by Stephen Hickmore | Feb 10, 2026 | Featured, Focus, News, Podcasts
The Smell of the Storeroom: Why Every Hotel Dry Goods Store Smells Exactly the Same There is a smell that lives quietly behind the swing doors of every hotel kitchen on earth. You don’t find it in the lobby. Guests never mention it on TripAdvisor. But any chef,...
by Stephen Hickmore | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Hospitality Opinion Blog, News, Podcasts
Walk into any professional kitchen and you’ll see the uniform straight away: chef jacket, apron, non-slip shoes… and, increasingly, tattoos. Once upon a time, a tattoo in the kitchen meant you’d probably done time somewhere rough – either in life or in a Paris...
by Stephen Hickmore | Jan 30, 2026 | Featured, News, Podcasts
Johannesburg, January 2026 – From a single hall at NASREC in 1986 to one of South Africa’s longest-running trade shows, Hostex 2026 marks a major milestone: 40 years of connecting professionals in food, drink, and hospitality. The story began when Gerald Dreyer, then...
by External Contributor | Nov 25, 2025 | Featured, News, Podcasts
Airline catering sits at the intersection of high-volume foodservice and precision logistics. Unlike restaurants or hotels, airline caterers must produce safe, shelf-stable meals at scale, synchronise them to flight schedules, meet exact weight and packaging rules,...
by External Contributor | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, News, Podcasts
The Evolution of the Chef’s Role Once confined to the kitchen line and structured according to the brigade system devised by Auguste Escoffier, chefs today are increasingly stepping into the world of business ownership, concept development and global brand building....
