To me integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles ,or as I like to say, “doing the right thing when no one is watching.” I have experienced many skills in my career to date and continue to develop myself in these areas but the one that stands out for me is integrity. Whilst this is important in the hospitality trade it plays a huge role in environmental health. This quality is the base of a safe environment in the catering industry and Integrity is also what you, future employers are going to get from me in my work. My decision to do the degree in Environmental Health at Cardiff Metropolitan University from 2022 to 2025 has grown from working for thirty years and personally developing myself within the hospitality trade. I started out with Beefeater restaurants and worked my way up to deputy manager learning all aspects of management including time management, and communication skills (e.g. buzz briefs, excellent communication walls and running meetings) and as such gained a great passion for teamwork. In addition I was a personal licensee. I developed as a manager whilst working for Mitchell & Butlers and was employed as an Area Accredited Kitchen Manager. I developed critical thinking skills, diplomacy and analytical reasoning as well as running my kitchen. I was employed to do health and safety audits on multiple other kitchens. I took immense pride in the fact I was awarded Kitchen Manager of the Year on three occasions and still found time to finish my intermediate food hygiene, run train the trainer courses, facilitate area meetings, train managers in Level three food safety, run and train new teams at new acquisitions. In 2016 I got my kitchen up to Number one in the company (out of 1776 businesses) for all key performance indicators through the skills I learnt. I am currently working part time in the Alchemist in Cardiff while I study at Cardiff Metropolitan University. My passion and experience to keep bettering myself will succour me very well on this course.I challenge myself with SMART targets while planning, executing, and reviewing these targets every 3 months. Taking everything step by step is important and a huge factor in completing my studies. You must break your goals down and that is the same frame of mind I have in aspect of tackling this next segment of my life. I am a class representative at Cardiff Metropolitan University where I will be making a difference for the future of the students I represent.