Ann Elliott | Founder Ann Elliott Hospitality

03/14/23 • 32 min

Ann is a hospitality strategist with extensive sales, marketing and operational experience working with and for such brands as Pizza Hut, Beefeater and Whitbread, where she was responsible for 280 pubs across the UK.

With more than 30 years of living and breathing hospitality, Ann has a genuine love for - and deep understanding of - the industry and spends her days - and nights - bringing valuable insights, like-minded people, and creative solutions together, often over a great meal or drink in one of London’s world-famous bars, pubs and restaurants.

In this episode:

Ann shares how she fell in love with hospitality and the occasion of eating out
Why hospitality encourages entrepreneurship and how the sector works better together
The work the industry needs to do to be more inclusive and foster diversity at all levels - but especially at the board level
Why operators need to embrace technology or risk being left behind
And shares her dinner party staple

We’ve got the ingredients that’ll help your business grow.
Find out how more than 6000 bars, pubs and restaurants use me&u to make every guest feel like a local.

visit the me&u website now!

In this episode:

Ann shares how she fell in love with hospitality and the occasion of eating out
Why hospitality encourages entrepreneurship and how the sector works better together
The work the industry needs to do to be more inclusive and foster diversity at all levels - but especially at the board level
Why operators need to embrace technology or risk being left behind
And shares her dinner party staple

We’ve got the ingredients that’ll help your business grow.
Find out how more than 6000 bars, pubs and restaurants use me&u to make every guest feel like a local.

visit the me&u website now!

Previous Episode

Nick Stone pt. 2 | CEO and founder, Bluestone Lane

We continue the conversation with Nick Stone, founder and CEO of Bluestone Lane. Nick took Melbourne’s famed coffee culture and brought it to the US a decade ago and now flat whites and avocado smash are served at more than 60 Bluestone Lane cafes and coffee shops around America.

Last time we spoke about creating culture, the importance of rituals, the value cafes provide communities and whether the cost of a coffee should increase. And that’s where we pick up the conversation.

In this episode:

Nick speaks about sustainability and how the company implements values into its operations

Reveals the secrets to working with family happily and successfully

The international expansion plans for Bluestone Lane and why he won’t “take beer to the pub”

And shares his favourite eggplant parmigiana recipe

We’ve got the ingredients that’ll help your business grow.
Find out how more than 6000 bars, pubs and restaurants use me&u to make every guest feel like a local.

visit the me&u website now!

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Daragh Kan | Fancy Hank’s, 100 Burgers Group, Mr Yum

In 2007 Darah opened his first pub, the Mercat Cross in Melbourne’s CBD, and has since created a growing empire that includes some of Melbourne’s most loved bars and restaurants, including Fancy Hank’s, Welcome to Thornbury, Natural History and Good Heavens to name a few, while also building fast casual brands Mr Burger and Belle’s Hot Chicken.

The 100 Burgers Group, of which Daragh is a director, now employs hundreds of people and plays a vital role in creating Melbourne’s famed food culture.

In this episode:

Daragh opens up on what he wishes he knew before starting out in the hospitality industry
Talks about the role technology plays his venues - and in the sustainable future of the industry
Why he still loves hospitality and the reason he’s bullish on the future of Melbourne’s CBD
The reason kobe beef holds a special place in his heart and he shares his knock-out sichuan eggplant recipe

We’ve got the ingredients that’ll help your business grow.
Find out how more than 6000 bars, pubs and restaurants use me&u to make every guest feel like a local.

visit the me&u website now!