About Pat

About Pat, your chef.

“CHEF, PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER, TRAINER, INTERNET MARKETING ENTHUSIAST, MOTIVATOR, AUTHOR, PROFESSIONAL BLOGGER, ENTREPRENEUR, MENTOR, LIFE COACH, MUM AND GLAMOROUS GRANNY!”

At 16, Pat won The Best Up and Coming Chef award at Ealing Technical College where she started her training. Passing all her exams with honors she went on to work for the BBC in their executive kitchens and then to Westminster where she was cooking for people like the Prime Minister and many foreign dignitaries. She finished up owning a night club and restaurant which was known as one of the best steak houses in Cardiff.

She has spent 10 years in France and Spain where she gained an even broader experience and respect for food.

Pat is known for her visionary thinking. She has a passion for technology and the Internet and believes that a business can not succeed unless they have a large Internet presence and marketing strategy. As a trusted mentor and motivator, Pat inspires her men-tees with her “can do” attitude. Pat prefers to teach people to take action for themselves, her philosophy is “Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may not remember, involve me and I will understand”.

An experienced businesswoman with a great record of achievements, she has owned a number of businesses spanning a variety of industries from baby clothes to boutiques and restaurants to night clubs. She was the owner and Executive Chef of the famous “Bananas” night club in Cardiff.

Pat says, “I am passionate about motivating people to do more with their lives”.

Pat was chosen from across the World to be interviewed for “The Get Inspired Project”, you can listen to her interview here.

Pat is listed by Twitter’s “WeFollow” as number 1 in their list of Most Influential Women.

http://wefollow.com/twitter/woman

Here you can join her where she is being interviewed by Patrick Dacre from Computerhelpers4good.net on “Women and Their Technology” A New Relationship show on BlogTalkRadio at http://tobtr.com/s/902849

Pat has worked closely with Business Development Agencies, Inspirational Women, Shakti Women, Business Empowerment Networks, Women Business Angels and many more. She has delivered many motivational talks and seminars to business groups of both men and women. In 2008, Pat was elected as a governor of The Birmingham Women’s Hospital and Chair of their Buildings and Environments Committee.

Pat is not only a great Chef, she is a web marketing specialist, a trained hypnotherapist, a qualified NLP practitioner, a professional speaker and a mentor. When she had more time, she was a regular contributer to the letters pages of the Birmingham Post and was the business agony aunt for the magazine “Advice for Growth”.
In 2007, Pat was a regular guest radio presenter for the web radio station, Net Talk Radio, answering questions from listeners on business and business angel investing.

What people have said about Pat……

Hi Pat,
I hope you are well. I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your efforts on Tuesday night! You are a true inspiration! I really appreciate you coming along and your presentation was spot on – I have received so many wonderful comments back stating how everyone found your speech so interesting and inspiring and more importantly how helpful they found your hints and tips to be!!

I think your comment about the secret millionaire was hilarious and I think it would be great if you could make it on to the show – I would love to see you on the TV – I love that programme! hehe.. (Go for it!..)

Seriously, I just want to say a huge thank you and well done as you really made the night for myself and many others, and I just wanted to drop you a quick email to let you know how much I appreciated your efforts!
Thanks Pat you’re a star!

Jaimie Green – Sales Manager, G Casino Coventry Ricoh Arena

“Members of Sandies Business Start Up Club were enriched by Pat’s inspirational talk and motivational manner that created a most positive and energetic atmosphere. She surely captivated our members attention!”
Sandie Granville

President, Sandies Business Start Up Club”

“With your well-grounded, both practical and extensive knowledge of starting and running successful businesses, along with a wonderfully animated personality, you make for a most interesting and lively speaker. With all good wishes of the IAB”,
Dipak Shelat, Operations Manager The Institute of Asian Business, part of The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

“Pat spoke to Shakti women about the need for sound financial advice and of business planning. Our members were captivated by her charismatic style and the forcefulness of the message.
Siobhan Harper-Nunes, Director Shakti Women

Her experience as founding director of one of the UK’s premier Venture Capital Houses, (where she was instrumental in securing more than £21million worth of funding) has helped her to understand what is needed to make a business work.

Take a look at her personal blog.