Today I wanted to take the time to talk about our sponsors for our upcoming Art of Hospitality event on the 9th October. These sponsors are the reason that our events stay free, and we get to give out insights and tips for free.
These sponsors are: Edible Group (Edible Info) and Energised Earth.
Edible take the stuff many venues quietly dread, allergens, nutrition, food safety, and turn it into service you can be proud of.
Edible is led by nutritionist Angela Highton and it has two subcategories.
First, Edible Info, aimed squarely at pubs, hotels and restaurants they don’t dump a manual on you and run; they walk the guest journey end-to-end and fix the real-world gaps that cause problems on the floor: unclear menu language, vague pre-service briefings, clunky handovers between kitchen and front-of-house.
The outcome is simple: teams who know what to say, what to serve, and when to escalate, and guests who feel safe enough to come back with friends.
Why you’d need them: because one messy allergen interaction can nuke trust you’ve spent years building. If you’ve ever watched the room freeze while a server guesses whether a sauce has celery or sesame, you know exactly how fast confidence evaporates.
Edible’s value is removing the guesswork, clearer menu copy, briefing scripts that staff can remember at 8pm on a double shift, and a tidy paper trail that reassures inspectors without turning your managers into administrators. If your goal is to welcome, not just “avoid liability,” this is how you do it.
The second subcategory, Edible Education, this takes Angela’s expertise into schools and families, practical nutrition sessions, cooking skills, budgeting, and the basics of eating well without the fuss. The through-line is the same: real people, real food, clear guidance.
Energised Earth tackle the other headache that quietly kills margin: energy. Led by Dave Skeels, with decades of experience in the environmental energy sector, here’s how they help businesses.
Buy better. They sort your contracts, rates, standing charges, the boring detail that adds up and clean up bill errors.
Use less. They look at how your kit runs day to day and cut the stupid waste: lights and extraction on when they shouldn’t be, ovens idling through the afternoon, HVAC fighting itself.
Make your own. That’s solar panels, batteries to store cheap power for later, and EV chargers where they genuinely earn or retain business. No shiny-toy sales pitch. If it doesn’t pay back for your site, they’ll say so. The point is a simple, defensible path from “we’re leaking money and don’t know why” to “we’ve stopped the leaks and invested where it actually returns.”
Why you’d need them: because most venues still bleed cash in places no one owns, contracts never reviewed since COVID, kit chewing power on dead hours, thermostats set for a different season. A competent set of eyes on your bills and meters gets you quick wins in weeks, not years; after that, yes, on-site generation and storage can make real sense, but only when the profile, tariff and usage line up. If you’ve ever opened an energy bill and felt sick, this is the grown-up route out: fix buying, fix waste, then invest with a calculator, not hope.
Both companies support operators and the wider community, Edible by turning safety and nutrition into trust (on the floor and in the classroom), Energised Earth by protecting margins and building resilience without the greenwash. They’re founder-led, they turn up, and they speak human.
I honestly couldn’t wish for better sponsors. Dave Skeels from Energised Earth is jumping on a TAOH panel and he’s bringing proper, no-nonsense tips to cut your energy costs. If you want a cheeky sneak peek at savings you can bank, come along. And Angela Highton from The Edible Group is hosting Know Your Plate, a lively chat with suppliers and chefs about honest produce, clear labelling, and serving trust on every plate.
We’re buzzing to have them both involved. TAOH lands Thursday 9 October at The Queen, Chester, grab your free ticket, bring your questions, and let’s make hospitality smarter, safer, and a lot more fun.
