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The perks and complications of running a restaurant with foreign staff

At Budapest’s Goli, Petra Saás says the daily anxiety about who will turn up has largely gone. An international team, English as the working language and recruitment through expat Facebook groups are central to the story.

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Zsofi Bajor
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I’m a Budapest-based hospitality innovator and food storyteller with a rare dual background: 15 years in television and media and a second career building real-world food concepts that change how people eat.
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