Event Description

Most people go into hospitality chasing a dream – their own place, their own kitchen, their name above the door.

What nobody tells them is how much discipline and structure that dream actually requires.

This session is for anyone thinking of opening a café or restaurant, going into partnership, or investing in hospitality – as well as owners already a year or two in, feeling the gap between the dream and the reality.

Drawing on 35 years of running restaurants across the UK, Turkey and South Africa, Murat Yilmaz shares the real, practical signs that separate a business that thrives from one that quietly becomes a trap – and what the first 90 days should actually look like.

Topics covered in this session:

• The seven things every food and drink business needs in place to run properly
• How to spot the early warning signs that a business is heading the wrong way, while there’s still time to change course
• What the first 90 days should look like