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HUNGRY.

Dan Popewww.linkedin.com

HUNGRY is THE podcast for Challenger FMCG & Hospitality Founders wanting to pour gasoline on growth.

We chat with the industry BIG HITTERS. We ooze out the HIDDEN success secrets they’ve never told before and dive deep into their gut-wrenching failures, so you avoid them. We help you grow bigger, faster, stronger. Over the last 6 years, we’ve chatted to some insane guests on the poddy: Rory Sutherland, Seth Godin, Jamie Laing, Spencer Matthews, Tom Kerridge, Sir John Hegarty, The founders of SOHO House, TRIP, The Devonshire, Tony’s Chocolonely, Vita Coco Look, I’ll be blunt, HUNGRY is NOT your normal podcast. HUNGRY is NOT scripted and sterile Q&A interviews. HUNGRY is for pretty much no one. HUNRGY is a deliciously fun, wild and crazy, ADHD rollercoaster of free flowing conversations. got what it takes? Buckle up. Strap in.

get ready to… FEED YOUR HUNGER

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Episodes

The Fat Duck & The Devonshire Head Chef - The MOST Creative Podcast I’ve EVER Recorded

TOTAL honour to sit down for a gallivanting chinwag with this absolute G Ashley Palmer-Watts. Ash is a creative genius. Head Chef at The Fat Duck leading it 3 Michelin stars. Head Chef at DINNER by Heston. Genius behind The Devonshire with mcc. Creativity is water, you swim around, up and over, through obstacles. No matter what industry you work in this poddy will 10x your creativity. 🙏WIN free tickets to the next supper club, fill out this form (takes 45 seconds) 👉 ON THE MENU: The Fat Duck 3...

Apr 07, 20252 hr 17 min

Espresso: The Devonshire founder - How To AVOID a Common Crisis in Restaurants

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Apr 03, 20257 min

Rory Sutherland: Billion Dollar Marketing Secrets Revealed

The CRAZIEST Rory Sutherland Conversation EVER + 20 New Marketing Rules You’ve Never Heard. Buckle up, strap up for an ADHD Orgy with the G.O.A.T. 🙏WIN free tickets to the next supper club, fill out this form (takes 45 seconds) 👉 ON THE MENU: David Oglivy’s American Express Double Your Money Back Guarantee Rule = Get rid of arseholes + show Skin in the game Why are Jack Daniels Tube Posters SO LONG? Brand Depth vs Brand Awareness: Turn a 3 second poster into a 60 second poster How to Apply Dan...

Mar 31, 20252 hr 32 min

Espresso: James Smith Why Clapham Fitness Influencers are RUINING the World + Declinism

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Mar 27, 20257 min

Giles Brook Supper Club: NO WONDER Your brand is stuck at £2- 5 Million (just do this mate)

DEE-lighted to welcome back the OG Giles Brooks on to the poddy. Recorded at our supper club at The Drapers Arms a coupla weeks ago. So many brands get stuck in the £2 - £5 million pond The trough of sorrow The dip The grind Giles, as always, gives super straightforward answers to complicated problems HUGEEEE WHOPPIN thanks to the Data Donnies North Star for making this happen ON THE MENU: Why brands get stuck in the £2 - 5 mill pond and don’t become house hold brand How big is your brand WHY re...

Mar 24, 202557 min

Espresso: Giles Brook "STOP Innovating!! You Need to be the HERO in your Category

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Mar 20, 20259 minEp. 255

TRIP Drinks Founder REVEALS All Their Crazy Success Secrets Behind - Liv Ferdi

This week we have a throwback to an incredible convo with the co-founder of TRIP, Olivia Ferdi. Maybe I am wrong. For yonks I’ve been waxing ad nause about Narrow and Deep. Focus. Do less, better. Be a Meaningful specific. It’s what every wonderful guest on the poddy teaches me. TRIP ripped up the rule book. Definition of outlier. TRIP is for everyone and anyone, anywhere, anytime and everywhere. TRIP is a coffee replacement. Booze replacement. Cocktail mixer. Meal Deal enhancer. Grab & Go. ...

Mar 17, 20252 hr 2 min

Barrafina Founder: The Genius Who Changed The Way London Eats - Quo Vadis, El Pastor

In 2001, the London Food World was pallid, tepid, insipid. Clotted cream Miserable Meh Thankfully, two legends CHANGED EVERYTHING. Sam Hart & Eddie Hart Swam upstream, zigged against zagging zeitgeist. Opened an array of spell-binding restaurants 2003 - Fino with genius Nieves 2007 - Barrafina 2012 - Quo Vadis with living-legend and food encyclopaedia, Jeremy Lee 2015- El Pastor And, more recently, Parillian, Bar Daskall Ghosts in Quo Vadis, MAD house parties in Manchester, wild techno night...

Mar 10, 20251 hr 43 min

Espresso: Giles Brook How Vita Coco beat Innocent in the Coconut Wars?

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Mar 06, 202518 min

Eating With Tod: 9 Crazy Ways to Build a 7 Figure Food Empire from an iPhone 11

You’ll NEVER learn these lessons in a marketing book Tod is a GENIUS marketeer. Built an enormous 7 figure business all from his iPhone 11. Toby Inskip built an ATTENTION-GRABBING MACHINE. Drool, scroll Drool, scroll Droll and scroll and drool some more Tod injects a giddy wanderlust to the blossoming London Food World Enter Flavour Funky Town Tastebud Tinsel Town Please Sir, Can I have Some More, More, More Huge thanks to Uber Eats’, Sam Nicaudie for providing the Mountains of Munch from lip-sm...

Mar 03, 20252 hr 1 min

Espresso: James Smith ONE SECRET to INSANE Confidence "The Swimmers Body Illusion"

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Feb 27, 20255 min

Nina Parker: Thriving As Female Chef in Tough Male Kitchens, Manufacturers & Panic Attacks & Building Saucy

Super fun time with legend Nina Parker Our conversation was a Curiosity Carnival massaging my insatiable loves creativity, restaurants, stuffing-my -ace, writing, brand building If you love food, love brand building, you’ll love this Oh! If you’re watching on YouTube people are asking if I’ve started painting my nails like a Hackney HipsterDipster Nay, I dropped a f*ck off big kettle bell on my finger and it’s gone completely black 🤣 Fully Poddy tomozza morning ON THE MENU: 1. Nina’s Proustian ...

Feb 24, 20251 hr 43 min

Espresso: Giles Brook: How To Kill Your Brand OverNight DANGER AVOID!!!!

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Feb 20, 20257 min

GAIL’s Founder: The 17 HARDEST Business Lessons No One EVER Tells You, How We Solve The Future of Food

Honour to sit down with Tom Molnar, co-founder of GAILS's. What Tom’s built in GAIL’s is truly amazing. You’re in for a treat ON THE MENU: Skateboarding & Slaying Monsters & Building GAIL’s: “Be in Flow” + Don’t let Big hot shot executives ruin the flow Why a FOOD business MUST make FOOD decisions… “STOP adding more business to the business for the sake of business” The GAIL’s No Celebration Cakes Rule: “Understand something deeply and make it better” + “Don’t change it before you know i...

Feb 17, 20251 hr 30 min

Espresso: Oisín Rogers, The Devonshire Why The Word "Hospitality" NEEDS A REBRAND NOW!!!

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Feb 13, 202514 min

Shakespeare, Seth Godin, Comedy, Why London Needs a Laugh & The Weirdest Marketing Podcast You’ve Ever Heard

DEEE-lighted to welcome this ABSOLUTE JOKER on the poddy Henry Hayes creates f*cking hilarious content Behind the comedy is a whopper-big-brain, whipper-smart witty Henry is Head of Marketing at Passionfruit - who work with PepsiCo , AB InBev , Mars In This Is Strategy Seth Godin, all ideas are built on Time Game Empathy Systems Marketing Strategy is like Comedy Marketing like Comedy is built on empathy Marketing like Comedy is playing games Marketing like Comedy is understand the system you’re ...

Feb 10, 20252 hr 12 min

Espresso: The Devonshire Founder 7 INSANE Leadership Lessons You've Probably Never Heard

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Feb 06, 202515 min

The £100m Brand Man: 17 Unknown Ways To ACTUALLY Secure a HUGE Exit + “the EXIT world has COMPLETELY changed… Multiples of revenue is DEAD”

⬇️ REGISTER FOR TICKETS TO LIVE PODCAST & SUPPER CLUB WITH GILES ON 25TH FEB BELOW ⬇️ https://forms.gle/bHgQQg9EkVYTMw368 If you want to EXIT your brand for MILLIONS $$$ Make dat COIN boi-shee. Bread. Dough. Wonga. Moolah. This is THE most important podcast I’ve ever recorded. Honour to sit down with INDUSTRY LEGEND legend Giles Brook. ON THE MENU: Why Challenger Brands Must Understand The Way You Exit has COMPLETELY CHANGED: Giles’he Gold, Silver Bronze of True Gross Margin and EBITDA PLEAS...

Feb 03, 20252 hr 7 min

Espresso: THE Easiest Way To Build a Creative Culture... "Separate the gold from the lead"

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jan 30, 202518 min

The 11 BIGGEST Lessons from 4.5 Years Podcasting - Every Food & Drink Founder Should Have These Tattooed on Their Arm

Riding Solo on el poddy this week Fancy riding shotgun? Simply shove my waffle in your ears. This week, I’ve picked 11 lessons from the 4 years of podcasting with INSANE GUESTS I’m referring to these DAILY. So hope they help you too. 4.5 years of value, stuffed into 45 mins. Get ya chops round it asap Lemme know if you like these, can do more. May do a sales one too ON THE MENU: 1. THE SINGLE Biggest lesson from Luke Boase and Emma Heal , Lucky Saint | B Corp™ 2. Giles Brook : 3 Game Changing Br...

Jan 27, 202546 min

Espresso: James Smith - The Hidden Secret to TONNES of Attention for Your Brand

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jan 23, 20258 min

Oisín Rogers, The Devonshire: 13 Unconventional Leadership Secrets of the World’s Best Pub (these will blow your mind)

An EXTRAORDINARY conversation on leadership Laden with Sparkling Easter Eggs of Wisdom You’ll never find these in a-gimpy-bore-you-to-death-business-book. Osh is an wonderful storyteller We recorded the poddy in the infamous Green Room. The Green Room hides behind the bar, where punters clamour, chinwag and pine-for-pints It’s sacred. sacrosanct Splashed with art. Sensory overload. At night, it morphs into every texture, shade and flavour of raucous fun. If you're curious about some of the artwo...

Jan 20, 20251 hr 46 min

Espresso - James Smith - The HIDDEN Secret to INSANE Confidence

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Jan 16, 20256 min

James Smith - How To Be F*cking Confident and Why “Traditional Marketing is DEAD”

Honour to sit down and chinwag with Marketing Genius, James Smith. James built a WHOPPA social following through honest, direct, empathetic marketing. Last year, he moved into the challenger space, launching Neutonic (a nootropic blend of research-backed ingredients to help boost your productivity) with Chris Williamson and Luke Betts. Our conversation is JAM-PACKED with GOLD. ON THE MENU: The Success Paradox: “Never stop doing the things that make you successful, as you get successful“ Billboar...

Jan 13, 20252 hr 37 min

The Genius Behind The Alcohol Free Movement: Applying Behavioural Economics “Thinking Fast & Slow” to Change Culture FOREVER

Ben Branson founded Seedlip Drinks . Seedlip pioneered the Low to No movement. The Low to No Movement helped more people go sober. More sober people, led to more happier people. More happier people, more productive people. We REALLY don’t understand the power of Sober (just yet) It’s unfathomably enormous. In 50 years, we'll teach kids in school. Going sober is discovering coffee. Going sober is discovering electricity. Going sober is discovering penicillin. Going sober is discovering Nandos Gar...

Jan 06, 202558 minEp. 253

Espresso: Black Bear Burger, Street Food Stall to Burger Empire (and how you can too)

"We only sold 20 burgers in our first market run." 📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danie...

Jan 02, 202510 minEp. 252

Waitrose CEO: How To Win Waitrose in 7 Easy Ways

It’s Christmas. I’ve stuffed my face all week. Drunk. Don’t know what day of the week it is. And am having some rest as 2025 is going to be HUGE Reposting one of the most downloaded episodes of all time which was recorded 2 years ago with Waitrose. Alas. Back to the left overs Normal service resumes next week 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/)...

Dec 30, 20241 hr 37 minEp. 251

Espresso: Gary Lavin, "DON'T SKIP SALES"..Sales is Leg Day for Brands

📙Download HUNGRY Big Banging Reading list here 🧾 HUNGRY survey would be so grateful if you may please fill out ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲 --------------------------------- 🤝 Let's Connect! ►Let's link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) ►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.co...

Dec 26, 20247 minEp. 250

The D2C Don: Growing Purdy & Figg £0 to £40 Million in 3 Years Using Behavioural Science Secrets

Why do so many food & drink brands struggle on D2C? Why do MOJU or SURREAL absolutely kill it ? Jack Rubin knows D2C better than anyone I know The D2C Donny Honour to wax lyzzy about how he’s built Purdy & Figg into a HUGE WHOPPA brand Love D2C or love Behavioural Science - you’ll love this ON THE MENU: 1. Charlie Munger’s Lollapalooza Principle for Building HUGE D2C Brands - Business Model - spend X make Y - Allowable cost of acquisition - Contribution on first order - Future order + co...

Dec 23, 20242 hrEp. 249
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