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About Me
A lazy cut and paste job from a recent corporate profile. Rest assured Thom Hetherington does not normally refer to himself in third person...
" Thom Hetherington is a longtime food-nerd, on both a personal and professional basis. After working on bar and nightclub magazines, he was part of the team that created Restaurant Magazine and subsequently launched the 50 Best Restaurants in the World Awards and the College Restaurant of the Year competition. Ten years ago he set up his own company and acquired the Northern Restaurant and Bar exhibition, latterly launching the Northern Hospitality Awards and the NRB50 Powerlist of top Northern hospitality operators.
Thom sat on the board of Urbis Trading (operator of the The Modern, the Good Food Guide-listed restaurant) and the North West Food Tourism Executive and is a trustee of Prue Leiths British Food Trust and the North West board of Hospitality Action. In addition, he judges for events such as the Manchester Food and Drink Festival and the North West Taste awards, writes for trade and national press, mystery dines for restaurant groups and guides (including Hardens, Mr and Mrs Smith and the Good Food Guide) and acts as a northern sidekick for national critics."
My role means I get to loiter around in nice restaurants and pass it off as work. Someone has to catch on eventually...