Donnelly, James

Born 1957 in Gosport, Hampshire, United Kingdom. I am one of five children and lucky enough to grow up within a happy home environment, noisy, boisterous, occasionally bellicose but always supportive. Academia... perhaps not my strong point! Like many, only doing just enough to gain a smattering of 'O levels. Followed by an 'A' Level a few years later and then an HND in Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management. Much of my life since leaving college has been involved with hospitality in its various forms, culminating in a twenty two year partnership in an Event Catering Company with a good