Will Beckett opened the doors to the first Hawksmoor restaurant alongside childhood friend and co-founder Huw Gott in 2006. Built on a passion for showcasing the best British ingredients, the steakhouse chain has since grown into a £100m turnover business, with 1,500 employees and 12 restaurants across the UK, Ireland and the US, with a 13th soon to open in Chicago.
As CEO, Beckett no longer has to tend the bar or clean the toilets, as he did in his early days in the business. But he claims to have never lost his "obsession" for good steak and still regularly meets farmers. What does Beckett think it takes to succeed as a leader in the relentlessly challenging world of hospitality?