Perspectives
Season 2
How did we get here?
In this episode, we look at how the hospitality industry reflects identity, place and diversity under the core value of empathy.
Our workforce is made of people working in cultures and countries different from their own, and empathy comes into play in how individuals - and in turn flavours, and different approaches - are understood and adopted by us to evolve as an industry,
We discuss diversity, acceptance and how the industry can push forward for meaningful changes in how it embraces its workforce's many different perspectives. This episode is ultimately a call to action.
Contributors
Dr. Anna Sulan Masing
Writer & Academic, LondonA food, drink & hospitality writer & academic, Anna Sulan Masing also runs her own newsletter, podcast and magazine. Her work explores identity and belonging, focusing on how to create sustainable futures, while her PhD looked at how identity changes when space and location changes.
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Writer & Academic, LondonA food, drink & hospitality writer & academic, Anna Sulan Masing also runs her own newsletter, podcast and magazine. Her work explores identity and belonging, focusing on how to create sustainable futures, while her PhD looked at how identity changes when space and location changes.
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GN Chan & Faye Chen
Owners, Double Chicken Please - NYCGN Chan & Faye Chen opened Double Chicken Please in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 2020, where food and drinks are inspired by popular dishes, bringing a sense of Taiwan to NYC. Before that they both partook in flair bartending, before taking their pop-up on the road before opening their award-winning bar.
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Owners, Double Chicken Please - NYCGN Chan & Faye Chen opened Double Chicken Please in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 2020, where food and drinks are inspired by popular dishes, bringing a sense of Taiwan to NYC. Before that they both partook in flair bartending, before taking their pop-up on the road before opening their award-winning bar.
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Kyisha Davenport
Founder, BarNoirBoston, BostonWith years of experience as a restaurant owner, bar director & bar manager, Kyisha Davenport launched community group BarNoirBoston as an emerging space cultivating black creativity in the Boston hospitality industry. She also leads the bar programme at Comfort Kitchen and writes for numerous industry publications.
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Founder, BarNoirBoston, BostonWith years of experience as a restaurant owner, bar director & bar manager, Kyisha Davenport launched community group BarNoirBoston as an emerging space cultivating black creativity in the Boston hospitality industry. She also leads the bar programme at Comfort Kitchen and writes for numerous industry publications.
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