Amelia Coates, general manager of the Angel Inn, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, Inn Collection Group
Expectations of working in hospitality: I always worked in the sector going through university. But it wasn’t until three years ago that I saw my career starting in it.
I came back to it literally by accident. I had a car crash which left me in chronic pain. I had become isolated and withdrawn and beginning a new job as front of house was a way for me to start to rebuild not only my fitness but my confidence and self-esteem.
I almost felt I was taking a moment out. My expectation was that it would be for a short while. The reality was I fell in love with the trade – the lifestyle and the businesses ethos. Until that point, I had never found that ethos. To me, it’s not about finding the job – it’s about finding the company.
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A Sip of Knowledge with Martin Laberge (A Spirited Conversation)
A Sip of Knowledge with Martin Laberge (A Spirited Conversation)
Hosts: Liz Rhoades, Lew Bryson, & Martin Duffy
What You’ll Learn: Join a trio of drink industry veterans in weekly conversation on whiskey, spirits, distilling, marketing and the current state of the drink industry. This week, Martin Laberge, Distillery Manager at Diageo Global Supply Valleyfield, joins the group.
About Martin Laberge:
Martin Laberge is the Distillery Manager at Diageo Global Supply Valleyfield. He gained a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry in 1990 and worked at Johnson’s & Johnson’s research center in Montréal from 1990 to 1996 as a research assistant for consumer products. Martin joined the Valleyfield plant in 1996 as a Production Team Leader – Process Research overseeing production from grain receiving to distillates and DDG, he also did the analytical testing required for process control and was involved in quality contro