Laure Patry, Social Company, Interpreting Wine Hospitality Summit 2020 (Day 1, Session 1)

If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/430 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Laure Patry Executive Head Sommelier for Jason Atherton (Social Company) is a former guest on Interpreting Wine, previously appearing in April 2018 in episode 66. She starts this conversation by bringing us up to speed with the last 29 months, the openings she's been involved with and how her role has changed. I was then keen for her to describe the early days of the pandemic and how they mobilised as a team to first clost sites and ultimately make the most of the lockdown and the unexpected learning opportunities it presented. Laure describes how suppliers and producers embraced technology and were extremely generous in the face of uncertainty. She talks price and how the lockdown has educated customers and staff on the real cost of high quality ingredients. Before looking ahead to the end of the furlough scheme and ending on a positive with future opportunities for sommeliers   Episode outline: Catch up Inside the early days of the pandemic Technology Closures  Price sensitivity EOTHO The customer experience Innovation in the sector Future opportunities for sommeliers Guest Links https://www.jasonatherton.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/_socialcompany https://www.instagram.com/_jasonatherton/ https://www.facebook.com/JasonAtherton.Chef/ The Interpreting Wine Hospitality Summit was recorded in September 2020, with the world still recovering from the global pandemic and the hospitality sector particularly challenged. This series of seven episodes features some of the UK's most respected voices discussing the impacts on wine, food, cocktails, bars, retail and events. Listen, share ideas and reconnect during this four day virtual summit held across web, podcast and social media. Please spread the word using the hashtag IW Summit and encourage anyone who might be interested to sign up at www.interpretingwine.com/summit    Intro and outro musicWelcome to the Show Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Guest: Laure Patry, Social Company Date recorded: 4 September 2020   CONTACT  Instagram: https://www.interpretingwine.com/instagram Facebook: https://www.interpretingwine.com/facebook Twitter: https://www.interpretingwine.com/twitter Email: [email protected]