Hospitality & Restaurant Headhunters Rooted in Service

We partner with independent, corporate and luxury hospitality enterprises to find that perfect candidate.

At Hospitality Confidential, we’re passionate about the growth, longevity, and welfare of the hospitality community and industry. That’s why, as leading hospitality and restaurant headhunters, we help source top talent who align with your core values, business goals, long-term vision and growth plans. 

And we do it with the same 5-star service you covet and uphold in your own operation.

Our Approach to Hospitality Recruitment

With 25+ years of combined experience to guide us, we proudly deliver on our promise to provide top-tier service that’s thoughtful, meaningful and collaborative. But don’t just take our word for it; 125+ clients have all left us 5-star reviews.

When conducting our executive searches, here’s what you can expect from the Hospitality Confidential recruiters (besides our undivided attention):

Meet the Team

Hanae Suk Bragg, CPRW (she/her)
CEO & Founder

For Hanae, it’s all about disrupting the status quo for a better hospitality future.

Through her recruiting expertise, she shares her joy and passion for cultivating talent in people-powered businesses. She pairs ethical, inclusive and community-conscious recruitment practices with results-oriented hiring processes to create impact, value and progress for the hospitality industry and F&B community.

Hanae began her journey in hospitality with professional culinary training from Escuela de Cocina Luis Irizar, a renowned school in San Sebastian, Spain. She accepted culinary and operational opportunities in fine dining and Michelin-star restaurants, including Innovative Dining Group’s BOA Steakhouse, Dominick’s est. 1948, Spago Beverly Hills, Michael Voltaggio’s Ink.,  and Akelarre by Pedro Subijana.

These roles led her to her passion for talent acquisition. After working at premier boutique recruiting firms, she founded her own. Hospitality Confidential opened its doors in 2021.

Hanae has expertly matched hundreds of job seekers with employers nationwide and overseas. She currently serves on the board of advisors to Another Round Another Rally, a non-profit assisting hospitality workers in crisis. She is a CPRW (Certified Professional Resume Writer) and member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches (PARWCC). Hanae has also previously served on the Program Advisory Committee for the Institute of Culinary Education in Pasadena.

A Korean-American woman with a fierce entrepreneurial spirit, Hanae is committed to supporting her clients in building visionary workplaces and championing representation of diverse talent. Certified in both Unconscious Bias and Optimizing Diversity in Teams, she continues to champion DE&I to help create belonging, accessibility and visibility for everyone who shares her lifelong passion for all things hospitality.

Alex Griffin (she/her)
Lead Executive Recruiter

Born and raised in sunny Los Angeles, CA, Alex Griffin graduated with a degree in English from the University of California, Irvine. While there, she managed the campus Starbucks, which is one of the busiest licensed stores in the country! Needless to say, her passion for the hospitality industry sparked early.

Her love for connecting with others made for a seamless career transition to recruitment. Since then, she has excelled in providing talent acquisition services for notable tech companies including Magnopus, Supernatural, and most recently, Meta!

Alex is certified in Optimizing Diversity in Teams, Uncovering Unconscious Bias in Recruiting & Interviewing, and is thrilled to be part of an organization that places importance on equitable hiring processes.

When she's not meticulously serving our clients and job seekers, Alex enjoys quality time with her Corgi/Terrier mix, Mochi, and baking. She's famous (in her friend group) for her apple pie. 

And as if all these talents weren’t enough, Alex is a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do!

Lindsey Miller (she/her)
Recruitment Associate

An Angeleno by birth, Lindsey was introduced to the curious and wonderful world of restaurants at a young age shadowing her father in his successful career in food service distribution.

She officially started her recruitment career after graduating from American Jewish University with a B.A. in Business. Her career quickly blossomed working for HR, executive search, and recruitment agencies such as: 4D Executive Search, Link2USA, and HIRECLOUT where she held a Lead Recruiter and Client Success Manager title.

Since joining the team at Hospitality Confidential, she has been thrilled to help the type of businesses she came to know during her childhood, grow and scale through the recruitment of exceptional talent!

Lindsey is certified in Optimizing Diversity in Teams & Uncovering Unconscious Bias in Recruiting & Interviewing.
When she’s not behind the desk supporting her clients and candidates, you’ll most likely find her at Dodger Stadium, playing with her dog, Penny, or exploring the city in search of some great sushi!

Our Recruiting Process

Hospitality Confidential is a low-volume, high-touch hospitality and restaurant recruitment agency. As strategic advisors to our partners, we offer exclusive and premium hiring solutions, from administrative support, sourcing and interviewing – all the way to offer negotiations.

Our Clients

We partner with small independent, mid-sized, corporate and luxury hospitality enterprises across the United States.

Spreading the Joy

Bringing joy to our clients and job seekers is our bread and butter.

Our Core Values

These values are the foundation for our success. 

  • Competing with your PR

  • Extreme Accountability

  • Relentless in The Pursuit of Winning for our Clients

  • Empathy & Integrity Driven Practices

  • Celebrate Diversity

  • Recruitment Geeks Only

We Can’t Wait to be of Service

Whether you’re an employer or job seeker, our restaurant, beverage and food industry executive recruiters look forward to helping you and your business rise to the top.