John Richardson is an author, coach and consultant to the hospitality industry where he specialises in helping coffee shop owners increase profits and make their businesses run more efficiently. He has worked with everything from single site operators to chains with multiple sites and turnovers in the hundreds of millions.
As well as authoring the UK’s top 3 books on running successful coffee shops, John regularly appears in the media sharing his industry expertise. He has advised the NHS, Gordon Ramsay and Simon Rimmer and writes a regular blog for Caffe Culture.
Before becoming an advisor to the industry John built and sold a wide range of hospitality businesses on his own behalf – including sandwich bars, coffee shops, restaurants, bars and garden centres. His first job, at the age of 14, was cleaning tables at Morelli’s famous ice cream café in Portstewart.