One of Waitersfriends’ favourite hospitality books is ‘Terence Conran on Restaurants.’ Its glossy pages are rich with wonderful images of all things restaurant which is fantastic for the person who doesn’t necessarily want to read the articles but does like to look at the pictures.
Apart from the delicious eye candy, Conran delivers up a plethora of wonderful insights into what makes a restaurant tick. He shares his thoughts, ideas and wisdom from how he began his love affair with restaurants, to working in, owning and developing them.
The book serves up the journey from taking an idea for a restaurant through all the stages to opening night and beyond. Special guests Shaun Hill, Rick Stein, Oliver Peyton and Terry Durack - to name a few - pop in amongst the pages to impart a little of their knowledge and experience which nicely rounds out and confirms the underlying message Conran is conveying throughout the book.
Published in 2000, the book is, as restaurants do become with time, just a little dated but is still one of our favourites, it goes great on your coffee table and is a wonderful form of inspiration. If you don’t already own a copy, Waitersfriend highly recommend it!
