PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 23 - SHAMIL THAKAR, CO-FOUNDER OF DISHOOM

Today we catch up with restaurant and hospitality royalty… Shamil Thakar who is the Co-Founder and Head Babu at Dishoom. We all want to know how they do it, we all want to know why there’s queues around the block and we all want to know how Shamil and the team have built such an incredible culture. Dishoom really is the envy and the benchmark for great hospitality.


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PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 19 - MATT GILLAN, OWNER / CHEF OF HERITAGE

I’ve got another incredible episode for you from the Supersonic Podcast… the amazing chef Matt Gillan. He’s one of the most celebrated chefs in the UK who’s worked his way up through the ranks through Gordon Ramsey, South Lodge and many other great schooling grounds. He worked hard from doing the dishes to being owner, founder and chef at the Heritage in Sussex which he can’t wait to open again.

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PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 17 - SARAH WILLINGHAM, MUMPRENEUR, INVESTOR AND DRAGON (LONDON COCKTAIL CLUB, CRAFT GIN CLUB)

Today I’ve got a really special guest on the podcast… it’s the incredible Sarah Willingham. Sarah is well-known on TV with things like Dragon’s Den and also The Restaurant with Raymond Blanc, but Sarah is also a great entrepreneur, insightful investor and a financial expert in her own right. Sarah works with amazing companies and brands like Craft Gin Club, Tonkotsu, London Cocktail Club and many more.

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PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 16 - STEVEN ALTON, CEO BII

Today I’m speaking to Steven Alton who’s the CEO of the BII who are there to inspire, educate and support all licensees and give them a voice to protect our real national treasures, the Great British pub and bars all across the country. Steven and his team work tirelessly to serve 8,500 members and help them grow their businesses, make hospitality a more attractive proposition as a career and guide the industry during tricky times.

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PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 15 - CHRIS MILLER, FOUNDER & CEO OF WHITE RABBIT FUND (LINA STORES, ISLAND POKE, KYM'S, KRICKET)

Today I’ve got the great opportunity to chat to one of the trailblazers in the industry: Chris Miller from the White Rabbit Fund. We go deep into how Chris started from Millie's Cookies and moving into Soho House… all the way to what he’s doing with White Rabbit Fund. We discuss what makes a great brand, what he looks for in an investment and what opportunities you may have to grow your business.

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PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 11 - SIMON POTTS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE ALCHEMIST

Simon Potts of The Alchemist has built an incredible brand from the ground up where he’s repositioned something to stand for something great. It’s so exciting to talk to someone who has done the proper work and delivered it through every touchpoint. Those of us who know The Alchemist will know that it’s a creative cocktail bar and restaurant that is still creating waves every day, week, month and year… and leaving a lot of it’s competition behind.

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PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 6 - MATT GRECH-SMITH, CO-FOUNDER AND CO-CEO OF SWINGERS

My next guest is Matt Grech-Smith, who is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the golf competitive socialising brand Swingers. He was the first which is really interesting and we talk about his journey from putting on events and music nights all the way to an agency, being bought by VCCP and what it’s like when that happens and you’re now working inside a huge ad agency. Follow the success story from there to the birth of Swingers. It’s really great insight from an impressive gamble - taking on high rents, big spaces to fill and big fit out costs to cover! They’ve got some exciting expansion plans, and Matt talks about what it means to be a CEO, how you can split your life between the UK and other territories and how weirdly… he’s not that big a fan of golf!

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PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 5 - SIMON WILKINSON, CEO OF BYRON

Simon Wilkinson is now the CEO at Bryon but before that he was doing great work consulting on quite a few brands, and Casual Dining Group before that... and I guess most famously with the La Tasca turnaround and successful sale. We could’ve talked for an awful long time, there's so much great stuff on what it means to be a leader, what it means to be a CEO, what it means to turn around a business, how you should hire and what you should do to stop the flow of cash out of a business.

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PODCAST SEASON 2 - EP 4 - WHITNEY WHITE MYRUS, START UP AND TURNAROUND STRATEGIST; EGGSLUT, THE HALAL GUYS & COFE APP

Today I’ve just met the absolute whirlwind that is Whitney White Myrus from Eggslut, The Halal Guys, COFE App and Orange Buffalo. Whitney absolutely rocked in like a tornado with bright yellow Dr Martens on… with the Eggslut branding obviously. We just hit it off straight away, he had so much to say that it could’ve been 2-3 hours because there’s so much to get your teeth into.

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