Leadership & business
September 20, 2026

Top Hospitality Keynote Speakers to Inspire Your Next Event

Discover top keynote speakers for hospitality events. Experts in service, leadership and innovation to inspire your team at your next corporate gathering.

Jamie Vickery
Leadership & business
June 6, 2026
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Looking for an inspiring keynote speaker to elevate your next hospitality event? The right speaker turns a hospitality event into more than a briefing, delivering expert insight on service excellence, brand culture and leadership under pressure. Whether you're planning a leadership training day or a large-scale hospitality management conference, these seven speakers bring tested expertise to hospitality audiences. If you're after restaurant and F&B specific thinking, our alternatives to Will Guidara covers speakers who translate hospitality into service, culture and leadership.

Top Hospitality Keynote Speakers

Claire Harper, Speaker, Marketing Director, Change Management And Brand Expert

Claire Harper

With a career built at Argos, Ocado, Sainsbury's and Mamas & Papas, Claire Harper speaks on leadership development, branding and cultural transformation in hospitality and retail. Her move from executive roles to founding her own retail business, IndiaCoco, gives her practical material on growth, leadership and work-life balance.

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Darren Briggs, Speaker, Team Coach, Leadership Coach, Communication Expert

Darren Briggs

Darren Briggs brings three decades with British Airways, Microsoft, Nike and Vodafone to sessions on leadership, employee engagement and change management. He works with hospitality teams on communicating clearly, inspiring staff and driving change under pressure.

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Juliet Kinsman, Speaker, Travel Journalist, Sustainability Editor & Eco Advocate

Juliet Kinsman

Juliet Kinsman combines over 25 years of travel journalism and consultancy with a focus on sustainable hospitality, and was Condé Nast Traveller's first Sustainability Editor and founder of BOUTECO. She gives hospitality audiences practical routes to building sustainability into day-to-day operations, not just marketing.

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Peter Avis, Speaker, Award-winning GM & Customer Service Expert

Peter Avis

Peter Avis went from dishwasher to award-winning General Manager, including senior roles with the Virgin Group, over more than 25 years in hospitality. His talks focus on customer service, team development and the kind of positive leadership that gets applied on shift, not just in theory.

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Fred Sirieix, Speaker, Hospitality Leader, Customer Service Expert, Award-Winning Manager

Fred Sirieix

Fred Sirieix is the maître d' from Channel 4's First Dates and a leading voice on service excellence, drawing on more than 25 years in hospitality including his role as General Manager at the Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows. He founded National Waiters Day and the Art of Service training tool, and his sessions cover customer relations, CX and what makes service genuinely memorable.

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Doug McMaster, Speaker, Zero-Waste Restaurateur, Michelin Green Star Chef

Doug McMaster

Doug McMaster founded Silo, the world's first zero-waste restaurant, after training at St. John, The Fat Duck and Noma, and holds a Michelin Green Star for the work. He shares practical lessons on designing waste out of a business and building supplier relationships that make sustainability commercially viable, not just a talking point.

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Monica Galetti, Speaker, Culinary Innovator, Television Personality, MasterChef Judge, Author

Monica Galetti

Monica Galetti trained under Michel Roux Jr at the two-Michelin-starred Le Gavroche, rising to become the restaurant's first female senior sous chef, and has judged BBC's MasterChef: The Professionals since 2009. She opened her own restaurant, Mere, blending South Pacific flavours with classical French technique, and speaks on culinary leadership and developing talent under pressure.

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Ready to enhance your next event with a hospitality leadership expert? send us a message. It's always a good time to get a PepTalk!

Jamie is a Senior Client Partner at PepTalk and has been part of the team since day one. With over 11 years of experience at digital agencies like Outside Line and Saatchi London, Jamie knows the ins and outs of client services, storytelling, and communication. Before moving into the agency world, he spent five years with the Spice Girls management team, helping spread their zig-a-zig-ah to fans of all ages. At PepTalk, Jamie specialises in sport speakers (from cricket and rugby to athletics and football), as well as topics around wellbeing, including burnout, stress, mental health, and nutrition. He also has a keen eye for leadership done differently, and for adventurers who bring lessons in resilience, mindset, and goal setting.

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