canada.ca and Home - Debt Advice Canada

Access Support (Aus): Help when you're in debt | ACCC and Debt Advice Australia - Australia's Debt Advice Specialists (debt-advice-australia.com)

Access Support (NZ): New Zealand Debt Management - The Treasury |and Debt management - reduce debts and get help - MoneyHub NZ

Bonus Episode - Changing Kitchen Culture Anna Haugh, Taylor Bonnyman & Robin Gill

In this special episode recorded LIVE at Commercial Kitchen and Catering Show in September 2022, we discuss company culture which has never been such a hotly discussed topic as it is now.

We receive no training on it, you can’t easily measure it, and yet it can make or break a successful team and business.

Join Cara Houchen and Kris Hall from The Burnt Chef Project and their incredible panel of Anna Haugh, Taylor Bonnyman and Robin Gill as they talk about the challenges and successes when it comes to changing cultures within the kitchen environment.

Emily Hamilton - Exploring Trans

We tend to take being able to come to work FOH, BOH or Management as ourselves for granted.

However, living with mental illness or the stress of living inside ourselves as a different person to the one we bring to work isn’t something we can always identify with. But that was the reality for Emily Hamilton for most of her working life. Until 2019, when she came out.

“I knew something was very different about me when I was six years old,” says Emily. “By the time I was eleven I knew that I was trans.”

Emily is Vice President of Strategic Change at RS Components who provide PPE to the hospitality community and Director of Trans in the City. She has joined us on The Burnt Chef Journal to discuss the topic of diversity and inclusion as we spoke, and I learned more about, LGBTQ+ and more specifically what it's like to live life as a trans woman.

 

Emily and I discuss the importance of having a supportive employer whilst we also open up conversations around this important subject so that we share with you and work towards further improvements our industry.

 

Thank you for your time Emily and valuable insight!