Thom Hetherington – CEO @ Holden Media
Thom, one of founders of the PPA-award winning Restaurant magazine and the 50 Best Restaurants in the World awards, is a speaker, consultant and writer on art and culture and food and drink in the North of England.
As CEO of Holden Media, he organises world class Northern events including the Northern Restaurant & Bar exhibition, the Northern Hospitality Awards, the NRB Top 50 Powerlist, the NRB Debate, Buy Art Fair and The Manchester Contemporary.
Thom is a board member for Castlefield Gallery, Hospitality Action and Pro:Manchester’s Hospitality Sector Group, and is an ambassador for MMU’s Hospitality Department. Previous board roles include the British Food Trust, Urbis and the North West Food Tourism Executive.
With a specialism in marketing, visitor experience and audience dynamics, Thom also advises major national hospitality operators on their Northern expansion plans, institutions including Whitworth Art Gallery, the Manchester International Festival and Manchester Museum on their food and drink strategy, and major property developers on cultural meanwhile uses.
In addition, Thom chairs the NRB Debate where he has interviewed Jay Rayner, judges awards including the Manchester Food and Drink Festival, the National Restaurant Awards and the New Light Art Prize, and reviews for respected guides including Mr and Mrs Smith and Hardens. He also speaks at hospitality conferences such as BDO Restaurant & Bar, R200, and the Institute of Hospitality’s Northern meetings, guest lectures at MMU, and has written about Northern culture and gastronomy for titles ranging from Caterer & Hotelkeeper and Restaurant Magazine to Olive, the Guardian and the FT, as well as appearing on BBC TV and Radio 4.
Thom has scooped several personal awards, including a Crain’s “40 Under 40” gong, and has been picked out as one of Peer Index’s ‘Most Influential Mancunians on Twitter’ (admittedly ranking below Liam Gallagher but above Professor Brian Cox) as well as being listed as one of PHA Media’s ‘Most Influential CEOs on Twitter’. He was also crowned “Man of the Year 2014” in the Downtown in Business Manchester “Mancoolian” awards.
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14 hours ago
JUST ONE DAY TO GO FOR MANY! 🙏⭐️
With that in mind, the Government have issued guidelines for Track and Trace for the Hospitality industry by collecting details & maintaining records of staff, customers and visitors 👇
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Good luck to everyone opening their doors and working this weekend, take care and stay safe 💙 ...
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2 days ago
Do you own or run a hospitality establishment?
We would love to know how you're feeling about re-opening, whether you're confident or apprehensive, and if there's anything we can do to support you.
Please take our quick survey, it will only take you 2 minutes 👇
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3 days ago
📣 ONE YEAR LEFT TO APPLY TO THE EU SETTLEMENT SCHEME 📣
If you're an EU national, it is still really important that you remember to complete your visa paperwork.
If you haven't already, secure your status now on the gov.uk website:
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4 days ago
👩🍳 Hiring a relief Chef isn't a last resort 👨🍳
According to a UKHospitality survey, a significantly higher number of part-time workers will return to hospitality between July and September over full-time employees.
Using temporary Chefs at a time of uncertainty has many benefits, something which we have been speaking to our clients a lot about over the last couple of weeks 👇
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If you need support in any way over the coming weeks, please get in touch:
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5 days ago
Giovanni joined us in October 2017 and is already in his second year as a CJUK Ambassador, a real testament to his talent and work ethic ⭐️
Our Chefs have many years’ experience in the industry before joining us and they can’t wait to get back to doing what they do best, cooking delicious food and supporting our hospitality partners across the UK 🙏
It's great to see so many establishments starting to recruit Chefs ready for their grand re-opening, so if you need some support as you start to prep for all your bookings, our brigade are ready and raring to go!
We take the stress out of finding experienced, reliable professionals and do all the hard work for you 👇
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