Nando's UK & IRE

Firing up the grills, and the Olympic torch 🔥 Last month, thanks to our friends at Coca-Cola, we had the chance to send one Nandoca out to Paris to see the final stages of the Olympic Torch Relay. That lucky Nandoca was Salas, Assistant Manager in our Canary Wharf Jubilee Place restaurant, in recognition of his incredible charitable efforts. Salas’ inspirational work started during lockdown, hosting online workout sessions which gathered fame across the world, which led him to create his own charity, Workout to Help, and has also published his own book too. Keep up with Salas and his amazing work on his Insta >> https://lnkd.in/eajBkQCg #NandosLife

PERi-PERi Chicken isn't the only legendary thing about Nando's... The Afro Luso music we play loudly and proudly reflects our heritage with music styles from across Southern Africa. We invited South African musician, Muzi, to explore the trail back to Mozambique, the home of PERi-PERi and learn where just a few of our beats come from. Watch the full video here >> https://lnkd.in/eTZRRvmc #NandosLife

The sunniest place in England just got a bit hotter ☀️ welcome to Nando’s Bognor Regis 😍 The new restaurant celebrates our Southern African roots all the way through, from woven light fittings and fabrics to wall textures and, of course, the artwork. Daniel, the Patrao (General Manager) you can see in the pic expertly pouring a pint of Sagres started with us as an Assistant Manager in 2010 at 18 years old in London, before making the move to the south coast and now leads a team of more than 35 fired-up Nandocas. Some of these roles were recruited through the WorkAid scheme at the Aldingbourne Trust which supports adults with learning disabilities or autism through education, training, specialist care and employment. You can find out more about the amazing work they do on their website here >> https://lnkd.in/dBAaaQ4 The team have also partnered with UK Harvest - a leading environmental and social impact charity dedicated to preventing food waste and food insecurity. They’ll be donating food to UK Harvest as part of our ‘No Chuckin’ Our Chicken’ initiative. #NandosLife

It’s almost time…exam results season across the UK and Ireland is here, with over a million students off to collect their results in the coming weeks. To all of our Nandocas and everyone else collecting their results, you got this 👊 Not quite sure what your next plans are? Maybe a fun and flexible career in hospitality could be for you. Find out more about our School Leavers Apprenticeship Program here >> https://lnkd.in/eiKetZbG #NandosLife

Our Grillers’ Challenge champion for 2024 has been crowned 👑 After the fiery regional competitions, our Grillers’ Challenge final for UK & Ireland took place at our Birmingham New Street restaurant. Some serious passion and courage being shown by our Nandocas flexing their skills on the grills, with some of the finest PERi-PERi chicken grilled to perfection for our lucky judges to try. There could be only one winner…at just 18 years of age, take a bow Macey from our Warrington Golden Square restaurant, our Grillers’ Challenge UK & Ireland champion for 2024 🔥 check out the vid below to see how the final went down with our master of ceremonies Tafadzwa. Macey and our fantastic runners up (Kieran from our Watford High Street restaurant and Bailey from our Chatham restaurant) will be representing the UK & Ireland at our International Grillers’ Challenge in Botswana in September 🙌 best of luck to all 3…bring it home! #NandosLife

We're passionate about supporting new and exciting creative talent. Our music roots run deep, and we recently collaborated with Hype & Genius – an award-winning social enterprise, dedicated to empowering creatives and dismantling exploitation in the industry to put together an event at our event space in London. Joss, our Music Studio Manager told us more: “It's always great to support new and exciting creative talent and working with Hype & Genius was the perfect opportunity to do this! We worked with Lylo and Korinna, the duo behind Hype & Genius and their youth volunteer team to curate, set-up and run a music showcase featuring 5 exceptional artists at our secret kitchen space. Over 200 artists applied to the sold-out showcase to perform 3 of their own tracks on the night.” #NandosLife

Here comes that summer sun ☀ well, briefly… But what’s the plan for when these warmer days are over? Why not join our School leavers Apprenticeship programme, supporting our future Team Members build a career in hospitality. Gain a nationally recognised qualification and the skills, knowledge and behaviours to be a successful Team Member. Find out more and apply for our apprenticeship vacancies near you here >> https://lnkd.in/eiKetZbG #NandosLife

From restaurant floor to dancefloor. Earlier this month we threw a party with Piano People at our Clink Street restaurant in London to celebrate the launch of Mix It Up Vol. 3 our third EP. Grammy-nominated producer, singer and songwriter Musa Keys was on the decks, and international artists A$AP NAST and Unknown T pulled up to party too. Recorded and produced between Nando’s sponsored Flame Studios on Constitution Hill in Johannesburg and Nando’s Soho recording studio in London, Mix It Up Vol.3 EP embodies Nando’s brand belief that ‘Life’s Better When You Mix It Up’. You can stream Mix It Up Vol.3 now, and check out the making of the EP here >> https://lnkd.in/eXHthqcY #NandosLife

Imfundo – the Zulu word for education. Recently, our L&D Team embraced the spirit of Imfundo by hosting a learning week at our Central Support office. It was packed with guest speakers, interactive workshops, storytelling sessions with our Leadership Team, showcases from different Central Support functions, webinars, and even some exercise activities. It was all about connecting with each other, while picking up some new skills and knowledge along the way. We stayed curious, made time for personal growth, and had a blast reflecting on what’s next for each of us. Check out how our showcase event went in this vid. #NandosLife

School trip to Nando’s? Makes a change from the museum… Lauren, Assistant Manager from our Coleraine restaurant recently invited a class from their local school along to the restaurant for a Build-a-Burger morning, and she told us how it went:  “It was amazing, the kids had an absolutely amazing time and they were still wearing their hair nets when leaving the school! The teachers were so pleased and said it was such a great idea and something different for them to do compared to other trips they go on. We also spent time talking about the Southern African farmers we grow our chillies. They went hard on their sauce bottle design competition too, and we saw some incredible ideas coming out! We also made some PERi-PERi sauce with them to show the ingredients and the winner of the design competition got to take that home ☺️” #NandosLife