I'm fundraising for the future of hospitality.
Enough is enough!
Too many people in the hospitality industry suffer from poor mental health (roughly 4 out of 5). This is an industry I love and have spent the majority of my career in. I've seen the highs and the lows. I've seen successes and failures. I've experienced magical amazing management and workplace practice, and also experienced poor management.
I know that empowering your team has such a beneficial effect on a business, and caring about their mental health and wellbeing is one of the best starting points. That's why I am raising money for The Burnt Chef Project, so that they can continue with the incredible work they are currently doing, so they can grow and so they can continue to say f**k off to the stigma surrounding mental health and wellbeing in the industry I love.
The current reality is that a large proportion of the hospitality community has, or will, experience a mental health issue as a direct result of chronic stress, stigma and lack of support.
In worst case scenarios this can also lead to loss of life with hospitality having one of the highest rates of suicide against other professions.
We have to change that. The Burnt Chef Project is a globally recognised not-for-profit Social Enterprise and we are fully committed to making the hospitality profession healthier and more sustainable by focusing on people's wellbeing first by providing free supporting structures, awareness campaigns supported by market-leading training and education.
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22nd January - Since U Been Gone
Wednesday 22nd JanA rather apt song to start the new blog with as this was my first proper long run of the year, having suffer immense trauma from running so far in 2025.
My first ever run ended up in hopsital, as my running partner thought it was a good time to have an allergic reaction (told you running wasn't good for you). Followed by freezing cold runs which completely effected my chest and then an interval training which almost left me unable to walk for over a week. So today was an achievement, because as yet I am uninjured and without severe trauma.
Somehow, however, I have managed to lose my head torch so was slightly worried about running in the afternoon / early evening, but amazingly it isn't that dark at the moment, or the street lights are working. To substitute the lack of head torch, I did manage to dig out my old body torch, which I am pretty sure is missing a few straps and was - to put it nicely - a bag of shit hanging off my body. It was of absolutely no use and I will definitely not be using it again (read that of it will be used again because I don't have any other torch).
The run started off well, and continued well, as I think I now know my conversational pace. It was useful meeting a new runner at 2.5k and doing 3.5k with her, as this ensured I was not pushing too hard and that I could go the distance. It was also fun teaching her how to overcome the brain which says 'no' and 'stop' by teaching her the vital running phrases such as 'fuck off,' 'fuck you,' and the most important one ... 'fuck it.'
It was a route we have done before, but I have to say its been a long time since plodding some of those paths and it was good to be back.
It was also only meant to be an 8k, but ended up at 10k, mainly because of how childish I am unable to stop on a random figure unless it is an official finishing line, I got back to mine at 8.48km.
Obviously, this meant that I had to run a little bit further to hit the 9k mark, which I then obviously and totally missed, resulting in me running up and down my road for a further 400m, allowing me the precise distance of 10k.
The best parts however, were the half bag of haribo that was eaten before, the pizza I am now eating, the absolute lack of pain in any part of my body (first time in six months) and the fact that I felt I could keep going. I felt like I could have totally gone at least another 5k, which is quite frankly awesome.
Its great to be back.
