The Hot Breakfast is a community of inspiring Londoners.
We create bespoke, intimate breakfasts for our members, where small groups of people with shared interests and different disciplines can meet, connect and feed their ideas.
To attend a Hot Breakfast you need to be a member. It’s free to join. Membership is offered to everyone who is aligned with our philosophy, the community and its balance of professions and interests.
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Await a relevant topic
All our events are focussed on a particular topic. The Walks and Talks are open to all members. Our Tables and Stories are invitation-only, meaning that you will only be invited to these when they are relevant to you, with a carefully selected group of people we specifically think you ought to meet.
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Rise bright and early
Hot Breakfasts take place between 7.15-9am on weekdays in central London. We partner with the city's best independent cafes, boutique hotels and clubs. Turn up with an empty belly and an open mind, and let us nourish both.
Types of breakfasts
The Stories
At these intimate, invitation-only events we invite an experienced mentor or expert to share their story and insights with a small group of handpicked members. You will have the chance to listen, question views, join dots, meet like-minded members, push the edges of your thinking – and eat a delicious breakfast.
The Tables
The original format, and how The Hot Breakfast all began! These breakfasts prize the connective power of proper conversation above all else. Just seven members are invited, all handpicked because of their knowledge and curiosity about a common issue or subject, which they approach in quite different but complementary ways. The discussion is facilitated by one of our experienced hosts. It’s fun, enlivening and the most personal setting in which to meet, eat, listen and think.
The Talks
A stimulating, early morning burst of practical knowledge designed to support your personal or professional development. We invite an expert to enrich your thinking with new ideas while your mind is at its freshest. These events are invitation-only: we will ensure that you are introduced to a carefully chosen selection of other members, even as we fuel your body and mind.
The Walks
Don’t you find you have wonderful conversations walking with people? And don’t you wish you got out and saw more of the city? Following in the (metaphorical) steps of Dickens, Woolf and Johnson, these events entail early morning walks in the best company while both the city and your mind are still fresh. We start and end at a vibrant, independent café, with a breakfast you will have earned.
Discussing spirituality in business can feel awkward and alienating. Yet arguably, in the face of increasing automation and dehumanising work practices, it has never been more important. Often presented under the more worldly guise of "purpose", many enterprises are powered by a meaning that is beyond profit or salary, something bigger than self and shareholders.
“Thank you so much for a fabulous morning – it really was so inspiring to meet such interesting people and I’m sure we can all learn from and support each other!”
Danielle Green, Business Analyst
“I had a fantastic time today... I felt like we were in a podcast! I absolutely loved it and would definitely come again”
Chris Banks, Creative Director
“I was really inspired and energised by what an interesting bunch of people they were… The Hot Breakfast made me zing all morning!”
Georgina Smee, Social Entrepreneur
“I cycled back buzzing ... and it was hardly 9am – thank you for pulling the grey cells out of their normal confined patterns and into new realms”
Hal Stockley, Strategist and Entrepreneur
“Breakfast was AMAZING. Thank you. I wish every day could start like that.”
The Larder, Fitzrovia
