Hospitalio Recruitment was founded in 2003 by Barak Hirschowitz and Kyle Ovens.  At the time, Barak was recognized as one of the top chefs in South Africa.  He was a regional Chairman for the South African Chefs Association and had won international acclaim by the press for his role in the culinary industry in South Africa.  The leading US food magazine, Food and Wine, called Barak, "one of the country's great chefs"

In the same year, Barak was one of ten celebrity chefs featured in American Express publisher's hardback book, Star Chefs on the Road, 10 Culinary Masters share stories and recipes, along side other well known US chefs like Wolfgang Puck and Jean-George Vonrichten

Barak decided to use his networking talents and understanding of the high end hospitality business to develop a recruitment agency for hotels, cruise lines and restaurants world wide.  Before long, Hospitalio was sourcing talent for many of the world's leading hospitality corporations including Starwood Hotels, Hilton International, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise lines and Intercontinental Hotels.

Building on the experience of recruiting expatriate professionals for the hospitality industry, Hospitalio has now branched out into other areas industries requiring expats including the retail, financial and engineering industries.   Hospitalio now has representives in Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA.  This assists us in sourcing candidates from a truly global network.