Hospitality Operations · 1991–2016
Built the venue. Ran the venue.
Over two decades of creating and operating bars, restaurants, and mixed-use venues across Birmingham and London. Concept, fit-out, staffing, operations, and exit — every stage, hands-on.
Hoxton Bar & Restaurant
Complete refurbishment of an old school into a split-level bar and restaurant with a converted double-decker bus inside. School-themed concept with calendar of pop-up restaurant events.
Conversion
Concept creation
Pop-up programme
School theme
Main bar
Double-height space with mezzanine
Upper deck
Bus booth seating
Evening service
Busy night in the dining room
Dining room
School-themed rustic setting
Bar
Edison bulbs, hanging glassware
Lounge
Exposed brick, arched windows
Decor
Globe, scientific equipment, industrial chic
Details
School-theme touches throughout
London Bridge Bar & Restaurant
Farm-to-fork concept delivered on a 'meanwhile' lease ahead of London Bridge station refurbishment. Negotiated a complex landlord structure with Network Rail. Nightclub licence.
Meanwhile lease
Farm-to-fork
Network Rail
3,000 sq ft
Main space
Double-height bar and lounge
Le Truc
Bohemian French bar and restaurant concept. Full concept-to-completion project including interior design and fit-out. Featured bespoke decor murals.
Concept creation
Full fit-out
Art collaboration
2,500 sq ft
Dining room
Green banquettes, illustrative wall mural
25 years of operating.
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The hospitality years taught me everything about what actually works in a small business. Now I'm applying that to something new.