Perspectives
Season 2
How did we get here?
In this episode, we look at how the hospitality industry reflects identity, place and diversity under the core value of empathy. Our experts question how we can recognize our similarities while also respecting our differences; how we represent our own identities in new environments; and how the industry can meaningfully and tangibly make changes to celebrate diversity.
Contributors
Dr. Anna Sulan Masing
Writer & academic, LondonA food, drink and hospitality writer and academic, Anna Sulan Masing also runs her own newsletter, podcast and magazine. Her work explores identity and belonging, focusing on how to create sustainable futures, while her PhD looked at how identity changes when space and location changes.
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Writer & academic, LondonA food, drink and hospitality writer and academic, Anna Sulan Masing also runs her own newsletter, podcast and magazine. Her work explores identity and belonging, focusing on how to create sustainable futures, while her PhD looked at how identity changes when space and location changes.
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GN Chan & Faye Chen
Owners, Double Chicken Please, NYCGN Chan & Faye Chen opened Double Chicken Please in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 2020, where and drinks are inspired by popular dishes, bringing a sense of Taiwan to NYC. Before that they both partook in flair bartending, before taking their pop-up on the road before opening their award-winning bar.
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Owners, Double Chicken Please, NYCGN Chan & Faye Chen opened Double Chicken Please in Manhattan's Lower East Side in 2020, where and drinks are inspired by popular dishes, bringing a sense of Taiwan to NYC. Before that they both partook in flair bartending, before taking their pop-up on the road before opening their award-winning bar.
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Kyisha Davenport
Founder, BarNoirBoston, BostonWith years of experience as a restaurant owner, bar director and bar manager, Kyisha Davenport launched community group BarNoirBoston as an emerging space for cultivating black creativity in the Boston hospitality industry. She also leads the bar programme at Comfort Kitchen and writes for numerus industry publications.
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Founder, BarNoirBoston, BostonWith years of experience as a restaurant owner, bar director and bar manager, Kyisha Davenport launched community group BarNoirBoston as an emerging space for cultivating black creativity in the Boston hospitality industry. She also leads the bar programme at Comfort Kitchen and writes for numerus industry publications.
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Kyisha Davenport wants more respect for Black culture in hospitalityFrom having more Black-owned restaurants, to questioning the appropriation of Black culture through ingredients and language, the founder of BarNoirBoston and GM & Beverage Director of Comfort Kitchen explains what needs to change if authentic representation is to be the future
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Our manifesto: Double Chicken PleaseBuilding a brand identity, changing hiring policies and a focus on merchandise are all part of the New York City bar’s manifesto. The team at Double Chicken Please show us behind the curtain of its approach to business
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Change at the top: Lorraine Copes on restructuring for representationPeople of colour are not under-represented in hospitality, according to Lorraine Copes' Be Inclusive Hospitality: the real problem is the chance they have to access positions of representation
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How do we explain who we are?As we launch the final episode of Perspectives Season 2, Monica Berg introduces us to our contributors, and lays out how food and drink play a role in our identities
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Culture, history and people: The key to understanding drinks better, with Dr Anna Sulan MasingSeeking to articulate her indigenous Iban identity, writer, poet and academic Dr Anna Sulan Masing discovered the importance of understanding the value systems behind our food and drinks
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Ivy Singh-Lim is fighting for Singapore's farming futureShe could have spent her retiring days anywhere in the world: instead, Ivy Singh-Lim decided to come back to her native Singapore, establishing Bollywood Farms and fighting for her country's future
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With insight and knowledge from industry icon Monica Berg, we’re looking beyond the bar to educate and inspire bartenders at all levels of their careers on a global scale in a way that’s never been seen before.
