We have grown, and are morphing Just the Sizzle into a big, supportive industry site, with an exciting new product coming up that will revolutionise the dining and restaurant experience.
The benefits?
- High performance,
- Better bottom line, and
- Happy, settled staff when you create the best team.
Our content is easy, inspiring, and dramatically makes a difference. We talk to the best in the business, and distill their wisdom.
"The entire process has been groundbreaking and revelatory. Thank you both so much." Michelle Brennan, former COO of award winning RTO, Industry Link.
What is our all new Just the Sizzle?
Just the Sizzle is an industry 'bible' where we interview who's who in the zoo, the big and small players, all of whom have years of experience and wisdom to share. Join us and get the best and most innovative solutions to the myriad of problems in the business.
You'll never need another resource. And if you have something to share, tell us! We're always happy to interview and share your secret sauce.
Ask us - we can make a difference for you, your business, your workplace.
Christine’s brilliant memoir Theatre of War is available now!
A rollicking trip through 9 restaurants and the Chefs, thieves and rogues she duelled with daily… Buckle up, it’s a rough ride. “Laugh out loud! A terrific read!”
WHY OFF THE HOTPLATE?
"I had 10 successful restaurants as owner/chef and 25 years in blasting hot kitchens. Burn out became a boomerang and I fell out of love with cooking, and the industry.
Then I started seeing the suicide rate, the burn out rate, the collateral damage of high pressure on families and society as a whole and decided we needed a solution. Mental health and emotional intelligence need more than just talk lines or questions with no answers. People need real solutions - teaching people those emotional management skills that are tragically missing in everyone's education.
Just the Sizzle was born, and I was reborn with a drive to bring this to an industry and people who deserve better. And working in other industries since, I saw they could all benefit from this. After all, it's about people. Simple." ~ Christine Matheson Green - for more on Christine on Linked In click here:
Success for Off the Hotplate’s Happy Workplace Course.
Our Happy Workplace Course made a difference! The results are in: Industry Link (Tasmania’s top award winning Registered Training Organisation) commissioned our course for their latest intake of hospitality trainees and what happened? For the first time ever, they had not one drop out from the course. The secret? Our course, delivered by Graham Gourlay…
Chef talk: After Lûmé, Shaun Quade lights up L.A.
It takes guts and faith to launch a new venture in a foreign country, a new market. Shaun Quade, his name now intimately tied to Lûmé, a leader in the Australian restaurant firmament, has both, in spades. When a lot of chefs would be settling in for an easier long haul, established and ticking along,…
Chef talk: Graeham Henderson – pirate chefs need to rethink
Graeham Henderson is smack bang in the middle of a big career. So in his interview, we looked both backwards and forwards. It’s an exciting time for him with big challenges, but if anyone is up to it, it’s Graeham. And he absolutely nails the issues the industry is facing, and the why. Beautifully. So…
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