Meet the Best: Reviving Leadership in the Catering Industry
On February 21st and 22nd, The Leader Club Germany mentoring symposium will take place again after a four-year break. Up-and-coming young people from the catering industry can still apply for limited places in January.
Bringing up aspiring young professionals and successful entrepreneurs from the catering and hotel industry together – this is the focus of the mentoring symposium “ Meet the Best ” of the Leaders Club powered by FBMA Foundation. The training and networking event will take place on 21 and 22 February 2024 in the Kutschstall Potsdam. The application for the 48 symposium places is now possible at www.meetthebest.de
Empowering Young Professionals: A Gateway to Career Growth
They burn for the catering and hotel industry, but are still looking for the right way for a successful career. Many young employees ask themselves about their own future. What could be more obvious than learning from the experiences of successful industry insiders, hearing their recommendations, and gaining them as valuable advisors on a permanent basis?
Revitalizing Mentorship
All of this is possible with Meet the Best – the ultimate youth development program that brings young professionals together with top leaders for intensive personal discussions. Here you can communicate with mentors in a relaxed atmosphere and also establish part-time networks with each other.
The mentoring symposium was held for the first time in 2015 by FBMA e.V. and established itself as an innovative youth development concept until 2019. After a pandemic-related break and repositioning, the implementation is now at the Leaders Club, accompanied by the FBMA Foundation. Together, the two renowned organizations were able to win industry-famous personalities as mentors for Meet the Best 2024.
Mentors from the catering trade
- Frank Klix (Purino Rebels Kitchen – recognized as the trend concept of the year at the fizzz Awards 2022, Board of Leaders Club, Leader Club Award 2023, Krefeld)
- Anja Hirschberger (AML Invest, Supervisory Board Leader Club, Munich)
- Yvonne Tschebull (Tschebull & Rive, Hamburg)
- Alexander Scharf (Gastro Urban, Goslar – honored as Employer of the Year at the fizzz Awards 2022)
- Lars Wessel (Broich Catering, Düsseldorf)
Mentors from the hotel industry
- Jürgen Gangl (Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz, HDV Chairman, Berlin)
- Prof. Dr. h.c. Stephan Gerhard (Solutions Holding, Munich)
- Ralf Bonin (McDream Hotel, Feldkirchen)
Jean-Georges Ploner Takes the Lead in Moderation
The moderation is taken over by Jean-Georges Ploner, founding member of the Leaders Club, as well as founder and senior advisor to F&B Heroes. The event takes place in the event location Kutschstall by Leaders Club Supervisory Board René Dost. The sponsors include. State of Fachingen, Eckes-Granini, Meiko and other suppliers. The German Hotel Academy provides 4 scholarships worth 10,000 €.
