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Humans of Hospitality

Feb 23, 2020

I love the challenges of operating hotels... well, even if I don’t necessarily love them, because it’s really hard, I do at least find them utterly fascinating.  We’ve not been to a hotel for a while, but I so enjoyed chatting to Gareth Banner from The Ned a fair few episodes ago, I thought it was time to...


Feb 16, 2020

There is no getting away from the fact that James Cochran is a dude.  He’s the chef with no name and his restaurant is named after a song from The Strokes, and if that’s not cool enough, he also happens to be an epic chef, and an all-round entertaining chap. 

If you look at James Cochran’s sample menus – from...


Feb 9, 2020

Mushrooms, who knew?  Well, some people do, but most us will be  doing some intensive learning in this episode.  Mushrooms do some amazing things and cover miles and miles of the forest floor without us even knowing. 

By the time you finish listening to this interview with John, you’ll be wondering why on earth we...


Feb 2, 2020

If there is one restaurant on this planet that embodies purity of intent and an obsessive eye for detail, it’s Hawksmoor. 

Whether you’re in London, Manchester, Edinburgh or New York (which will, or has opened, depending on when you listen) you know you’ll be given exceptional food, but with none of the...