Russel James

Managing Director Absolute Taste: Retail, Travel & Food Production

Bicester, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Absolute Taste (Full-time · 8 yrs)
    • Managing Director: Retail, Travel & Food Production
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Director Of Operations
      Jul 2018 - Apr 2025 · 6 yrs 10 mos

  • Carluccio's (16 yrs)
    • Regional Director of Operations
      Sep 2013 - Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 11 mos

    • Operations Manager
      Sep 2006 - Sep 2013 · 7 yrs 1 mo

    • General Manager
      Aug 2002 - Sep 2006 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • F&B and Hospitality Manager at Anglo American Farms – Boschendal Wine Estate, South Africa
    Aug 1999 - Jul 2002 · 3 yrs

  • General Manager at Rijk’s Ridge Country House & Wine Estate, South Africa
    Sep 1996 - Jul 1999 · 2 yrs 11 mos