“My journey with hospitality has provided me with knowledge, unique experiences and amazing stories. With the ability to draw inspiration from other creative industries, The Emagineers can help your business open windows to worlds from which your team can enrich their knowledge to capture your guests’ imagination.” Dimitri A Bellos
Below, in a series of articles, Dimitri A Bellos shares his stories, reflections and experiences on his journey with the hospitality industry to date.
Collaboration & Creativity
Great service whether in the form of a warm welcome, a well cooked dish or a fresh cup of coffee as well as the ideas that fuel good and honest hospitality, can be applied almost anywhere and can reverberate positivity through human interactions.
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The Fat Duck migrates to Melbourne
If anyone ever asks me, “What would a fairy-tale look like to you?”, the answer would have to be “Exactly what I experienced in Melbourne with The Fat Duck.”.
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A duckling at The Fat Duck
... since TFD is unlike any other restaurant I also found and was imbued with imagination, a questioning spirit, buckets of fun, adventure, playfulness, curiosity and creativity.
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On the importance of self care in hospitality
The premise is simple: when you’re able to offer true and honest self care to yourself it will enhance the care you give to others.
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The Sandpit
Working with Chef Heston was liberating as the more we discussed and questioned the world, the more ideas and possibilities seem to appear.
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After Proud Mary, nothing was the same again
Like western history is divided in BCE (before common era) and CE (common era), similarly my experience in the coffee world is divided between before the time working with Nolan (Before Proud Mary) and his team at Proud Mary Melbourne and after (APM).
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From lunch at L’ Arpège to The French Laundry
My week at TFL was a truly amazing experience. I will always look back at it as a highlight during my journey in the hospitality industry.
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Travelling with hospitality
I have been traveling with hospitality since my teens and I would recommend it to anyone who likes adventures and human interactions.
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