All but one of Kerrie’s clan follow in Mum’s Spoon steps

Shift leader and mum of five Kerrie Driscoll has worked for Wetherspoon for nine years, starting as a bar associate at The Richmal Crompton (Bromley).

Kerrie, who now works at The Sir Julian Huxley (Selsdon), has paved the way for four of her five children to follow in her footsteps in a career with Wetherspoon.

The family grew up in New Addington, where Kerrie still lives, and, like their mum, they all started at The Richmal Crompton.

Kerrie said: “Since I started, everyone else came and joined the company, except one.

“I was really enjoying my work, so I guess they could see that, and the next thing I knew, one by one, they were all applying for a job.”

Kerrie’s eldest daughter Lizzie Boast is the pub manager at The Sun (Redhill), where her husband Billy Boast (they met while working at The Richmal Crompton) is the kitchen manager.

Lizzie joined the company nine years ago, working her way up from bar associate to shift manager at The Richmal Crompton.

She took on her first pub as manager at The Harvest Moon (Orpington) (no longer a Wetherspoon pub).

When that pub closed, Lizzie became pub manager at The Sovereign of the Seas (Petts Wood), before taking over at The Sun.

Kerrie’s son, Cameron De Silva, 22, started as a 16-year-old floor associate at The Richmal Crompton, before moving from front of house to the kitchen and progressing to shift manager.

He is now the kitchen manager at The Sir Julian Huxley.

Daughter Charlotte Juchau, 25, is a bar associate at The Sir Julian Huxley, having moved there in August 2024 from Petts Wood.

She also started as an under-18 at The Richmal Crompton and worked for her sister Lizzie at Petts Wood, before joining her mum at Selsdon. 

Like his siblings, Kerrie’s youngest son, Louie De Silva, 20, started at The Richmal Crompton as an under-18 and has stayed at the pub, where he works as a kitchen shift leader.

Kerrie’s son, Christopher Juchau, 27, is the only one not to join the family at Wetherspoon.

He works as a roofer.

Kerrie said: “Wetherspoon is a good company to work for, and no two days are the same.

“The company also offers great benefits and you feel appreciated in your work.

“I would never have encouraged any of my kids to join Wetherspoon, if it weren’t a good company and if I didn’t enjoy my work.

“I’m very proud of them all.”