Hospitality Helping Hospitality
NEVER FACE
HOSPITALITY ALONE.
Real hospitality experts. Powerful AI. Trusted suppliers. One place for every hospitality business. Everything you need to run a more profitable, compliant hospitality business—practical tools, operator knowledge and our team of hospitality experts in one place.
Owner · Operator · Chef · Barista · Mixologist · Consultant
Real experience running services, building teams, controlling costs, engineering menus, working with suppliers and preparing for EHO and licensing.Start here
WHAT DO YOU
NEED TODAY?
Find an answer, ask people who understand the shift, or build the route for your next venue.
Find or ask an answer
Use clearly labelled AI, search existing sorted answers or put the question to real hospitality people.
OPEN →02Join the Community Feed
Questions, photos, polls, useful replies and recognition for people who genuinely help.
OPEN →03Build an opening roadmap
Opening a restaurant, café, coffee shop, pub, bar or takeaway? Start with your own saved route.
OPEN →The heart of Hospitality Dude
HOSPITALITY
HELPING HOSPITALITY.
Ask without feeling stupid. Share what worked. Mark the answer that sorted it. Useful people earn Dude Points; playing games never makes somebody look like an expert.
Ask. Answer. Sort it.
Questions, replies, photos, polls, following, saves and positive leaderboards.
Open the Feed →02 · THE BARSeven live rooms.
Main Bar, Kitchen Pass, Coffee Shop, Managers’ Office, New Starters, Help! and After Hours.
Enter The Bar →03 · DUDE TOOLBOXUseful before paid.
Practical start-up, people, kitchen, EHO, management, profit and daily-operations help.
Open the Toolbox →04 · STARTING OUTYour opening route.
A saved, venue-specific roadmap linked to paperwork, official guidance and the community.
Build my roadmap →New working tool · Dude Venue Intelligence
WHY DID A BUSIER NIGHT
MAKE LESS?
Compare sales, covers, spend per head, labour and waste in one Shift Verdict. The Dude explains what changed and routes practical next actions to management, front of house and kitchen.
Meet the AI specialist team
ONE TEAM.
EVERY SIDE OF HOSPITALITY.
Choose the specialist that matches the job. Each portrait opens the most relevant help, tools or paperwork.
Pay as you go
PAY FOR THE FIX.
NOT A FOREVER FEE.
Free answers and community first. When a problem needs your figures, documents or a proper conversation, buy that piece of help—no monthly commitment.
From £19
A focused check of one menu, costing, staffing or operating question.
ASK ABOUT THIS →Savings reportFrom £49
A clear supplier, card-fee or business-cost review with practical next steps.
ASK ABOUT THIS →Business health checkFrom £99
Profit, people, compliance and operations reviewed around your real business.
ASK ABOUT THIS →One-to-one consultancyFrom £199
Bespoke support for the problems that need an experienced operator beside you.
ASK ABOUT THIS →What we stand for
TRUST IS THE
BUSINESS MODEL.
We save operators money, solve problems quickly and connect hospitality businesses with people worth trusting.
Hospitality Dude Approved Partners
QUALITY OVER
QUANTITY.
Only a handful of trusted partners in each category. Commercial relationships are always disclosed and approval can never simply be bought.
Become a partner ↗Our first campaign
SAVE
HOSPITALITY.
Every week, we choose one hospitality business and help it for free. We share the real problem, the practical work and the result so the whole industry can learn.
Nominate a business ↗Your experience matters here
LET’S BUILD THE UK’S MOST VALUABLE
HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY.
Owner, manager, chef, barista, front of house, supplier or just starting out—join free for a fresh Daily Shift, the Quiz Hall, Nightmare Stories, the Operators’ Bar, forum and member tools.
One business · the right route
TALK TO THE
RIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Our team of hospitality experts covers profit, people, kitchens, bars, coffee, compliance, licensing and technology. Every enquiry is organised by specialism so you reach the right support quickly.
Start with general enquiries ↗No email app opens. The form is logged, routed and given a reference instantly.General enquiries
Not sure where to start? We will route your enquiry to the right area.
OPEN SECURE FORM · general@thehospitalitydude.com →02Memberships
Plans, access, member support and choosing the right level of help.
SEE PLANS, SAMPLES & START03Compliance & EHO
Food safety systems, inspection preparation, HACCP and compliance resources.
OPEN SECURE FORM · compliance@thehospitalitydude.com →04Licensing
TENs, premises licensing, variations and practical operating guidance.
OPEN SECURE FORM · licensing@thehospitalitydude.com →05Consultancy
Profit, menus, systems, openings, audits, turnaround and growth.
OPEN SECURE FORM · consultancy@thehospitalitydude.com →06Hardware & technology
EPOS, card machines, kitchen displays, printers, handhelds and venue technology sourcing.
OPEN THE SOURCING BRIEF →+All contact routes
See accounts, partnerships and full enquiry guidance.
OPEN CONTACT PAGE →