The Burnt Chef Journal Podcast

The Burnt Chef Journal

The Burnt Chef Project
Welcome to the regular addition of The Burnt Chef Journal hosted by Kris Hall founder of The Burnt Chef Project. Join us as we explore mental health and wellbeing within the hospitality world and talk openly with our guests about the journey through their careers and experiences with mental health and stress. Listen whilst prepping, on your break, at the gym or at home as we discuss what a mentally healthy hospitality workplace looks like. We hope that you enjoy the content and that you find the open conversations refreshingly honest, relatable and potentially provide some tools to use to benefit you or your team.
Leigh Evans - Raw and Unfiltered
This weeks guest is Leigh Evans. I am lucky enough to have followed Leigh's career since he became an Acorn Award winner back in 2013. He joins us on The Burnt Chef Journal podcast to talk about his journey through hospitality and how from a young age working in his family's pub he fell in love with the hospitality industry.   Leigh has always been a driven individual but in this episode he talks about his unfiltered experiences and reflects on the cost of aiming for notoriety.   Thanks for coming on the podcast Leigh and we hope to have you back soon!
Jul 28, 2021
1 hr 7 min
FINK - Challenging Mental Health Stigma through Food
Fink are a social enterprise street food and events and caterer who are on a mission to break down mental health stigma, one bite at a time.    Through epic food experiences, their mission is to blow the mental health conversation wide open and encourage our customers to be more conscious of their own mental wellbeing.   By providing information, supporting services and raising awareness they are promoting positive mental health attitudes and encouraging people to make positive steps to improve their own mental health. 
Jul 15, 2021
1 hr
Masaki Sugisaki - Exploring Japanese Culture and Wellbeing
This weeks guest is Japanese chef Masaki Sugisaki who joins us to talk about his experiences of training to be a chef in a Japanese restaurant in Japan and how the culture was a lot tougher than in European kitchens.    The conversation with Masaki was both insightful and inspiring as we explore the subject of resilience, mental health, leadership, music and Japanese cuisine.    Thanks to Masaki for joining us this week and we look forward to seeing you all again next week.   
Jul 8, 2021
1 hr 3 min
Emeka Frederick - Profound and Positive!
This weeks guest is Emeka. He co-founded Chuku's - the world's first Nigerian tapas restaurant. His goal is to positively change the way the world thinks about Africa and help retell the story of this beautiful continent as well as inspire creativity and entrepreneurship. An amazing guest this week and one you shouldn't miss!
Jul 2, 2021
1 hr 16 min
Ross (Cotswold Chef) - Nutrition, Wellbeing and Me
This weeks episode sees our guest Ross join us to talk about his personal experience of hospitality and what the subject of wellbeing means to him.   Ross, CNC's one man band, is a trained nutrition coach and professional chef. Having worked in high end and Michelin starred kitchens for a lot of his chef career, Ross' passion for food shows through in how his dishes look and taste, and his attention to detail. ​ Being a keen sportsman has led Ross to become more and more interested in nutrition and how it affects training, so much so he has trained with NASM* to become a Nutrition Coach.
Jun 24, 2021
1 hr 2 min
Joar Svensson - Sports Performance Psychology
This weeks guest is Joar Svensson from Ascension who joins me to talk about all things performance psychology, effective communication, motivation and mental health.    This is an episode that you can't miss. There were so many take away points from this episode and as an added BONUS to our listeners we will be hosting a FREE motivation workshop with Joar on Friday 2nd July. You can register for this event by going to our Eventbrite page here: Register Here
Jun 17, 2021
1 hr 41 min
Peter & Laura - Mental Health and Key Takeaways!
This weeks guests are Peter and Laura who join me from their business The Greenman in Ashbourne, Derbyshire.    Laura speaks about her experience of ill mental health as a result of an operation where her heart stops and how together they manage her mental illness whilst running multiple businesses and encouraging staff to talk openly about their own wellbeing. Thanks Laura and Peter!
Jun 11, 2021
1 hr 4 min
Erik Love - Meditation Coach
This weeks guest is Erik Love who joins us all the way from Brooklyn, New York to chat about working in hospitality from chef to barman to GM and how his journey in life led him to become a meditation and mindfulness coach.    This is a great episode with loads of useful tips on how to begin on your journey to a more mindful life.    If you are interested in coming onto the Burnt Chef Journal please email [email protected] to register your interest.  
Jun 3, 2021
58 min
At The Sauce - An Interview With Kris
This weeks episode a 'reverse' interview as Kris sits down to speak with Alex from At The Sauce podcast.   A great episode for those who aren't familiar with where The Burnt Chef Project started or are new to joining us.    Huge thanks to Alice for providing this platform to help us spread the message. Do go over and listen to her podcast when you get a moment!   At the Sauce is a podcast about food stories. Join Alex Ryder and Karis Bouher as they talk to fellow food lovers about their stories. You'll be hearing from people with different backgrounds, including producers, home cooks, and restaurateurs.
May 27, 2021
43 min
Jeremy Fox - Don't Miss This Episode
Jeremy Fox gets personal about his struggle the stress and anxiety that comes with being a very talented, highly acclaimed chef. In this episode Jeremy kindly joins us to talk about what happened when he opened Ubuntu, the restaurant that first brought him fame and then nearly ruined his life.   Jeremy shares some of the most hard hitting life lessons that we've heard to date. This is one NOT to miss.    For more information about The Burnt Chef Project please head over to our website: www.theburntchefproject.com
May 20, 2021
51 min
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