It seems you all can’t get enough of this feature so here’s the second of round three…
Matt Lambert
Customer Development Executive Scotland
Jägermeister UK
West of Scotland (everything west of Inverness)
Adelaidian Matt’s hospitality fire was first lit wen he worked in wine marketing and sales in his home city down under at the 127-year-old Pirramimma winery before bagging a job in Scotland AFTER he’d booked his flight.
“I got the job at Jaegermeister the day before my flight to Glasgow in early 2019. I’d never been to the UK before. This is my dream job. I’ve seen more sights and met more people than I could’ve ever imagined. I stick out like a thorn with my long blond hair – like something off Bondia beach!”
How does the hospitality industry compare in both countries?
“When my closest family lives 10,000 miles away, it’s good to be in an industry and with a company that treats you like a family. We all bounce ideas off each other.
“Scotland is like nowhere else I’ve been to in the world. It seems like every third building is a pub or restaurant and among them are lots of community pubs. It’s not like that in Australia. They are also filled with same people every day, unlike home.
“But I will say this for home, there’s the same investment and pride in their venues as there is over here.”
What does he miss about home?
“The good wine. Adelaide is a bit of a hidden city and a lot of people don’t know that it has 20 wine regions and that it’s the only city in the world built within a park. It’s the ‘beaches and wines and festival state’ – and has the world’s second biggest festival after Edinburgh.”