About - toasthospitality

Built from Real Hospitality Experience

Toast Hospitality was founded by Leo De Bartolo, a hospitality operations leader with more than 20 years of experience across Australia and the UK.

Leo has worked across franchise, corporate and multi-site hospitality environments, supporting businesses through growth, operational transformation, leadership development and performance improvement.

His background includes senior operational leadership roles across:

Marco Pierre White Restaurants UK

Nando’s Australia

Chatime
Hog’s Breath Café
Yo-Chi

Throughout his career, Leo has worked across:

Multi-site operations

Franchise systems

Corporate hospitality

Venue openings

Operational restructuring

Team leadership and development

Systems implementation

Profitability improvement

Toast Hospitality was created to help hospitality businesses move beyond reactive operations and build stronger, more scalable businesses through operational excellence, accountability and leadership.

Today, Toast Hospitality works with hospitality businesses looking for experienced operational support, strategic guidance and hands-on leadership to improve performance across people, operations and profit.

An invaluable part of our executive team—Leo brought deep industry knowledge and commercial focus.

'With a strong background in food retail and operations leadership, Leo's expertise is a valuable asset to any organisation'

We've spent the last eight weeks working with Toast Hospitality and have completely overhauled our kitchen operations. Our menu is geared for better margins, our workflows are simplified, and our customers are loving it! Highly recommend!

Brings deep experience across company-owned and franchised restaurants.

'Smart and genuinely engaging-Leo adds enormous value. Driving outstanding growth, via exceptional leadership'

Strategic oversight, brand consistency, and operational excellence—Leo delivers across the board.

That transition evolved into a long-term partnership through Toast Hospitality—he continued to add real value.

We’ve been working with Toast Hospitality for a few months now and the difference is massive. We’ve tightened up our systems, simplified the day-to-day, and finally feel in control of how the venue runs. The team’s more focused, the pressure’s eased, and we’ve got time to step back and work on the big picture.

Leo excelled at leading multi-site operations and translating strategy into action.

Leo’s leadership, brand expertise, and strategic thinking made a lasting impact on our business.

I have had the pleasure of knowing Leo for well over a decade, working together across several international hospitality brands. It was always a mix of professionalism and fun. So when we needed support on a number of projects- including work with Australia's largest pub group, choosing Leo and Toast Hospitality was an easy decision.

Leo has a proven track record of helping franchisees grow-with genuine respect and results that speak for themselves.

In three months working with Toast Hospitality, we have reduced our COGS by 20%, streamlined operations and lifted some serious weight off our shoulders! Best investment we've made in a long time!

Over the past few years, we have partnered with Leo on several consultancy projects and have consistently been impressed by his deep industry knowledge, sharp thinking and collaborative approach. He's supportive, strategic and genuinely committed to helping hospitality businesses grow.