Niketa from Studio Iris has worked with 100s of independents in the food, lifestyle, beauty and fashion industries and helped bring brands to life through design.

Showing you that branding is more than just a logo and should be the foundation for everything you do. We will cover what branding is, why it is important when starting a business, and turn that into a website and other assets. We’ll also look at how and when to work with a designer and if you aren’t quite ready what things you can do yourself.

What we’ll cover:

• What is branding and why is it important?

• How to turn your brand into a website

• How and when to work with a designer

• DIY - What you can do yourself?

Tickets are £10

Patrons attend FREE (please register via the portal)

Not a Patron? It’s easy to join and your first month is on us. Use the code PATRON2021 at check out!

Marketing your business, getting your messaging right and nailing your social media are all so important when it comes to any business. And for this reason we have brought in a dear friend to the L.O.R. community, Hannah Berry. Hannah is someone who has worked with BIG brands and BIG businesses, she has experienced turning a business around or introducing a new crowd to a iconic establishment. Hannah is currently the Director of Communications & Marketing for Corbin & King and in this one hour session we will be tackling the all there is to do with MARKETING!

Hannah's career in hospitality began with Morgan's Hotel Group (now acquired by SBE), working across several roles over six years, eventually becoming Assistant Operations Manager for St Martin's Lane and Sanderson hotels. It was there that she discovered a passion for marketing and the company helped her retrain in this discipline. Hannah went on to progress in marketing with roles at D&D London, The Criterion Restaurant and Kettner's (which is where Natalia & Hannah met!) before becoming Director of Marketing at aqua restaurant group. She was at aqua for six years, opening two restaurants in The Shard and responsible for the Argyll Street venue. Hannah joined Corbin & King in 2019 as Director of Marketing and Communications for the group, overseeing all marketing and PR functions over eight restaurants.

There is a lot of ground to cover in this session, so please submit your questions ahead of time if there is something specific you would like discussed. Click here to send your questions no later than Monday 19th April.

Patrons attend this event FREE (please RSVP via the portal)

Non Patron - £10

BUT! You can register to become a patron and your first month is on us. Use the code PATRON2021 and then you can attend the event FREE!

Studies show that women consistently undervalue and undersell themselves and that the gender gap is, in part, a confidence gap. In this practical, interactive session we will do a deep dive into ways to combat our confidence demons.

Want to get better at asking for what you want, saying no to things, and how to stop apologizing (yep, if that's you, you are not alone!)? You'll come away with quick and easy tools to help you. And something to help you go into challenging situations with more self-belief. There will be time to meet people and network woven into the session and you'll come out of it ready to own the room and boss your life just that little bit more than you do already.

Madeleine Geach is a business and personal coach who also works in (and loves) the hospitality industry. Alongside her current role as Head of Culture at Hawksmoor she coaches hospitality leaders, founders and entrepreneurs. Her main work is helping them take a step back from the frenetic world of opening and running successful restaurants; giving them time and space to get clear on where they want to get to and how to get there.

@thegoodlifecoaching

Patrons attend FREE (please RSVP via the Patron Portal)

Non Patron - £10

You can register to become a patron and your first month is on us. Use the code PATRON2021 and you can attend the event for FREE!

If you have been sitting on an idea for a product, place or thing but a little too scared to make the move - than this might be the session for you.

Are you in the middle of launching a new product, tired of something you have been shifting for a while and need a little PUSH to keep going? Than this might be the session for you.

Meet Kami, Meg & Nati - the trio of women behind the pisco brand; Piscologia. Meg founded the brand back in 2008, to bring the beautiful spirit to the bars, shop shelves and palates of a global audience. Kami won a trip to Peru following a bartending competition, joined forces with Meg and Nati, and never looked back. And Nati, well without Nati there would be no pisco. She is the master distiller, sommelier and vigneron.

So what does it take to build a brand? To make a product? And what IS pisco? All of this and more will be discovered in our one our session with the team behind Piscologia.

This is a FREE event for Patrons / Log in to the Patron Portal to register.

£10 FOR NON-PATRONS + ALL ATTENDEES RECIEVE COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS TO THE PISCOLOGIA PISCO COURSE (VALUED AT $60)

The time has come for us to start making moves out of lockdown. Just when we found our groove, now we need to get ready to go back to “normal” - whatever that looks like.

There are a few key areas we all need to look at to get our asses in gear; money, marketing & our people. Over the next several weeks, we will be putting on a series of events titled; The Journey out of Lockdown. If there is a topic YOU would like covered, get in touch.

Patrons attend FREE / Log in to the Patron Portal to register.

Non-Patron / £10

Become a Patron here!

Alison is the Mary Poppins of finance for hospitality businesses - not content with the inequality of access to financial strategy support for smaller businesses, she set up White Doe to level the playing field.

Providing flexible and on-demand business & financials strategy support for hospitality businesses from launch, until they're ready for a full-time Finance Director/CFO. From business plan support to a general sounding board or just someone to explain what your numbers ACTUALLY mean - White Doe can provide the support you need, without the full-time CFO price tag.

In this session we will cover:

1) Understanding how much cash you've actually got and having a plan for any deferred debt (rent, VAT, PAYE etc.) that you've got.

Cash is king - there's no two ways about it. Virtually every business will be reopening with some form of deferred debt, be that rent, VAT or PAYE. Make sure there is a plan agreed on how to pay this back and also know what your business targets need to be in order to stay afloat AND repay these debts.

Bottom line - it's about having a clear picture of your actual financial situation, which means you can commit to repayment plans with your eyes wide open.

2) Deciding on your pandemic pivots

Pandemic pivots may have worked well during the pandemic, but with your operations reopening and more consumer choice, does it still make sense?

3) Set your business up for success when it reopens

Between deferred debt and loss profits from the pandemic, every business should focus on squeezing every £ of profit out of its sales when it reopens. Things to do now to put yourself in the position to do that.

It’s been a crazy old time.

A few weeks ago, we asked YOU what your biggest concerns were in a world post COVID-19, and from that information we’ve put together a series of sessions to help us all work through these unprecedented times.

We’ve all had to readjust our finances - both personal and for the business, reevaluate our jobs and some of us might be feeling a little lost.

So bring on IN SERVICE / The Surgery Sessions, a one day virtual festival aimed at helping YOU get through this pandemic and back to work!

Monday 20th July / 9.30 - 5.30pm

Wherever you are! Hosted on ZOOM

Tickets are £30 with a percentage going to the

Young Women’s Trust emergency fund

The Young Women’s Trust emergenc fund is aimed at supporting economically vulnerable young women whose challenges are being heightened by the coronavirus crisis. We know that young women are more likely to be in precarious, unprotected contracts and will face unprecedented challenges over the next weeks and months. As things stand many young women will need to take time off work due to illness, self-isolation or as carers for others.

Money Talks / 2 part session

Part 1 : Your Money with Kate Woosey/ We’ll be examining our personal finance as some of us take pay cuts, move jobs or remain on furlough, making sure you know what is available to you and what positive changes you can make to your money!

Kate Woosey, founder of Alex Financial Services is on a mission to change the way we engage with our finances. They offer zero jargon, relatable advice to support individuals and businesses in achieving their financial goals. Focusing on education and proactive work to increase their client’s financial security and wellbeing. We’re tired of talking to white middle aged men about this, it all sounds a bit foreign when they speak - Kate is here to make sense of money jargon and more.

Part 2 - The Business of Money with Katie Lin / Here we’ll talk about reviewing your costs, looking at loans, banking and future financials so you can make positive steps to get your business back on track.

Katie has been working with hospitality brands on a range of topics, with particular focus on business strategy, financials and property. She has continued to offer her support to help selected brands navigate challenges and analyse opportunities, both going into and as we emerge from lockdown. This has been in addition to her day job in commercial real estate investment management. 

WTF Am I Going to Do; I need a new job

We asked what your main concern was in a world post-COVID-19, and the majority of you are worried about keeping your job, or having to get a new one. Which is why we’re bringing in a specialist to coach you through job hunting and keeping you employed during this time. Meet Lauren Barnett, founder of Home Hospitality, who specialises in a thoughtful and personal approach to working with people and businesses to find the right fit for everyone.

Lauren will be presenting her top list of tips for job hunting, and hunting for your team in the time of COVID-19. But we want to hear from YOU! So we’ll be asking you to submit your questions for Lauren ahead of time, so she can give you the best answers to get you back in the workplace.

Pivoting

The dreaded P word. How many times have we heard that during lockdown!

Throughout the day we’ll hear from a group of women who have pivoted and made changes in their lives - for professional or personal reasons.

Speakers include teaching assistant turned Great British Bake Off contestant, cook book author and food stylist Benjamina Ebuehi. Restaurant chef turned primary school chef and co-founder of Chefs in Schools, Nicole Pasani, and advertising, turned restaurant marketing turned cafe owner, Freddie Janssen to name a few! All of these ladies have pivoted in their lives, from one job to another or even one industry to another.

As we all evaluate our future, we hope these stories will give you the strength and inspiration to make a change if needed, or pivot your thinking to get to that next stage in your career.

The Safety Dance

Plastic screens, PPE and excessive hand washing. All of our operations will have been undergoing some serious safety measures to ensure our guests and teams are feeling good about coming into the business. In this session we’ll be talking to hospitality businesses around the world about how they have input the safest measures for dining and working.

FULL LINE UP OF SPEAKERS AND TIMETABLE

ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING WEEKS!

Wednesday 17th June, journalist and food writer Melissa Thompson aka @fowlmouthsfood will be hosting a talk with three black women working in the hospitality industry. In case you missed Melissa’s incredible piece in the recent Vittles newsletter, please have a read. Melissa has been highly applauded for her honest and educational social media content on the matter.

Yes this talk comes on the heels of the recent rise in the ongoing conversation; Black Lives Matter, but social and systemic racism exists within our industry, and we need to understand why and how to combat it.

Melissa will be joined by 2018's Front of House, Young British Foodie award winner Laudy Gibba-Smith dialling in from Hong Kong, London based chef of Zoe Adjonyah of Zoe's Ghana Kitchen and Liverpool cafe owner, Kim Sowah of Coffee & Fandisha. 

Please register for the talk which will take place on ZOOM at 4PM BST.

Submit your questions here ahead of time. 

This is a FREE event, but we are kindly asking if you would like to make a voluntary donation to one of the funds set up for victims of racist acts of violence.

You can find the full list here.

Jeany Cronk is co-founder of Mirabeau, the Provence Rosé specialist winemaker, and followed her husband Stephen to realise his dream to set up a boutique winemaking operation in France.  Having studied economics in London, Jeany cut her teeth in marketing during the telecoms boom, working on some early days digital operations and broadcast technology.  She took a break to raise her three kids, but caught the renovation bug upgrading their family homes and discovered her love of design.  When Stephen was offered redundancy in 2009, they took the chance to make the jump and fulfil their dream of moving to the South of France, to pursue their joint passion for the native Rosés. Mirabeau has been an inspirational self-made success story, with the wines now sold in 50 countries and being the leading brand in 3 major markets, including the UK.  Jeany has put her attention to detail to work on the Mirabeau range, which is lauded for its many beautiful design details and now also includes a small batch Rosé Gin. Under her direction she has built a creative presence for all things Provence lifestyle on the family brand’s various digital platforms and is regularly featured in the lifestyle press. Jeany also has a high profile as a female founder and has recently been named as one of Code Hospitality’s 100 most influential women of this year.  

We’ll be chatting…

• The journey with Mirabeau

• Transitioning from the corporate world to the wild world of food & drink

• What makes Mirabeau different and stand out in the vast world of Provence style rose.

• Being a (foreign) woman in a very male industry

• Working with your husband

• Balancing kids and being self employed

• Dreaming big - raising funds

• How have Mirabeau managed the current crisis

About Mirabeau:

The Mirabeau story is one of following a dream and the pursuit of a deeply held passion for wine. In 2010, after years of dreaming and scheming, Jeany and Stephen Cronk made the decision to leave the leafy suburbs of South London behind in exchange for the blue skies and sunshine of Cotignac, in Provence.  With three young children in tow, they held hands and leapt into the unknown.  Armed with big ambitions to make a world-class rosé wine, and willing to challenge established wisdom, they founded Mirabeau. They embarked upon the ultimate family adventure and created one of the world’s most loved brands of rosé.

At Mirabeau, the focus is on making delectable, dry pink wines that are a perfect partner to a vast assortment of foods and are diverse enough to be served at any occasion. Their range now includes a beautiful dry Rosé Gin with accent botanicals from Provence.

Gemma Bell is the founder of one of the most successful PR firms in the UK, Gemma Bell & co. Her love of restaurants started while studying when she worked for the likes of Marco Pierre White before getting a full-time job at one of London’s most exciting hotels which opened back in 1999, St Martins Lane by Ian Schrager. After 5 years with the company Gemma moved into PR, working for an agency and then taking the plunge to go freelance about 10 years ago. In October 2011 Gemma Bell and Company Ltd was formed and now Gemma, MD Alice Grier and the team work with the very best restaurateurs and hoteliers including Ottolenghi, Tom Kerridge, Angela Hartnett, Nieves Barragan, Padella, Goodman, Ace Hotel, Zetter Townhouses, The Pilgrm and The Wild Rabbit in the Cotswolds.

We’ll be talking to Gemma about PR, marketing and overall communications in this industry - its importance, why it’s needed and how it’s been effected by the current pandemic.

Join an amazing panel of industry leading women from across the UK for a talk on what we need to take stock of in our indsutry and make a change. What has this pandemic brough to the forefront? What issues have been bubbling and need to be faced now more than ever?

RSVP to recieve the ZOOM link on Monday morning.

Manchester’s Levenshulme has been so lucky since Isca opened its doors this year. Isca is the love child of business partners, Caroline Dubois and Isobel Jenkins. Caroline has been at the helm of the wine programme at Where the Light Gets In and Isobel has been popping up all over town with her successful supperclub series, Seasons Eatings.

Isca celebrates, simple, seasonal and delicious food and low intervention well made wine.

The duo will be on the show teaches us a simple aperitivo snack and chatting all things orange wine!

If your’re cooking along with us you will need…

For the dip

1 tin of butter beans, or cannelini beans

3tbsp tahini

1 preserved lemon

A handful of wild garlic (or normal garlic)

1 lemon

rapeseed oil/ olive oil not too strong tasting

salt + pepper

For the crackers

100g rye flour

100g rye flakes or oats

150 mixed seeds (sunflower, linseed, chia, pumpkin, sesame, poppy or whatever you have in the cupboard)

155 hot water from the tap

50 rapeseed or pomace oil

salt

Cookbook author, food journalist and enthusiast Rosie Birkett is going to be popping up on The Shift Show to help us celebrate CINCO DE MAYO!

If you are not familiar with Rosie and her writing, then you will have missed out on her two cookbooks; A Lot on Her Plate and The Joyful Homebook, as well as her weekly column in the Dish at the Sunday Times.

We are so excited to be having Rosie pop by for a margarita, some guacamole and a delicious ceviche dish from her first book, A Lot on Her Plate.

Ingredients below - come and cook along with us on CINCO DE MAYO!

Back in the summer of 2019 we took a train down to the coast - Brighton. The dining scene in Brighton has been growing tremendously over that last several years, and it is down to people like Dawn Sperring as to why. The Chilli Pickle is Inspired by Dawn & husbands Alun’s Indian travels “From the tropics of Tamil Nadu & Kerala, the wetlands of West Bengal, to the Rajasthani desert plains.” Alun is a classicaly trained chef, while Dawn packed in her job working for the London Ambulance Service to take the reins of front of house. Twelve years on, they have had some amazing ups and downs - but are still going strong and a huge part of the hospitality fabric of Brighton.

Dawn will be popping onto The Shift Show with us to teach us to make their famous Onion Pakora’s!

If you’d like to cook along with us, you will need…

3 Red Onion halved and fine sliced

6 Spring Onions. Green part only cut into 2cm sticks

Fresh Coriander 2 Tbsp

Batter

Chickpea Flour 4 Tbsp

Rice Flour 2 Tbsp

Potato Flour 2 Tbsp (if you can't get this make up with more rice flour)

Baking Powder 2/3 tsp

Salt 1 tsp

Madras Curry Powder 1 tsp

Ice Cold Water - enough to add to make a smooth batter

Roasted Cumin Seeds 1.5 tsp

Roasted Coriander Seeds 1.5 tsp

Fennel Seeds 1 tsp

Dry Red Lentils 2 tsp

Chilli Chat:

Madras Curry Powder

Chilli Powder

Amchur Powder - if you have

Salt

2 parts Madras Powder to 1 part Salt and 1 Part Chilli Powder

Be sure to prep all your ingredients ahead of time, as well as dry roast your Cumin, Fennel and Coriander Seeds until they are fragrant. Leave to cool. Place seeds in a Pestle and Mortar with the Red Lentils and crush to a coarse mix.

We met Anna last year when her and Lauren Wall, cooked for our first IN STORIES dinner in Manchester at Trove in Ancoats. Anna is sous chef at the sister property to Trove, erst.

After attending culinary school and working as a chef in Copenhagen for several years, Anna moved to England to join the opening team at erst. Anna grew up with a southern American mother and a Danish father, whose two food cultures have shaped who she is as a chef and how she cooks. 

Anna says “I love the hominess and sense of comfort from southern cooking and the simple and minimal aesthetic of the Nordic cuisine.”

While working at erst Anna met Sommelier Kim Mcbride (erst, The Creameries). Together they started Supp-HER, a supper club  powered by women in support of various women’s organizations. Their last event was held to raise funds for Trafford Rape Crisis. They plan to host many more when the current climate allows it!

Anna will be joining us on Tuesday’s episode of The Shift Show. We’re going to be preparing a fish dish and talking about how the fishing industry is hurting during this time, how you can support and learn to make this delicious dish.

If you’d like to cook along you will need:

1 skate wing filet

150-200g peas (frozen are fine)

1 lemongrass shoot

1 shallot 

2 garlic cloves

Handful wild garlic (or mint, parsley, basil Etc)

300-400 ml of chicken, fish or vegetable stock

About 50g butter 

1 lemon

Handful of capers 

Neutral oil for frying

Pea shoots for garnish (or watercress)

The Shift Show is L.O.R.’s chat show that airs throughout the week on Instagram LIVE! Each episode we kick off with a team briefing and an aperitivo before our guest joins us ‘on shift’ to teach us something, help us cook something or just have a good old chat.



Alex Financial Services is on a mission to change the way we engage with our finances.

Founded after seeing a lack of professional financial advice and resources available for freelancers, SMEs, and millennial clients, they offer zero jargon, relatable advice to support individuals and businesses in achieving their financial goals. Focusing on education and proactive work to increase our client’s financial security and wellbeing. 

Helping people through key life events and knowing that people are financially protected should the adverse happen is central to what we do. From protecting your income and buying your first house, through to retirement planning, we will be on hand to guide you at every stage. Together we can move the dial towards creating a secure financial future.

Kate Woosey, founder of Alex Talks is asking you to submit your finance questions ahead of this episode, to which she will answer.

We’ll also make sure to cover:

• general finance tips for now / later

• how you can use this time in a positive way to build financial security

• better money habits. 

She is a legend up in her not so native Edinburgh, because of her witty humour and awesome bagels. Montreal born and bred, Larah Bross, has taken the Scots by storm with her “Fill your hole” slogan, and asking customers to #Jewitup at her collection of bagel shops; Bross Bagels. We had the absolute pleasure of meeting her, interviewing her and then going out on the town with her a couple months ago. And we cannot wait to see her again down the camera of our phone!

We’ll be having a bit of a bagel-off - NY vs. Montreal. Tune in at 4PM to see each lady make their claims as to why their bagel is better than the others…

The Shift Show is L.O.R.’s chat show that airs throughout the week on Instagram LIVE! Each episode we kick off with a team briefing and an aperitivo before our guest joins us ‘on shift’ to teach us something, help us cook something or just have a good old chat.

Abby Swain is one of our very dear friends from my (Natalia) time in NYC, and I am so excited she has agreed to come on The Shift Show!

Abby graduated with an Associate’s Degree in Baking and Pastry Arts at the Culinary Institute of America before moving to Paris to further her education at Le Cordon Bleu where she received a diploma in Patisserie. After graduating, she staged at Sucre Cacao where she acquired the grit and dedication required to succeed within this industry.

Upon returning to the United States, Abby worked under the tutelage of Karen DeMasco at Craft New York and learned how to integrate local and seasonal ingredients into Craft’s dessert menu. She later relocated to Atlanta in 2008, where she was presented with a unique opportunity to help open Bakeshop as a sous chef for Jonathan St Hilaire. Here, she had the chance to focus on the complexities of bread production. Soon after, Abby stepped into her role as pastry chef for Scott Serpas of Serpas True Food in Atlanta. Then, in 2011, excited for new challenges, Abby returned to New York City and took on the position as pastry chef of CraftBar, and a year later was promoted to pastry chef of both Craft and CraftBar.

Today, Abby Swain is the Executive Pastry Chef of Tom Colicchio’s Temple Court, a fine-dining American restaurant within The Beekman, an iconic and landmarked hotel in lower Manhattan. Here, Abby is applying all the knowledge acquired from her experiences to create innovative desserts influenced by classic New York cuisine from the 19th and 20th centuries for Temple Court, The Bar Room, private events and in-room dining. 

Watch this space for what we’ll be making on the show!

Saima Thompson is the founder of Brockley restaurant, Masala Wala Cafe. In April 2018 she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer at the age of 29, and over the last 2 years she has had various palliative treatments from multiple rounds of chemotherapy, targeted therapy drugs and immunotherapy. She is also the author of her blog, Curry & Cancer and co-hosts the podcast Fresh to Death.

At present, Saima is running out of treatment options on the NHS, her health is deteriorating and her cancer has spread to her brain and increased in her liver. There is a new drug that could help, but is financially out of reach for Saima, which is why she is fundraising so she can seek treatment outside of the NHS. Click here to find out how you can help.

Join us as we chat to Saima about her journey through food, hospitality and hospitals and ultimately her love of LIFE, with or without cancer.

The Shift Show is L.O.R.’s chat show that airs throughout the week on Instagram LIVE! Each episode we kick off with a team briefing and an aperitivo before our guest joins us ‘on shift’ to teach us something, help us cook something or just have a good old chat.

Pippa Middlehurst aka Pippy Eats, is an Asian food enthusiast and cancer researcher. Two things you might not put together, but her close attention to detail - needed in a lab - and curiosity around Asian spices and flavours have made it a recipe worth repeating. Her Instagram is a beautiful collage of noodles, dumplings and perfectly cooked six minute eggs. And her Instagram stories give us countless hours of entertainment. She is also coming out with her FIRST BOOK aptly titled; Dumplings & Noodles out on 20th August 2020, but you can pre-order now!

We are so excited to have her on The Shift Show this week, making a little recipe from the book!

Tune in from 4PM on Instagram LIVE

What you’ll need

Noodles - preferrably soba noodles, but any kind will do.

Black Rice Vinegar

Chilli oil

Soy sauce

A green vegetable eg. broccoli, pak shoi, green beans

An egg

Optional additions: sesame seeds, peanuts, crispy shallots, radish

The Shift Show is L.O.R.’s chat show that airs throughout the week on Instagram LIVE! Each episode we kick off with a team briefing and an aperitivo before our guest joins us ‘on shift’ to teach us something, help us cook something or just have a good old chat.

On this episode, we’re flying up and over to Helsinki, Finland to catch up with Laura Hansen. Laura is the co-owner of Restaurant Kuurna. Kuurna is about serving the type of food they love to eat “pure, interesting and always enjoyable.” Their wine list consists of both classic and natural wines, sourced from ecological and socially sustainable producers. As they say “Kuurna is like a second home for us and we warmly welcome everyone to come and spend an evening and enjoy your time with us.” We can’t wait to have Laura come into ur virtual home for a little aperitivo!

We’ll be discussing how the recent pandemic has effected the Helsinki hospitality scene, what they are doing to adapt to the lockdown, how they see everyone coming out of this the other side and of course we’ll be talking about WINE!

Tune in from 4pm GMT on Tuesday 14 April!

The Shift Show is L.O.R.’s chat show that airs throughout the week on Instagram LIVE! Each episode we kick off with a team briefing and an aperitivo before our guest joins us ‘on shift’ to teach us something, help us cook something or just have a good old chat. All our episodes can be re-watched on our IGTV in case you miss it live.

On this episode we’re joined by chef, Sally Abe. Sally is the head chef of The Harwood Arms in London, and has been spending her time in lockdown, cooking with her husband for The Felix Project, Age UK and Hospitality for Heroes. When she’s not on the pots and pans, Sally loves a gin or a buttery chardonnay.

Sally recently cooked on Great British Menu, and will be teaching us how to make her Cheese & Onion Tart. The perfect afternoon snack, to have with an aperitivo.

You’ll need to prep your short pastry ahead of time, lucky for you Sally has given us the recipe PLUS a how to guide right here.

See you at 4PM GMT on Friday for an afternoon snack and tipple.

What you’ll need…

INGREDIENTS (FILLING)

2 onions

6 egg yolks

450g whipping cream

5g rosemary

9g salt

100g cheddar cheese

INGREDIENTS (PASTRY)

300g Plain flour

150g butter

3 egg yolks

3g salt

30ml water

8 inch tart shell

The Shift Show is L.O.R.’s chat show that airs throughout the week on Instagram LIVE! Each episode we kick off with a team briefing and an aperitivo before our guest joins us ‘on shift’ to teach us something, help us cook something or just have a good old chat. All our episodes can be re-watched on our IGTV in case you miss it live.

On this episode we are joined by our friend and expert baker, Anna Higham.

Hailing from Scotland, Anna is best known for being at the pastry helm of London’s Lyle’s & Flor. She’s a lover of bread and all things hospitality, and we can’t wait to have her on the show.

Everyone has channelled their inner sourdough baking skills recently, but we thought we’d try a different kind of bread…Irish Soda Bread!

You’ll need a few ingredients in order to bake along with us…

• 500g wholemeal flour or 250g of wholemeal and
  then a mix of whatever other flours you have - if you can’t get your hands on some wholemeal, we can improvise! You don’t need to develop any gluten at any point so it should be ok.

• 100g oats

• 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

• 2 tsp salt

• 400g of buttermilk (or 200g plain yoghurt and 200g milk)

• baking tray

See you on INSTAGRAM LIVE Wednesday 8 April, 4PM GMT!

Email us with any questions.

We’re heading back to Scotland to meet more LOR’s in a little meet and greet. Come pop your head in anytime between 4-6pm for a quick tipple and chance to chat with some likeminded females. LOR founder Natalia, will be there to speak with everyone and get to know you all a bit better :)

We will also be sitting down to have a chat with Amy of Smith & Gertrude and Larah Bross of BROSS BAGELS .

The wonderuful Smith & Gertrude is hosting us this time and Fidra Gin are supplying the sharpeners for the night.

£5 / includes Fidra Gin cocktail

We are so excited to be hosting a special edition of our IN STORIES dinner series up in Manchester in celebration of International Women's Day.

If you have not been to one our In Stories dinner parties, they're a bit like a talk show with food. We have dinner and in between each course our speakers are interviewed by L.O.R founder, Natalia.

Speaking on the night are FIVE incredible women from all different walks of hospitality life.

Becky Wilkes - Senior Sales & Marketing of The North for D&D London

Isobel Jenkins + Caroline Dubois - Co-owners of the newly opened Isca

Liz Holmes - Events at our host venue, Culturplex

Mary-Ellen McTague - Queen of The Creameries

£40

(includes cocktail, snacks, three courses and wine)

We’re kicking off our month long celebration of feminsim and the International day of being a woman (International Women’s Day is 8th March) with a PIZZA PARTY! We’re back at one of our favourite new hangs, Mama Shelter in Hackney for a night of cocktails and mocktails, pizza and chats.

If you’ve never been to an L.O.R. event before, come to this one! We’ll be talking a bit about what we’re up to, where we want to go and most importantly, hear from YOU what you love/loathe about what we are doing. I’ll be your host and we’ll spend a small part of the evening having an open chat about the trials and tribualtions of what it means to be feminine and a feminist in hospitality. That’s right - this time YOU are the panel :) So come prepared with thoughts, questions and answers.

PIZZA + COCKTAIL + CHAT = £10

We also hear there is a karaoke room downstairs…I’ll race you!

xx

Natalia

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x

Natalia

Last year we (Freddie & Natalia) started what will now become a series, of L.O.R. x Snackbar In Stories dinners. Freddie cooks with her band of awesome women, Natalia talks to a host of ladies from across the London restaurant scene in between each course. It’s part dinner party, part talk show. 

On this occasion we're chatting about, confidence. What is it, how do you have it, where can I get more of it, what to do when it gets knocked down and more. Joining us to share their wisdom are four ferocious females who know a thing or two about the highs and lows of confidence;

Kate Tiernan (Black Axe Mangal)

Claire Ptak (Violet Bakery)

Ana Gonçalves (Tātā Eatery)

Lauren Johns (Juliets Quality Food)

Dinner will be three courses, served sharing style (sharing is caring people), of Freddie’s usual international flair - expect pickles (obvs) and a nod to her favourite cuisine (all things Asian). We’ll kick off with a tantalising tipple to wet your whistle, after which you are more than welcome to enjoy your own booze - in fact, we encourage it! Newcomer Wines is across the road (yes!) and Little Duck Picklery down the road (double yes), both of which have off license sales! AND Drop Wine App (holla) deliver it right to you. 

Tickets are £35 (includes food, cocktail + talk) seating is limited, so grab your seat QUICK!

Please alert us of any dietaries or allergies here.

Come join us for our second In Stories dinner in Margate!

In Stories is our dinner series that is part talk show, part dinner party. We have a meal prepared in a female operated restaurant, and hear from women on a particular topic.

This month we are at one of my (Natalia) all time favourite restaurants, Bottega Caruso. Simona spoke at our first event in Margate, and we are so lucky to have her cook some amazing Italian food for us, before she goes on maternity leave with her second child.

Speaking on the night will be a trio of incredible women:

Charlotte Forsdike, co-owner of Angela’s and Dory’s

Jessica Leah, founder of Jessica Leah Catering

Charlotte Kimber, co-owner of Little Swift

We will kick off with a cocktail prepared by Charlotte of Little Swift, then move into a three course dinner from Simona. In between each course, we’ll speak to the women about: CONFIDENCE. It’s something that comes up so much when we do our events. Women always saying they don’t have any, they want more of it etc.

Seating is very limited, so please grab your seat quick!

Please get in touch with any allergies or dietaries here.

We’re back with our first Meet Up of 2020! This time we are diverging from our traditional Monday nights, to a Thursday morning! A little pre-work coffee chat with some likeminded women, ahead of your shift or day at the office. The recently opened Culturplex will be playing host on this occasion, which if you haven’t been, is a must see!

Pop in and have a coffee and a chinwag, completely FREE to attend, all we ask is you RSVP via the link below.

See you on the 30th!