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#257 - Hospitality Meets Jonny Bramwell - Laughs & Balance
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- May 27, 2026
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Summary
This week I sat down with Jonny Bramwell, Regional Head of Operations for Rosa’s Thai — a man responsible for 22 restaurants, thousands of miles of motorway, and quite possibly the most unexpectedly philosophical conversation we’ve had on Hospitality Meets in a while. What starts as a chat about pubs, restaurants and leadership quickly becomes a brilliant conversation about burnout, ambition, balance, accidental life lessons, and why sometimes the best thing that can happen to your career… is getting sacked from your first hospitality job. There are stories of legendary £4.50 breakfasts, pub landlords who accidentally become life mentors, entrepreneurial chaos, brutal kitchen lessons, and one particularly wonderful moment involving a manager solving Phil’s chronic lateness problem with the revolutionary concept of… buying a second alarm clock. Groundbreaking leadership. Along the way, Jonny talks openly about the moments where hospitality nearly broke him, the dangers of arrogance disguised as ambition, and how learning to understand yourself is just as important as learning how to run a business. It’s thoughtful, funny, honest, slightly chaotic at times… and packed full of gold. In this episode, Jonny and I get into… • Why a bike accident and a few days in hospital unexpectedly sparked a fascination with medicine • Falling into hospitality almost by accident — and immediately becoming obsessed with food, drink and learning • Getting fired from his very first hospitality job… then finding his career-changing mentor in the pub next door • The magic of great pubs and why community operators still matter so much • How the right leader at the right moment can completely change someone’s life • Why hospitality relationships become so deep and enduring • The difference betwe…