Venessa Barnes, Australian Pork, Co-hosts Talking Pork and All Things Foodservice with Adam Moore, Corporate Chef and Foodservice Industry Ambassador, with guest Chef Alex Patterson, Executive Chef of Club Toukley.

In this episode, Alex Patterson shares how 2020 has been one of the toughest years for Club Toukley with the Bush fires over summer affecting their holiday trade and then Covid-19 which saw the closure of Clubs and hospitality venues from Midday 23rd March. This has presented an unprecedented challenge for the club.

Alex goes on to share how Club Toukley has used this opportunity as the community hub of Toukley to help out the local community including the neighbourhood centre with meal preparation, donations and delivering meals once a week to their older members who are unable to get out and may not have family. The community plays a large role in the club and the staff members at Club Toukley have used this time to give back and support those in the community. This sense of community runs right through to the team where Alex has continued to stay in touch with his staff and send them a message each week to see how they are doing and many of the staff are coming in one day a week to help out.

Alex gives practical tips and talks personally about how he is using this time to study and work on the next stage of his career as he won a Bursary last year and is studying to be an Accredited Club Manager.

With so much unknown Alex is waiting to hear how the Club landscape will change and how Club Toukley will adapt to those changes and is firmly focused on welcoming their members back.

Find out more about Club Toukley RSL https://www.clubtoukley.com.au/ 

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