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Back of House. Front of Mind.

Honest conversations with the people shaping hospitality.

Chefs. Bartenders. Operators. Hotel leaders. Creatives. Mental health experts. People who've lived it.

We get behind the polished service to talk about pressure, ambition, culture, identity, leadership, mental health and what it actually takes to build a life in hospitality.

HOSPO STORIES. REAL PEOPLE.

THE
PEOPLE
BEHIND
HOSPITALITY.

Careers, culture, pressure, purpose and the stuff that doesn't make the Instagram post.

LATEST EPISODES

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PEOPLE WHO'VE JOINED US

Hospitality has a lot to say.

We sit down with people across the industry — from emerging voices to some of the people leading its biggest teams, businesses and cultural conversations.

PEOPLE + CULTURE

Jai McNaughton

Talent & Acquisition Manager at Accor

HOTEL LEADERSHIP

Chris Hamilton

General Manager, Crown Towers Perth

PEER SUPPORT

Amanda Muir

CEO, Alike

HOSPITALITY + BUSINESS

Courtney James Smith

Hospitality entrepreneur & community builder

INCLUSION + CULTURE

Erin English-O'Connell

Hospitality leader & social inclusion specialist

PEOPLE + POLICY

John Parker + Meerna Shah

Marriott International People & Culture leaders

And many more chefs, operators, founders, psychologists, educators and hospitality people across Western Australia.

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WHAT GETS TALKED ABOUT?

Hospitality — beyond the job title.

Career highs. Bad shifts. Great teams. Burnout. Ambition. Identity. Leadership. Alcohol. Creativity. Community. Mental health.

The podcast isn't about making hospitality look broken. It's about understanding the people inside it — what drives them, challenges them and keeps them coming back.

MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP CAREER CULTURE BURNOUT IDENTITY CREATIVITY CONNECTION BUSINESS WELLBEING

WHO GETS BEHIND THE MIC?

People with something worth sharing.

01

Hospitality people

Chefs, bartenders, operators and hospitality professionals with stories and perspectives from inside the industry.

02

Leaders

People shaping teams, venues, workplace culture and the future of hospitality.

03

Experts

Psychologists, researchers and specialists who can make complex ideas useful to hospitality people.

04

Interesting humans

People with lived experience, big ideas or a perspective that might make someone else think differently.

PULL UP A CHAIR

Someone we should talk to?

We're always interested in hospitality people doing interesting things — and people willing to have a real conversation.

Nominate yourself, someone from your team or someone whose story you think the industry should hear.

You don't need a huge profile. You need a perspective.

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