“I hadmy life plan to be a farmer withmy husband on our farm, so I knew when I entered the industry that I needed to surround myself with people that were passionate about hospitality as well. “I invested into a succession plan of trainees and it’s proven to be great success. I’m standing here with a group restaurant manager [Rebecca McDonald] and a business manager [ Jasmine Cooper] that have come out of cert for hospitality. “And for our industry, we have to be doing it now because there’s such a skill shortage, that if we don’t invest in young people now, the hospitality industry is at risk. “It’s not all about the long hours and theweekends. We all do have a lot of fun and there is room to grow, and there’s opportunity to travel all over the world.“We have teammembers that are scattered everywhere now and I always say to them ‘when you start with me, I want you to leave me a better person’.”
Pictured: Karen Burbury.
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