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, 2025•2 hr 45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The biggest brands in FMCG love love...
Mar 06, 2025•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast ============================================ 🌟Espresso's are powered by our sponsor Unleashed!🌟 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3...
Feb 27, 2025•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2025•2 hr 45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The biggest brands in FMCG love love...
Feb 20, 2025•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2025•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The biggest brands in FMCG love love...
Feb 13, 2025•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2025•2 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The biggest brands in FMCG love love...
Feb 06, 2025•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast ⬇️ 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, 2025•2 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this conversation with the founders of LoCal Beer, fostering a creative culture and the process of distinguishing strong ideas from weaker ones. Creativity Doesn’t Require a Huge Budget – The discussion emphasized that disruptive ideas don’t always need big budgets. Using parody and playful marketing can create impactful branding moments. The "Golden Mead" Campaign for Camden Town Brewery – A spontaneous idea born from reading a news headline led to a limited-edition honey mead beer celebrati...
Jan 30, 2025•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2025•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The biggest brands in FMCG love love...
Jan 23, 2025•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2025•2 hr 48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Espresso's are powered by our sponsor Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3. The biggest brands in FMCG love love Unleashed....
Jan 16, 2025•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2025•3 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2025•1 hr•Ep 253•Transcript available on Metacast "We only sold 20 burgers in our first market run." Espresso's are powered by our brand new sponsor, Unleashed! 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and...
Jan 02, 2025•10 min•Ep 252•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Ep 251•Transcript available on Metacast ============================================ 🌟Espresso's are powered by our sponsor Unleashed!🌟 1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking? Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!! 2. Why Unleashed will change your life as a foodie founder? Cut admin time in half. Save money. Lots of money. Get lucid clarity on margins. Be all over cash flow, after all cash is king. Manage stock and cash flow. 3...
Dec 26, 2024•7 min•Ep 250•Transcript available on Metacast 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, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Ep 249•Transcript available on Metacast James Watt shares why price laddering is the ultimate growth hack most brands ignore. From £1.25 basics to £10 ultra-premium brews, discover how BrewDog uses this strategy to attract everyone—from first-time buyers to hardcore fans. We break down how offering different price points boosts accessibility, creates perceived value, and drives trade-ups to more profitable products. ON THE MENU: What Price Laddering Actually Means (Hint: It’s Not Just About Money) How BrewDog Converts Lager Lovers wit...
Dec 19, 2024•6 min•Ep 248•Transcript available on Metacast Book a North Star Demo - by emailing the legend here kieran@northstarbc.co.uk Wanna land Tesco Sainsbury's CoOp or Waitrose & Partners in 2025? Well, my friend, good news listen up. Delighted to welcome Kieran South founder of North Star on to the poddy We chat all tingz Category management Category Management is THE secret weapon you didn’t know you needed The thread from founder vision <> buyer goals <> retail success = build mahoosive brands. Yes, North Star are a poddy sponso...
Dec 16, 2024•52 min•Ep 247•Transcript available on Metacast Ever wondered what it takes to run a top-rated gastropub? Brendan from The Unruly Pig breaks down why Michelin-starred restaurants often struggle to make money, dealing with sky-high costs for fancy ingredients and skilled chefs. What's super interesting is how they've cracked the code at The Unruly Pig. While fancy Michelin spots might serve 45-60 people on a Saturday night, they're pumping out 100-120 covers. But here's the clever bit - they've actually simplified their menu over time, focus...
Dec 12, 2024•12 min•Ep 246•Transcript available on Metacast Recently, I’ve had to really really DIG IN. Grind. Grind. Chew glass. Wade in. Full send. Gary delivers a Masterclass in Grit & Sales Our conversation really helped me. I know it’ll help you, too. ON THE MENU: 1. Why going bankrupt is a death by a thousand paper cuts - but it’s the best day of your life too 2. Sell. Sell. Sell. Why too many brands skip Challenger Brand “Leg Day” - you HAVE to get good at sales 3. Why “Denial” is both very good and bad in business + how to use the power corre...
Dec 09, 2024•2 hr 20 min•Ep 245•Transcript available on Metacast Tarquin's Cornish Gin is a perfect example of how passion, creativity, and strategic spending can transform limited resources into a successful food and drink brand.Driven by obsession and love for the craft, Tarquin Leadbetter refused to outsource, instead mastering the distillation process himself. His approach combined resourcefulness—like affordable local branding and budget-friendly equipment from Portugal—with a commitment to quality and authenticity. Key Takeaways: Leveraged a tight budge...
Dec 05, 2024•8 min•Ep 244•Transcript available on Metacast In 2016, I read Business For Punks. One of the greatest business books of all time. And, a huge inspiration to start HUNGRY. Total honour to sit down with James Watt , BrewDog founder This is a F*CKING BANGER!!!!!! Deffo watch on Youtube if you can, first time we’ve recorded in 4K cinematic a.k.a grown up cameras. ON THE MENU: 1. The Swimming with Sharks Gratitude Rule: “there’s a 100 billion to 1 chance of you being here so GO FOR IT” 2. Why Good founders solve problems, but Great Founders use ...
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