Edgbaston restaurant serves up new team ahead of launch
Birmingham’s newest restaurant Chapter has appointed its senior team ready for launching onto the city’s culinary scene next month.
Chef director Ben Ternent has welcomed head chef Nathan Swift and senior sous chef Sam Greenaway.
They will be joined by two new faces who will be running the restaurant and bar at 5-6 Greenfield Crescent.
The newest family members are Ana Chiriac who has taken up the role of restaurant manager and Karina Koleva who is joining as bar manager.
Experienced local restaurateurs Ann Tonks, Irene Allan and Ben Ternent are behind the new venue.
Irene said: “We have worked hard to ensure that we have a good mix of experience and skills joining the Chapter team, and we are keen to develop them further. With Ben and Nathan at the helm and being able to support the new talent joining us, we know this is going to be a recipe for success when our doors open in December.”
Ben added: “An ambition of our restaurant is to transform the hospitality sector and help people see it as a valuable and viable career choice. Gone are the days when hospitality should be a last resort choice and have the reputation for being unsociable and exploitative. The hospitality sector can be a wonderful career choice if the wages and benefits reflect fair pay for fair work.
“We have worked hard to get Chapter’s benefits and returns to employees attractive to encourage more talent into the industry. Wages, working hours and training have all been overhauled. We have set about ensuring that we have built in a balance of work and home life, we are paying wages that are set above the national living wage, and reflect experience and talent.”
