HUNGRY.
HUNGRY is the podcast for Challenger Food and Drink brands wanting to pour gasoline on their growth. Fancy being kind? Want to feel warm inside? Please hit the Subscribe button. You’d really, really make my week.
Espresso: The Truth Behind The History of Supermarkets - Franco Fubini, Natoora
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Jeremy Lee: The Most Magical Conversation on London’s Restaurant History, Creativity, Art
unforgettable conversation. Chef and writer Jeremy Lee — the beloved face of Quo Vadis in Soho — takes us deep into the story of modern British cooking, creativity, and the art that connects them all. From Elizabeth David’s revolutionary food writing to Fergus Henderson’s nose-to-tail philosophy, Jeremy paints a vivid picture of how Britain’s culinary culture transformed from postwar blandness to global influence.
Along the way, he recalls his early years with Terence Conran, the visionary designer who turned dining into an art form, and shares intimate memories of icons like Anthony Bourdain, AA Gill, and Alastair L...
Espresso: Rory Sutherland vs. The Devonshire Founder: 38 Secret Unique Selling Points of a Pub
41 Ways DIRTEA Built a Die Hard Cult: The Science of Status, Habit & Storytelling
DIRTEA isn’t just another wellness brand selling mushroom powder. It’s a behavioural-science masterclass — an experiment in habit formation, storytelling, and modern ritual.
Founded by brothers Simon and Andrew Salter, DIRTEA turned ancient adaptogens into a luxury lifestyle — one that sits perfectly between neuroscience, self-optimisation, and social identity. Their rise wasn’t built on ads or hype, but on behavioural insight — understanding how humans build rituals, seek belonging, and buy into meaning.
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🍵 Turning mushrooms into modern rituals — and why it works
🧬 How habit loops and identity drive wellness loyalty
Espresso: Grenade Founder - Surprising Lessons From Richard Branson
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The Cornish Chef Who Revolutionised East London’s Food Scene - Tom Brown
"The food is like almost the last piece of the puzzle." So says acclaimed chef Tom Brown, who joins us to peel back the layers of London's vibrant food scene and his own culinary philosophy. From his 'Willy Wonka' creative process at The Capital, where dishes like his crab custard defy expectation, Brown reveals that true restaurant success hinges on 'setting, service, food'
a lesson from Marco Pierre White. He shares his journey from Cornwall to making Hackney home with Cornerstone where he soaked up all the sage wisdom of legend Nathan Outlaw. Tom has always been driven by...
Espresso: Rory Sutherland - The Fatal Mistake of Being Too Process Driven
🚀 Is talent about flow or grind? In this clip, Rory Sutherland unpacks the myth of “effortless genius” — from Mozart’s fluency to Beethoven’s brute force, and Da Vinci’s four-hour bursts of brilliance. He draws a striking line between creative process and intelligence strategy, showing how the best breakthroughs — in art, advertising or espionage — often come outside of the process, not from within it. From Tarantino’s poolside scribbles to Bletchley Park’s eccentric hiring methods, Rory argues that distraction isn’t procrastination — and that forcing creativity into procedural neatness is a fatal error. 🧠 ON THE MENU: 🎼 Mozart vs Beethoven: effortless genius o...
The £600M Brand Exit Expert: How Grenade Disrupted the Chocolate Industry
🔥 From a shed in Birmingham to a £611M exit — Al Barratt’s story is a masterclass in brand-building, balance, and staying sane in the chaos.
The Grenade founder reveals how he built a world-class product, a world-class team, and a brand people actually love — while ignoring industry noise, financial vanity metrics, and the temptation to chase every shiny trend.
This is an episode about focus, systems, and having fun while you build something remarkable — even when revenue is flat, growth stalls, or the journey feels uphill.
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🍫 How Grenade reinve...
Espresso: Rory Sutherland & Oisín Rogers - Why is Waitrose Posher Than Tesco?
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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.
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Seth Godin “The Marketing God” Unpacks the Winning Strategies of Global Brands
This conversation with Seth Godin explores the difference between strategy and tactics, why most brands confuse the two, and how true marketing is about the product and story itself—not just promotion. Seth unpacks how systems shape behaviour, often invisibly, and how founders can break or reframe those systems to create new opportunities.
The episode dives into the idea of customer traction and feedback loops—how the right audience, story, and channel can make or break a product. Seth illustrates with examples from Patagonia, Dyson, Apple, Prince Spaghetti, Tony’s Chocolonely, Innocent Drinks, and Scharffen Berger Chocolate—showing...
Espresso: Behavioural Science Lessons From Managing Nightclubs - Pan Koutlakis
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1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking?
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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
Fixing Restaurants, Behavioural Science, Working With Marco Pierre White - Eat Club co-founder, Pan Koutlakis
How do we ACTUALLY save restaurants from closing?
The UK government aren’t gonna save hospitality… but Marco Pierre White and Pan Koutlakis think they have the answer with Eat Club.
Restaurants.
It’s easier than you think to save your restaurants.
Are you going to be your neighbor?
What’s FUCKING MENTAL is most punters don’t even know.
This cataclysmic earthquake is brewing in the background.
Behind the warm hug of hospitality hides the cold bite of fear.
You revel in merriment...
Espresso: Henry Dimbleby - The Big Mistakes I Made Building LEON
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Rory Sutherland Talks Marketing With Britain’s Most Famous Landlord Oisin Rogers
Ladies and laddies, Rory & Osh in one poddy.
That is all.
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Espresso: Tom Gozney - The Hidden Obstacles of Doing Business in the USA
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1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking?
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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
The Swedish Focus Expert: How to 10x Your Brand Growth in 12 Months - Henrik Grim, Mimo
In this episode of the Hungry Podcast, Henrik Grim, co-founder of Mimo, sits down to share the lessons he’s learned from scaling startups, investing in brands, and navigating the brutal realities of cash flow. From his early days at iZettle and Spotify to launching Mimo, Henrik traces the path that shaped his approach to building companies with purpose and resilience.
He explains why cash flow is the make-or-break factor for consumer brands, how raising money is more of an art than a science, and why Sweden’s cultural DNA — rooted in the “Law of Jante” and flat hiera...
Espresso: David Milner - This ONE Mistake is literally KILLING your brand
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How I Made Millions Supplying The Worlds Best Restaurants Fruit & Veg - The River Cafe, Per Se, The Devonshire
Franco Fubini was born in Argentina, raised in Italy, educated in America, and built his career in London.
He’s worked for Goldman Sachs, Apple, and luxury food brand Valderrama.
But then came Natoora.
Today, Franco is the founder of Natoora – the chef-obsessed fruit & veg supplier, serving Ottolenghi, Dan Barber, and Alain Ducasse.
This episode is an eye-opener into food systems, supermarket power, and how our plates shape the planet.
ON THE MENU:
Growing up between Argentina, Italy & the U.S. – how culture shapes taste.The Goldman Sachs years...Espresso: Tom Gozney - The Genius Packaging Secret Behind The World's Biggest Pizza Oven Brand
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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.
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The Most Resilient Man I’ve Ever Met (+ how to smash through your obstacles)
Story is heart breaking
Age 0 – prematurely born on an ants nest, roadside in Uganda
his parents couldn’t afford to get him to hospital in time
Age 4 – plagued with illness due to his premature birth
Age 8 – his father mysteriously “dies” in the Ugandan Civil War
His Mother, in so much pain, doesn’t speak for 4 years.
Age 12 – his beloved Mother passes away
her final words “don’t be scared, do what you need to do”
Age 13 – he’s up for adoption. Sitting in the room with 14 parents.
No one raises...
Espresso: David Milner - How to ACTUALLY exit your brand for MILLIONS
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1. What on earth is Unleashed, I hear you asking?
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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
The Marketing Expert: How Nandos, Pret A Manger, Green & Blacks Make Consumers Addicted
Mark Palmer is a marketing genius, he's worked on the following brands Burger King, Nandos, Pret A Manger, Green & Blacks, Cawston Press
He’s a total genius.
You’re going to love this episode!!!
ON THE MENU:
1. Tim Ferris Heuristic: “you are the sum of the difficult conversations you have with yourself”
2. How To Have Hard Conversations with Sainsbury’s, Tesco or Waitrose: Don’t ignore the hard stuff, get straight to the point
3. How to Fire People Correctly: “Ruthless in decision maki...
Espresso: Henry Dimbleby - How Britain Became The Most Obese Country in Europe
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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.
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PerfectTed’s £30m Brand Building Secrets Revealed in 46 Minutes
how to build a £30m brand in 3 years…
you have to think differently
…to build £30m brand in 3 year
you must ignore Stephen Bartlett’s advice
…to build a £30 million brand in 3 years
Bartlett says go after RedBull
Create an enemy.
David vs. Goliath
Stand against something.
Teddie disagrees.
PerfectTed don’t go after Red Bull
PerfectTed are contrarian and unique without slagging off competitors
Teddie’s built Big Green Monster fuelled by matcha, grit and good vibes<...
Espresso: Rory Sutherland - The Marketing Model you SIMPLY NEED to know about
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Unleashed is Inventory management software that talks to your financial and eComm software. We use it daily at Islands. It's BANGING!!
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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
Escaping Depression, Finding Your Calling, Cooking Every Fish In The World - Andrej Cooks Fish
should I put a bullet in my head?
… Andrej thought as walked the lonely streets of Dusseldorf.
He shackled in the corporate chains of hell.
Depressed.
Aint’ Gettin’ No Satisfaction.
Andrej decided to escape. He simply had too.
Called his Old Man
“this isn’t for me… I want, no, I need to cook”
“…I am going to Paris… to Le Cordon Bleu, I’m training to be a chef”
In Paris, dark lifts, lightness enters.
Next,
Andrej opens a successfu...
Espresso - Seth Godin "Every Marketeer Needs to Know This Secret"
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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.
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Fixing Restaurants, Churchill & Nazi Propaganda, Nassim Taleb, & Wingstop - Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland
took a TOTALLY new angle to this conversation
Rory like you’ve never heard him before.
ON THE MENU:
Bottle Neck Theory: how brands can use Bottle Neck Theory to grow their brand, Bottle necks will moveThe 7th Law of Persuasion: “Confession works well in the church and well in the advertising room”Bryon Sharp: Mental Availability vs. Physical Availability: most brands struggle with one or the otherNassim Taleb, KFC Salads,Marketeers Need to think like M16 Detectives: We need more models, Cop DNA model you need different modelsNassim Taleb...Espresso - Rory Sutherland on The Brilliance of "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Khaneman
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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
The Truth Behind Exiting Your Brand For Millions - 22 Lessons from Fuel10k Founder
Barney believed a £50 million pound deal was on the table… but he was nervous.
The year before he’d been stung.
Stung sharp. Like vinegar and scratched in a paper cut.
Barney got so close. Breathtakingly close. Frustratingly close.
Fuel10k’s Dream Exit.
Big Poppa Dough. Life-changing coin.
Fell through,last minute.
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
This time, Barney was serious.
A balmy Spring evening. Italian restaurant. Belgravia.
Over seafood spaghetti and red wine
Barne...
Espresso - Seth Godin - WATCH OUT! The Hidden Cost of Commodity Thinking
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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
What To Actually Put In Your Supermarket Presentation to Unlock Listings - Rebecca Oliver-Mooney and Kieran South
what do you put in your deck to win a listing?
what do you put in your deck to move from 100 stores to 500 to 1000 to 2000?
How does your marketing change as you move from challenger a house hold brand?
Is distribution just vanity metric for founders?
Joy to sit down with CoOp Head of Buying Rebecca Oliver Mooney
And Data Don Corleone, Kieran South
For a challenger chinwag
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Espresso - Fallow Founders - The Genius of Pierre Koffman
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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
17 Creativity Lessons from The Do Lectures + Hiut Denim - David Hieatt
If you ONLY do one thing next week. Do this.
Scoff this conversation down your earlobes
HANDS DOWN.
One of the most important conversations I’ve EVER had.
We dove deeper.
deeper.
deeper
deeper.
Crossing the chasm from challenger “Thinking” to challenger “Being”.
I’ve listened back 4 times.
Scribbled copious scraggly notes.
Still unearthing glistening pearls of pithy and profound wisdom.
Totally honored to welcome David Hieatt to HUNGRY.
David’s career is challenger “Be...
Espresso - Michel Roux Jr. - How To Create 10/10 Service in Your Restaurant?
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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
Henry Dimbleby: How I Built LEON, Business Scars To Avoid & Solving the Obesity Crisis
The UK Is The Most Obese Country in Europe
one of the best poddy’s I’ve EVER recorded
Henry Dimbleby is an utter genius
Founder of LEON and “Ravenous” author
Henry takes gargantuan complex topics
Emingwayifies them down to
ludicrously lucid simple
my brain literally E-X-P-L-O-D-E-D with new ways of thinking
pithy aphorisms pix n’ mix
curiosity treasure chest
enjoy x
ON THE MENU:
Ernest Hemingway: The Curse of Complexity & Brutal Simplicity...Espresso - David Milner - Why Frozen Food Has A Horrible Reputation in the UK?
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 Unleashed
29 Marketing Secrets: How Gozney Became a $100 Million Global Pizza Oven Brand - Tom Gozney
“Flip the f*cking idea of normal on its head” - Tom Gozney
sometimes a podcast slaps-ya-round-the-chops
OH! BOY! this conversation was one of those.
Tom Gozney reveals his Strategy to Stratosphere
buckle up. strap up. enjoy.
ON THE MENU:
Founder Mode: “Get out of bed, check your vision, check your plan, f*cking get after it”Nassim Taleb Self Belief Self Doubt Barbell: utilise both = Anti-FragileAncient Greeks Pathemata Mathemata: “guide your leanings through pain” - everyday expect 1 win and 5 losesRehab & Addiction Brand Building Lessons: humans crave identity + connection +...Espresso: Rory Sutherland on KFC and McDonald's Marketing
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 Unleashed
Jackson Boxer - The Real Reason I Closed Orasay and Opened Dove
Today’s poddy is sponsored by Square. Square is the all-in-one restaurant tech platform designed to streamline operations and give hospitality business owners the time back to focus on growth. Square is Big In Restaurants - which is the name of its latest UK marketing campaign - offering everything you need for day-to-day service, including Square’s payments, point of sale and reporting capabilities. Whether you’re a single-location FSR, a multilocation QSR, a bar or a multi-concept restaurant, improve the flow of orders and find more ways to keep profit in your pocket. For more information visit 👉 squareup.com
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