WHY HOSPITALITY?
Hospitality looks after everyone. We need to look after hospitality.
Hospitality is where we celebrate, connect, eat, drink, work, gather and belong.
Behind the service, creativity and energy of the industry are people working in fast-paced, demanding and often unpredictable environments.
Healthy Mind Menu exists to make sure the mental health and wellbeing of those people stays on the menu too.
PEOPLE. HEALTHY
VENUES. HEALTHY
INDUSTRY.
WHY IT MATTERS
Hospitality is built on people.
Hospitality is the beating heart of our communities.
It brings people together through food, service, creativity and shared experiences.
But the people creating those experiences can be exposed to intense pressure behind the scenes.
Long and irregular hours. High workloads. Emotional labour. Difficult customer interactions. Financial uncertainty. Work-life conflict. Tight-knit teams. Fast-moving workplaces.
That doesn't mean poor mental health is inevitable. It means our industry needs the knowledge, culture and systems to protect the people who make hospitality possible.
BEHIND THE SERVICE
The pressures can add up.
High pressure
Busy services, deadlines, competing demands and the expectation to perform under pressure.
Emotional labour
Staying calm, friendly and professional regardless of what might be happening internally.
Irregular hours
Nights, weekends and changing rosters can make rest, relationships and routines harder to protect.
Customer behaviour
Hospitality workers can face conflict, incivility, harassment and challenging interactions.
Work-life conflict
When hospitality's busiest hours are everyone else's social hours, maintaining balance can become difficult.
Workplace culture
Strong teams can be enormously protective — but unhealthy norms can also make asking for help harder.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The same things that make hospitality challenging can also make it powerful.
GOOD TEAMS
MATTER.
OUR STORY
Healthy Mind Menu began because our industry lost one of its own.
Healthy Mind Menu was founded in Perth in 2018 following the suicide death of a promising young chef.
The loss brought together people from across Western Australia's hospitality sector who shared a belief that the industry could do more to support the mental health and wellbeing of its people.
HMM was established by chefs Paul Zammit and Stephen Clarke, alongside key figures from Perth's hospitality, business, legal and mental health communities including Wayne Teo, Bradley Woods, Melvin Yeo and psychologist Chris Harris.
What began from loss became a commitment to prevention, education, connection and lasting cultural change.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
A thriving hospitality industry starts with healthy people.
Mental health shouldn't only become a conversation once someone reaches crisis point.
We want hospitality workplaces where people can recognise when something isn't right, talk about mental health without shame, support one another appropriately and know where to find help.
And we want leaders and workplaces equipped to create environments where wellbeing is treated as part of good business — not something separate from it.
WHAT HEALTHY MIND MENU DOES
Turning awareness into practical action.
Healthy Mind Menu is a Perth-based charity working to improve mental health and wellbeing across the hospitality industry through education, resources, training and industry partnerships.
Training
Practical mental health and wellbeing education for hospitality workers, leaders and workplaces.
Explore training → 02Resources
Free tools, information and pathways designed to help hospitality workers find the support they need.
Find support → 03Workplaces
Helping hospitality venues create healthier, more supportive workplace cultures.
For venues → 04Industry change
Working with industry, researchers and partners to build a more sustainable future for hospitality.
Work with us →OUR APPROACH
Change happens at more than one level.
Support the individual.
Give hospitality people practical knowledge, skills and pathways to support.
Strengthen the workplace.
Help leaders and teams create healthier, safer and more supportive environments.
Shift the culture.
Build an industry where mental health is understood, discussed and treated as part of good hospitality.
THIS IS FOR HOSPITALITY
Wherever you sit in the industry, you can be part of the change.
Hospitality workers
Find practical tools, education and pathways to support for yourself or someone you work with.
Resources for workers →Venues & employers
Build healthier teams and strengthen your approach to mental health and workplace wellbeing.
Resources for venues →Industry supporters
Partner with HMM, support our work and help create meaningful change across hospitality.
Work with us →HEALTHY MIND MENU
Put mental health back on the menu.
Hospitality takes care of people every day. Together, we can make sure the people behind the industry are cared for too.