I so loved my first research chat with Thomas about Regenerative Farming & Carbon Credits that when the opportunity came up to record a podcast I took the chance to travel across the country and meet him face to face. I adore Thomas’s idea and

Adam Phelps - Cellar Society

Jun 14th, 2021 1h 12m

We are off to the world of events. Something I’d perhaps inadvertently neglected in my conversations around the world of hospitality. Certainly a part of the sector that todays guest Adam Phelps feels like the government has forgotten when it

Nathan Outlaw - Chef

May 31st, 2021 1h 8m

Many of your will know today’s guest Nathan Outlaw from his various TV appearances, Michelin stars, all round love of hospitality and the author of 5 well regarded books. Chatting to Nathan you can see why he’s such a popular hospitality human

Stefan Leser - CEO Langham Hotels & Resorts

May 17th, 2021 1h 15m

Stefan Leser is a bit different to my normal guests on this podcast since he is based in Hong Kong and rather than being a little local independent Langham Hospitality has some big backers and a number of properties spread throughout the globe.

Dan Austin - MD Lake District Farmers

May 3rd, 2021 1h 9m

I think you are going to fall in love with Dan Austin, today’s guest, and the Lake District Farmers, for a whole heap of reasons. Firstly the Lake District is just an utterly stunning part of the world, so anything we can do to support it, and

Victoria Searl - DataHawks

Apr 19th, 2021 1h 4m

Less so someone’s journey through hospitality this week, and more of a deep dive into a topic I hope hope you will find useful. Today I’m chatting to Victoria Searl, founder of Data Hawks. I’m fairly techie and I’ve found it frustrating over t

Phil Haughton - Better Food Stores & Cafes

Apr 5th, 2021 1h 13m

Phil Haughton has had a great food adventure over many decades. He has just written a book ‘Food for Thought’ that brings together this journey, combined with recipes and producers he’s met along the way. Phil’s current business is the Better

Hamish Martin - The Secret Garden - Edinburgh

Mar 22nd, 2021 1h 2m

Hamish is a brave soul who at the age of 41, with his own business and a career working around the wine and whisky trade decided that his number one love in the world was plants. Not only was he brave enough to sell the business, he was crazy

Darren Venables - Estate Manager Chewton Glen

Mar 8th, 2021 1h 12m

Unusually we recorded this one, with my golden retriever 'Jasper' whilst giving him a walk around a 130 acre country estate. But more importantly I was joined by Darren Venables, the Estate Manager at the Chewton Glen Hotel down in the New Fore

Sarah Heward - Real Food Cafe - Scotland

Mar 1st, 2021 1h 7m

Sarah has been pretty vocal throughout the pandemic in representing the Scottish Hospitality Sector. I wanted to chat with Sarah in the first instance about how somebody goes from being the MD of a decent sized company in the city of London,

Chris Davies - CEO Harvest London - Vertical Farming

Feb 22nd, 2021 1h 12m

Chris Davies is founder and CEO of Harvest London, a couple of vertical farms in the city of London. Chris is going to help us understand how vertical farms could be part of the solution to feeding the planet. As Chris puts it, this will be p

Tim Hall - Executive Chef Burgh Island Hotel

Feb 15th, 2021 50m 23s

It was quite a few months ago when the opportunity crossed my desk to interview Tim Hall, who is the executive chef at Burgh Island. It caught my eye because Burgh Island is such a unique location, as a tidal island just off the south coast of

Lee Cash - Founder Peach Pubs

Feb 8th, 2021 1h 20m

Lee Cash was always driven to become self employed in the hospitality sector. He learnt his craft with some of the best, from Robin Sheppard at Bespoke Hotels and chef Raymond Blanc. But all the time driven and motivated to test himself, to l

#123 Jonathan Neame - CE of Shepherd Neame Brewers

Feb 1st, 2021 40m 38s

We’re going big this week, and actually I don’t mean a big podcast, but a big business, chatting to Jonathan Neame, the chief executive of Shepherd Neame Brewers. With 320 pubs and pre pandemic turnover of £150 million they are bigger than the

Tim Lloyd - MD Captains Club Hotel

Jan 25th, 2021 1h 12m

From honing his skills in hotels on an employed basis, to learning the art of the restauranteur with his own venues, to taking all of that knowledge and finally getting to apply it in his very own hotel with his partner Rob, Tim has been on a g

Michel Roux Jr - Chef, Author, Media & Le Gavroche

Jan 18th, 2021 1h 14m

Michel Roux Jr is a true 'Human of Hospitality' who was practically born in a kitchen when his Mum went into labour whilst working in his Dad 'Albert Roux's' restaurant. Michel is well known, partly simply through the recognition of his Dad an

Richard Ball - Executive Chairman Calcot Collection

Jan 11th, 2021 1h 12m

Richard is a great example of a 'Human of Hospitality' having worked in the sector almost all of his working life. Richard started the business with his Dad and his family, and recognises all that his family risked, even selling grandmas house

Emma McClarkin - CE British Beer & Pub Association

Dec 21st, 2020 1h 11m

Emma has had a fascinating career working in the heart of government in the EU, in part negotiating trade deals. Great timing for a chat that starts with Emma’s thoughts on the EU and our opportunities and risks as we hurtle towards departure

Bonus

Minister for Hospitality - Various Guests

Dec 13th, 2020 1h 20m

A very different style of episode this week. Rather than a detailed conversation with one awesome human of hospitality we have 9 great humans, most of whom have been previous guests. And we have just one topic of conversation. Why they are s

Naomi Duncan - CEO Chefs in Schools charity

Dec 7th, 2020 1h 17m

Surely schools are the place to improve knowledge on food, on what we should eat, to inspire a life long love for whole food and to understand the difference between real food and processed food. To understand that food is essential for life,

#116 Carly Trisk-Grove - B-Corp, OPOP & Cafe in the Park

Nov 30th, 2020 1h 11m

I love Carly’s story and her energy and ethos and her general hospitality adventure. As you will hear Carly went from a small wooden hut, to an expensive hobby, to raising 1/2 a million pounds and building a beautiful cafe in the park. Along

Dan Rose-Bristow - The Torridon Resort

Nov 23rd, 2020 1h 25m

Set in 58 acres of parkland at the end of a magnificent sea loch, The Torridon has one of the most spectacular and idyllic locations in the country. What Dan, his wife Rohaise and the team have created in the Torridon is awesome. So remote with

Zoe Wangler - Setting up small ecological farming business

Nov 16th, 2020 1h 16m

Zoe is from the 'ecological land cooperative' (ELC) - a 'Not For Profit' trying to solve some of the problems of excessively large farms, often mono-culture dominated and using too many chemicals, having a very detrimental impact on the land an

Rocco Bova - GM Chablé Yucatán - Mexico

Nov 9th, 2020 1h 19m

Rocco Bova is living quite the hospitality adventure. I wanted to catch up with him for a few reasons. Firstly he’s running a health resort in Mexico, a fascinating country. Sometimes a reputation for drug cartels, kidnapping and more recentl

Nicholas Dickinson - Congham Hall Hotel

Nov 2nd, 2020 1h 23m

If you don’t know his name, you’ll certainly know some of the venues Nicholas has worked and some of the businesses he’s developed. Nicholas without a doubt is a bona fide 'human of hospitality'. It’s been his life’s work. From cutting his t