Level Up Dublin

​Level Up is coming to Dublin.

​We're bringing together the most forward-thinking restaurant and hospitality leaders for an afternoon and evening of honest conversation, shared learning, and proper food and drink.

​Panel 1: Right people, right time: staffing the festive peak without blowing the budget

​December is the quarter that makes or breaks the year, and it's also the quarter where labour cost runs hottest. Demand swings wildly day to day, agency and overtime creep in to plug gaps, and most rotas are still built from last year's gut feel. This panel digs into how operators move from reactive staffing to demand-led deployment, so the right people are on at the right fifteen minutes, not just the right week.

​Panelists

• ​Gavin O'Connor: People and Culture Lead, Sprout

• ​Mannie Sehmar: Development and Strategy, Chuckee Cheese

• ​Marc Bereen: Founder, Bereen Brothers

​Panel 2: Protecting margin through the madness: maximising profit when volumes spike

Festive volume hides a lot of sins. Sites over-order "just in case," waste climbs, GP slips, and nobody sees the damage until the period-end numbers land in January, long after the money's gone. This panel is about controlling the other half of prime cost, COGs, so the busiest weeks of the year are also the most profitable, not just the loudest.

​Panelists

• ​Jacob Long: Director, Griolladh

• ​Stephen O’Reilly: MD, Mad Egg

• ​Darragh Fanning: General Manager, Zambrero

• ​Andrew Moloney: CEO, Hook & Ladder

​Plus:

• ​Pizza and cocktails

• ​The room you actually want to be in — operators, leaders, and the people shaping what hospitality looks like next