Priya Anand
Senior Operator Correspondent
Priya covers operator playbooks for The Operator column. She spent eight years as a GM at multi-unit groups in London and Singapore — first at a Michelin-starred tasting menu, then at a casual neighborhood concept with 14 locations.
She writes the way she trained line cooks: clear, specific, no shortcuts. Every Operator piece names the operator, names the system, and includes the actual prompts and dashboards readers can copy.
Priya is also a mentor in two operator accelerators and serves on the board of a hospitality workforce nonprofit.
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The Hospitality Operator's EU AI Act Compliance Playbook
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