08/03/2025
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN.
We are in an industry where all too often women hang up their aprons prematurely because the hours aren't compatible with being a mother, or because this industry isn't seen as a stable enough career, or maybe because that career ladder is sometimes built for bigger boy boots to climb a little easier.
We are Fig and the Wild.
We are head chefs, mothers, business owners, professional jugglers, mortgage and rent payers, wedding planners, late night workers, early morning risers, non standard week workers, corporate event organisers, list makers, list losers, bedtime story readers, head bakers, middle of the night calpol administers, heads of admin, kitchen porters, website designers, packed lunch makers, shoot caterers, office managers, order packers, stock room organisers, shoulders to cry on, delivery drivers, cave women warriors, wedding caterers, accounts officers, what's for tea tonight answerers, personal shoppers, party organisers and goers, taxi drivers, menu creators, can't sleep worriers, good time lovers, hard workers. We are Fig and the Wild. WE ARE AMAZING WOMEN.
It's not always a walk in the park. It would be silly to say it was. It's tough. The hours are long. They're never the same on any given week in our line of work. Flexibility becomes your middle name, as does trying to manage a home and family amidst it all. There can be unfortunate but inevitable mother guilt when you've worked a hefty chunk of hours.
BUT it is rewarding and fun and our kitchen is mostly ringing with laughter and silliness and when you work how we work it's imperative that your tribe really is your tribe.
We have tried to build a caring and happy workplace where women can legitimately have a decent career in this industry alongside being supported as working women and mothers.
It's not always perfect, and we are not perfect, but we try and will always continue to. I love this tribe, am proud of us as a team, as colleagues and more importantly as friends. It's ever a privilege to get to spend a working life with such strong and brilliant women. Also going to unashamedly add Shania Twain as the music to this. So LET'S GO GIRLS.
