Born to British parents, Wendy grew up in Southern California. Her 17-year career in hospitality operations and management began at the Rusty Pelican where she worked while completing her bachelor’s degree at California State University at Fullerton.
After graduation and a few stints at boutique restaurants, Wendy landed at the famous La S
Born to British parents, Wendy grew up in Southern California. Her 17-year career in hospitality operations and management began at the Rusty Pelican where she worked while completing her bachelor’s degree at California State University at Fullerton.
After graduation and a few stints at boutique restaurants, Wendy landed at the famous La Scala restaurants, founded in the 1950’s. Over nine years with the company she advanced from management to Director of Operations and finally became Vice President of operations. Wendy led La Scala’s transition from a family run business to a code compliant multi unit institution. As La Scala expanded she focused on hiring and developing the careers of the managers at the various restaurants. Wendy went on to join the management team at the acclaimed Chaya Venice, a thriving Japanese lounge, restaurant and sushi bar, in Venice Beach. She has also consulted a number of LA’s newest restaurant industry entrepreneurs, guiding openings of new locations, and overseeing negotiations and interactions with contractors and city officials.
Wendy has been successfully recruiting since 2005 having held the position as Director of Management Placements at a prominent boutique recruiting firm in the greater Los Angeles area for 13 years until finally establishing her own Tuttle Hospitality Careers in 2018. Caring greatly for both candidate and client, she is well known in the restaurant recruiting world by both owners and her carefully curated network of industry leaders. From small family owned to Michelin Star rated to Forbes 500 restaurants, her dedication is unwavering to find the perfect match.
With her integrity, ethics and moxey, Wendy strives to create and nurture effective, efficient management teams.
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To hear more about Wendy's approach to recruiting click below to listen to her interview by Just Forking Around podcast:
Searching for a job isn't necessarily on the top list of "fun things to do." What I have discovered in my years of recruiting is that you are either looking for a job because you don't have one or you are dissatisfied in your current position for any number of reasons.
For our management candidates it's pretty wonderful that we afford y
Searching for a job isn't necessarily on the top list of "fun things to do." What I have discovered in my years of recruiting is that you are either looking for a job because you don't have one or you are dissatisfied in your current position for any number of reasons.
For our management candidates it's pretty wonderful that we afford you all the support, whether it be career coaching, assisting you with your interviewing skills, creating your resume through our resume service or simply emotionally supporting you through this process. Not only are you getting connected to appropriate matches, but matches that will help you strategically reach your future career goals. This, for you, is completely free of charge. You're welcome ;) We actually love helping. Having worked in the restaurant industry, we've been there, so we understand with compassion and empathy and look forward to helping you find your perfect match.
You are a key management player down. Whether it's an FOH or BOH position, it's not an optimal time for you, who is already most likely over worked and running on empty. There are so many job apps out there and it's so easy to pop an inexpensive ad and generate hundreds of matches, which at first glance, feels like you won the potentia
You are a key management player down. Whether it's an FOH or BOH position, it's not an optimal time for you, who is already most likely over worked and running on empty. There are so many job apps out there and it's so easy to pop an inexpensive ad and generate hundreds of matches, which at first glance, feels like you won the potential employee lottery. Then you have to weed through all those hundreds of resumes, only to find out these sites leave it up to the candidate to update their working status. You soon realize these hundreds of matches are not all active candidates looking for employment. Candidates simply don't remember to pull their resumes down from sites after they have found employment. It's really no fault of their own, it's just not on the top of their mind once they find their new gig and they are off and running. Not to mention the candidates who leave their resumes posted just to passively look.
Both of these findings can be time wasting and frustrating for employers who need their open position filled ASAP. We meet with you, to discuss your needs and company culture. We dig in deeply with you so that we can become the proper brand ambassador that you need. We meet with all of our candidates, thoroughly screen them, conduct reference checks and extensively review what it is that best fits your company's needs so that we send you active, fitting candidates only. No time wasted on your part and time is precious.
To maximize your precious time, we coordinate all interviews between you and our candidates and are happy to offer assistance during the employment offer stages if needed. All candidates hired by you come with a 90 day guarantee and if for any reason you or the candidate part ways during that 90 days, that position is replaced FOR FREE with the same sense of urgency in which it was originally placed.