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Matthew Li

Matthew Li

Head Chef at The Municipal Hotel & Spa Liverpool - MGallery, an experienced culinary professional specializing in kitchen management and menu development in 2 AA Rosette restaurants.

Aug 7, 2026

HeatherHOST
24:41
Mm.
24:42
But what it taught me and the lessons I learned from that are invaluable because when you understand that it's no longer a lo- it's no longer a novelty, it's reality, as soon as you get that, everything clicks into place.
24:59
And, um, I think being around slightly older mentors and people on a day-to-day basis really sort of elevated and accelerated my learning for the industry.
25:12
And I would say as much as the first couple of weeks were a bit, you know, a bit nail-biting and a bit cautious, if you go back to having the same, the core principles of timekeeping, showing respect, turning up, being, um, applying yourself well, sorry, people will soon teach you.
25:34
So it's not as scary or daunting as it might seem because if, if they see you putting in the effort, they see you wanting, having the want and desire to progress-
HeatherHOST
27:57
Yeah.
27:57
What I do is great, but there's so much inspiration and so many ideas to be taken from elsewhere, it would be foolish not to.
28:03
So I'm, I'm always, I mean, I'm always on there firing things to Andrew, to, to chef, to somebody else, going, "What do you think about this?" Or even our head of marketing, "What do you think about that?" And I think on LinkedIn as well, you can see the vast majority of, um, opportunities opening all around the world, absolutely booming.

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