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This section of our website is dedicated to our public advocacy work raising awareness of mental health issues in the hospitality industry.  Please click on one of the below articles or podcasts to stay up-to-date on our work.  


Year 2020

Year 2019


We thank all publications and podcast hosts for allowing us to spread our message.  

restaurant after hours in the news 2020

12/20 - Grubstreet: All of this is kind of killing me right now.

10/20 - Restaurant Workers Community Foundation: How to take your own mental health temperature.

12/20 - Grubstreet: All of this is kind of killing me right now.

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Board Member Erin Reifsnyder speaks with Chris Crowley at Grubstreet regarding the crushing mental and physical toll restaurant workers are facing working during the pandemic.  Article - click here.  

12/20 - Perri Peltz Show on Sirius XM Radio

10/20 - Restaurant Workers Community Foundation: How to take your own mental health temperature.

12/20 - Grubstreet: All of this is kind of killing me right now.

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Our founder Zia Sheikh sat down with Perri Peltz and Matt O'Neill to discuss Restaurant After Hours and how hospitality workers are currently navigating the COVID-19 crisis.  Download - click here.

10/20 - Restaurant Workers Community Foundation: How to take your own mental health temperature.

10/20 - Restaurant Workers Community Foundation: How to take your own mental health temperature.

10/20 - Restaurant Workers Community Foundation: How to take your own mental health temperature.

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Our founder Zia Sheikh wrote a letter to fellow hospitality employees outlining how to take their own mental health temperature for Restaurant Workers Community Foundation's October newsletter.  Article - click here.

10/20 - Heated: 10 ways restaurant staff can protect their mental health through the pandemic.

6/20 - Plate Online: Chefs find a way to create space for grief and loss in their restaurants.

10/20 - Restaurant Workers Community Foundation: How to take your own mental health temperature.

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Journalist Andrea Strong thinks it's time we talk more candidly about Covid coping.  Here she writes about ten different ways restaurant staff can do so.  Article - click here.  

9/20 - 86'd: Straight Dialogue with Restaurant Leaders

6/20 - Plate Online: Chefs find a way to create space for grief and loss in their restaurants.

6/20 - Plate Online: Chefs find a way to create space for grief and loss in their restaurants.

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In the "Recipes for Recovery" series, Founder Zia Sheikh speaks with Adam Stafford about how his personal mental health journey led him to found Restaurant After Hours, and how he has maintained his sobriety for almost two years.  Podcast - click here. 

6/20 - Plate Online: Chefs find a way to create space for grief and loss in their restaurants.

6/20 - Plate Online: Chefs find a way to create space for grief and loss in their restaurants.

6/20 - Plate Online: Chefs find a way to create space for grief and loss in their restaurants.

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Food writer Caroline Hatchett sheds light on a topic very seldom talked about in restaurants.  With constant change happening due to COVID-19, how do we create space for grief and loss when speaking to our staff?  Article - click here.  

5/20 - A Balanced Glass: Five bright stars for these dark times.

3/20 - Los Angeles Times: Resources for restaurants and workers affected by the coronavirus crisis.

3/20 - Los Angeles Times: Resources for restaurants and workers affected by the coronavirus crisis.

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Incredibly humbled to be included with such great company.  Fellow hospitality nonprofit A Balanced Glass recognizes the efforts the team at Restaurant After Hours put into our approachable and easy-to-navigate resources page.  Article - click here.

3/20 - Los Angeles Times: Resources for restaurants and workers affected by the coronavirus crisis.

3/20 - Los Angeles Times: Resources for restaurants and workers affected by the coronavirus crisis.

3/20 - Los Angeles Times: Resources for restaurants and workers affected by the coronavirus crisis.

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In the wake of COVID-19's tremendous effect on the US restaurant industry, the LA Times listed Restaurant After Hours as a prime mental health resource for restaurant workers.  Article - click here.

2/20 - The Washington Post: Apps have turned restaurant work into a gig-economy hustle.

3/20 - Los Angeles Times: Resources for restaurants and workers affected by the coronavirus crisis.

2/20 - The Washington Post: Apps have turned restaurant work into a gig-economy hustle.

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Proud to have our work featured in The Washington Post.  The story highlights the ins and outs of freelance work, mental health of hospitality workers, and the overall work our founder has been doing since launch.  Article - click here.

Restaurant Workers Community Foundation - 2019 and 2020 Grant Recipient

Restaurant Workers Community Foundation - 2019 and 2020 Grant Recipient

2/20 - The Washington Post: Apps have turned restaurant work into a gig-economy hustle.

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Proud to be recognized and honored with two general operating grants by Restaurant Workers Community Foundation in 2019 and 2020.  We are humbled to be included with such great company.  2019 Article - click here.

Restaurant After hours in the news 2019

11/19 - StarChefs International Chef's Congress: Self-care, mental health, and moving forward.

11/19 - StarChefs International Chef's Congress: Self-care, mental health, and moving forward.

11/19 - StarChefs International Chef's Congress: Self-care, mental health, and moving forward.

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On Monday, October 28th, 2019, Zia Sheikh moderated a business panel titled "Self-Care, Mental Health & Moving Forward" at 2019's StarChefs' ICC.

8/19 - Pared Pro-File: Zia Sheikh and Restaurant After Hours

11/19 - StarChefs International Chef's Congress: Self-care, mental health, and moving forward.

11/19 - StarChefs International Chef's Congress: Self-care, mental health, and moving forward.

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  To help amplify the organization's message, Zia Sheikh has been working with apps such as Pared, Flex, and Instawork in and around the NYC area to meet other industry professionals and speak to managers about how to build better kitchen cultures.  Here, Pared writes about his progress on their blog. Article - click here.  

4/19 - Why Food? on Heritage Radio Network

2/19 - StarChefs: Zia's Story: Addiction and Mental Health in Hospitality

2/19 - StarChefs: Zia's Story: Addiction and Mental Health in Hospitality

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  In April 2019 Zia Sheikh sat down with Ethan Frisch of Why Food? podcast on Heritage Radio Network.  Him and Ethan speak about kitchen culture and the changes we need to begin to make.  Podcast - click here.

2/19 - StarChefs: Zia's Story: Addiction and Mental Health in Hospitality

2/19 - StarChefs: Zia's Story: Addiction and Mental Health in Hospitality

2/19 - StarChefs: Zia's Story: Addiction and Mental Health in Hospitality

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 When Restaurant After Hours was launched the industry noticed.  Here, Zia Sheikh opens up to Erin Lettera of StarChefs about his mental health journey and how he founded Restaurant After Hours.  Article - click here.


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