Melek Erdal - Food Activism & Making A Difference

In todays episode our host, Essy Sparrow, chats to Tolu Aladejebi about her 10 year career in the Hotel Industry as well as her business -  Black in Hospitality. Black in Hospitality's vision is to create safe spaces for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in the Hospitality Industry; offering Anti-Racism Education and Workshops! You can follow Tolu on Instagram: @blackinhospitality  and follow us over at @yourservertoday  - our theme tune was written and produced by Jemima Coulter of @hailakerbro - their new album Holding is out now so check them out! 

In today's episode of Your Server Today our host Essy Sparrow chats to Tobie-Anna Durk; founder of Kelly's Cause. Kelly's Cause is the UK's leading Mental Health First Aid training for Hospitality! In this episode we chat through the reason Tobie-Anna decided to start Kelly's Cause Foundation, what kind of work it entails and the vast difference it's already making to workers in the hospitality industry!  This episode comes with a content warning:  includes mention of suicide, self harm and eating disorders You can read more about them and the work they do on their website:  https://www.kellyscause.com As well as check out their resources for wellbeing:  https://www.kellyscause.com/resources and follow their social media:  @kellyscause  As always you can follow us at @yourservertoday on Instagram  and check out the writer of our theme bop Jemima Coulter and her band Hailaker (@hailakerbro) with their new Album 'Holding' on Spotify now!

In todays episode of Your Server Today our host Essy Sparrow talks to Rahanna Bisseret Martinez; finalist of Top Chef Junior (US) who is starting out in the industry, learning from some of the best kitchens and speaking up for change in media representation for Black folk in her area.  You can check out her instagram below:  https://www.instagram.com/rahanna.bisseret.martinez/?hl=en and her article with the LA times Food:  https://www.latimes.com/food/newsletter/2020-06-06/tasting-notes-interview-rahanna-bisseret-martinez-tasting-notes we'd love to hear your feedback, you can follow us and message us on: @yourservertoday  and as always thank you to Jemima Coulter who wrote our theme song, you can check out her new album @hailakerbro or Hailaker on Spotify! 

In todays episode of Your Server Today our host Essy Sparrow talks to Ella Duran; Co-owner of Heartbreak Hotel Coffee about how her incredible Artisan Coffee and Doughnuts shop went from a small horsebox by the beach to having a shopfront and becoming a hub for local community within 3 years. Essy and Ella cover the realities of running your own business, funding a project, how to begin and the ways in which we'd love to see our industry grow to promote jobs that are seen as careers.  Show Heartbreak Hotel Coffee some love and follow them on instagram @heartbreakhotelcoffee and check out our ThemeBop Composers new album here:  @hailakerbro https://open.spotify.com/album/3EsHX6QnZU5XVed717arFh?si=Y6YZz7kJTl6EkU5y3422_g

In todays episode of Your Server Today, our host Essy Sparrow talks to Benjamina Ebuehi - Teaching Assistant turned Great British Bake Off contestant, Author and Food Photographer about her journey into baking , the Women that have inspired her and her hopes for the hospitality industry!  You can follow Benjamina at:  @bakedbybenji  and purchase her amazing cookbook at: https://linktr.ee/bakedbybenji Our Theme was written and produced by Jemima Coulter of Hailaker, you can follow them @hailakerbro or search them on Spotify for their insanely beautiful second album! Enjoy! 

In today's episode of Your Server today  our host, Essy Sparrow, chats to Melek Erdal about local food activism, how you can make a difference where you are and how food can bring people and communities together.  Meleks Instagram: @melsplaceeast  Theme Tune by: Jemima Coulter of @hailakerbro Shout out to Made in Hackney and The Producers who Mel mentions in todays episode!  Episodes release every 2 weeks on Fridays at  8pm!

In todays episode of Your Server Today our host Essy Sparrow chats to Millie Gay; A barista, latte art competitor and instagram coffee influencer about how she ended up in the industry, How Barista's can be in it for the long hall and why; after a career change into hospitality, she loves what she does. If you want to follow millie on instagram you can find her at: @thatgirlfromthecafe and as always we'd love to hear your feedback, drop us a message on instagram at @yourservertoday See you next Friday for our next episode!

In todays episode our host, Essy Sparrow chats to Anna Wellings; the owner of Multi-Award Winning Coffee Shop Charlie Fridays.  If you own a small business or you've always dreamt of opening somewhere and working for yourself, this episode is for you. Anna and Essy chat about the realities of being a small business owner, the laughs, the shocks and the ways of getting through it all.  You can follow Anna's amazing Coffee Shop: instagram: @charliefridays  website: https://www.charliefridayscoffeeshop.co.uk As always we're very thankful to Jemima Coulter for writing our theme tune you can check out her funky new album here: https://hailaker.bandcamp.com And we will see you next Friday for our next episode!

In todays episode our host, Essy Sparrow, chats to Ravinder Bhogal the award winning writer, cook, presenter and restauranteur about her career so far, her reflections and lessons on opening a restaurant and her new cookbook which poses the question - what does it mean for food to be authentic? To pre-order Ravinder's Cookbook - Jikoni: Proudly Inauthentic Recipes from an Immigrant Kitchen  www.amazon.co.uk/Jikoni-Proudly-I…nt/dp/1526601443 To Follow Ravinder Bhogal on Instagram: www.instagram.com/cookinboots/?hl=en Credit to Jemima Coulter for writing and producing our catchy af Theme Tune:  hailaker.bandcamp.com

In today's episode our host, Essy Sparrow, chats to Sabrina Gidda the executive chef at AllBright about lessons learned, teams built and how she has built an incredible career as a Chef without formal training. If you'd like to follow any of those involved in the making of this podcast see below! Host: Essy Sparrow www.instagram.com/yourservertoday/?hl=en Guest: Sabrina Gidda www.instagram.com/sabrina_gidda/?hl=en www.allbrightcollective.com Theme Tune written and produced by Jemima Coulter hailaker.bandcamp.com