Hospitality consulting for independent restaurants, pubs, bars, and cafés
From someone who has run them. Thirty years in hospitality, seven venues of my own and several more for others, and most of the jobs in between.
In-person sessions are booked at least ten working days ahead.
Who helps small independent restaurants and pubs in the UK?
Atelier Sawyer does. I am Benjamin Sawyer, an independent hospitality consultant with more than thirty years of running restaurants, pubs, bars, and cafés, including my own. I work with independents across the UK: opening a first venue, fixing one that is struggling, growing to two or three sites, or getting a good place noticed. Prices are published, you deal with me directly, and you can start with a single Health Check for £495.
Where are you now?
| If you are… | Start with |
|---|---|
| Planning to open | A Pre-Opening Diagnostic, £695, or Plan, £495 a month |
| Trading, but something is wrong | A Hospitality Health Check, £495 |
| Ready to fix it, month by month | Run, £795 a month |
| Running two or three sites, or about to | Grow, £1,595 a month |
| Good, but too few people know | Promote, £745 a month |
| Fighting your till, bookings, or stock system | Digitise, from £2,950 |
| In need of a website that takes bookings | Websites, from £3,250 |
Not sure? Start with the Health Check. If you go on to Run or Grow within 30 days, the fee comes off.
Who I help
What I have done
Radhost: the Sun Inn, and the pub group it carried
How Benjamin Sawyer took the Sun Inn in Bethnal Green from 17 tenants in two years to £800,000 a year, built a pub group, and what losing it taught him.
Read the story →
Miracle Brews: a five-star hygiene rating, earned by the barista
How Petit Miracles' charity coffee cart earned a five-star food hygiene rating, with food safety documents written for dyslexic and neurodivergent staff.
Read the story →
Donkey Dreamland: from a whiteboard in a shed to bookings online
How I built Donkey Dreamland, a donkey charity in Mijas, a four-language website, online booking and donations, and a portal that runs the sanctuary.
Read the story →Why work with me
- I have done the job. Pot-wash, kitchen, floor, bar, office, and my own name over the door. I know what a Saturday night costs, and what a quiet Tuesday costs.
- You deal with me. No account manager and no junior team. The person you talk to is the person doing the work.
- Prices are published. What you see on the pricing page is what you pay.
- I am on when you are. Seven days a week, 07:00 to 20:00 UK time: WhatsApp within four hours, email the same day.
- My recommendations are not bought. If I ever receive anything from a supplier I recommend, I tell you in writing.
Latest insights
Talk it through
A free 30-minute call will tell us both whether I can help, and where to start.
In-person sessions are booked at least ten working days ahead.
