Career Path: Hotel & Catering Course > Assistant Banqueting Manager > Deputy Head of Catering > Managing Director
“Biggest achievement was seeing 1600 wine tour visitors through the door on Valentine’s Day 2008 – the largest number of visitors to Vinopolis in any single day."
My Story: I have done amazing things in my career including organising a dinner for 300 for the Queen’s Golden Wedding, and a reception for the Golden Jubilee. I organised the Testimonial for former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan. I worked at the Natural History Museum and revitalised the museum’s image by promoting it as a flexible and exciting event space. While I was there I organised several prestigious events previously unheard of at the museum, including the BAFTA after show party for 1500 guests, a Charity event featuring Tina Turner and a unique rock concert for 1000 T-Mobile customers with the Strokes at just 10 days notice. I also managed to shut part of the museum for the first time ever for the launch of the Honda Formula 1 Earth Car. I now work for Vinopolis and have carried on doing amazing things.
Funny Story: I did a wedding for a couple who had a very elderly Great Aunt. I was instructed to allow the Great Aunt to drink Whisky as that was all she drank. It was a busy event and at the end when reconciling the drinks I saw that the Great Aunt had consumed most of the bottle. The couple (whom I might add our now friends) contacted me after the event to say how please they were. They did query the amount of Whisky consumed. When I told them it was mainly down to their Great Aunt they said Ah. She had apparently passed away the following day – however I was assured that she had been ill for some time.