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About The Podcast

Talking Hospitality is a podcast for people who care about this industry and want it to be better.

It’s where real hospitality professionals come together to talk honestly about leadership, culture, careers, mental health, recruitment, sustainability, and the realities of running teams in a demanding environment. No buzzwords. No lectures. Just open conversations, shared experience, and practical ideas you can actually use.

Each episode features voices from across hospitality – chefs, operators, founders, HR leaders, and changemakers – sharing what’s working, what isn’t, and what they’ve learned the hard way. There’s challenge, humour, reflection, and plenty of straight talking along the way.

Talking Hospitality started as a way to connect people during a tough moment for the industry. It’s grown into a space for learning, perspective, and progress.

If you believe hospitality deserves better leadership, healthier careers, and more honest chats, you’re in the right place.

Plug in your ear phones. Turn up the volume. Read the blogs and join in the conversation.

 

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Your support helps us continue creating valuable content for the hospitality community.

If you would like to be considered as a guest for the show contact us and tell us your story and why you would like to come on.

About the Hosts

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Timothy R Andrews

Host & Founder

Timothy R. Andrews has spent over two decades in hospitality. He founded and led a successful recruitment and training business for luxury four- and five-star markets before moving into senior talent leadership roles. Through the podcast Timothy focuses on credible voices, lived experience, and learning that can be applied immediately, giving back to the industry.

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Tracey Rashid

Host (2023 - )

Tracey Rashid brings nearly 20 years of corporate experience into hospitality, with a background in training, facilitation, and people development across major organisations. As founder of Essence of Cake and Essence of Teams, she blends creativity with commercial insight, designing award-winning, people-focused experiences that challenge traditional approaches to learning.

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Joe McDonnell MIH

Host (2025 -)

Joe McDonnell is a hospitality consultant and founder of 200Hospitality, specialising in growth strategy, systems, and business development for operators at every stage. Through his work, he focuses on aligning people, purpose, and profit, bringing commercial clarity, practical challenge, and solution-led thinking to industry conversations.