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HUNGRY.
by Dan Pope
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, SpencerMatthews, Tom Kerridge, Sir John Hegarty,The founders of SOHO House, TRIP, The Devonshire, Tony’s Chocolonely, Vita CocoLook, 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
Episodes
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Inside The Ritz, Working With Jason Atherton & the Secret to Staying Busy – Ben Tish
What does it take to survive London's notoriously brutal restaurant industry? And how do you build a restaurant that has something money can't buy — soul? Dan Pope sits down with Ben Tish, chef, restaurateur and culinary director of the Cubitt House group, to unpack the highs, lows and…
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Michelin Starred Sushi Master - The Art of Discipline & Destiny - Endo Kazutoshi
What does it really take to become a sushi master? And why does one of London's most celebrated Japanese chefs believe that mastering the knife is the easy part? Dan Pope sits down with Endo Kazutoshi, the chef behind Kioku, to explore the extraordinary discipline, philosophy and creativity…
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Espresso: How To Deal With Mental Collapse in Prison - Riordan Maynard
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The Artificial Intelligence Expert: How Restaurants can ACTUALLY use AI to Save Their Restaurant
Restaurants lose bookings because nobody can answer the phone during service. Staff get pulled off the floor to handle repetitive questions, customer emails pile up until after the shift, and enquiries that come in at the wrong moment simply get missed. Arran Campolucci-Bordi, founder of Ayra and...
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Jamie Oliver's PR Guru: How To Unleash Marketing Campaigns That Actually Work
Jamie Oliver has spent decades getting Britain cooking — and occasionally pissing people off while doing it. But what does it actually take to build, protect and evolve a personal brand that millions of people already have an opinion about? Alison Corfield, Brand Director at Jamie Oliver Group,...
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Why Your Ego is Your Enemy (you can end up in Prison) - Riordan Maynard
Did Riordan's ego land him in prison? ============================================== ♨️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 -...
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Manchester's Busiest Restaurant: "We Killed Everything That Made Us Cool” (and got busier) - Cafe Continental
Café Continental founders Ryan Robinson and Lee Ferguson join Dan Pope to break down what it really takes to build a restaurant people actually want to return to. From balancing creativity with brutal financial realities to going viral, working with food influencers and knowing when an idea…
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Espresso: The Crazy Lessons Prison Teaches You About Life - Riordan Maynard
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Michelin Stars Make You Miserable. Do This For a Happy Life & Business - Michel Roux Jr. (round 2)
Michel Roux Jr knows what it takes to build one of the world’s great restaurants. But behind the Michelin stars, MasterChef and Le Gavroche was a career shaped by pressure, burnout, family legacy and learning when to let go. Michel opens up about taking over Le Gavroche from his father Albert…
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Traditional Marketing Is F*cking Your Food Business - Bold Bean Co. Founder & Uncommon Chief Strategy Officer
Bold Bean Co didn’t just make beans cool. They built a brand people actually care about. Tobey and Amelia join Dan to unpack how Bold Bean turned one of the least glamorous supermarket categories into a cult food brand, and why obsessing over culture, community and product beats blindly following...
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London's Most Famous Sandwich Shop's Wild Story & The Secret to Happiness - Max's Sandwich Shop "Max Halley"
Max Halley built one of London’s most cult-loved sandwich shops by ignoring almost every piece of conventional restaurant wisdom. In this brilliantly unfiltered conversation, Max joins Dan Pope to unpack how Max’s Sandwich Shop went from an empty Finsbury Park restaurant doing a handful of covers...
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Espresso: Inside Michelin-Starred Kol's WILDLY Creative Drinks Menu
Most restaurants treat drinks as an afterthought. Santiago Lastra doesn’t. In this clip, the Michelin-starred chef behind KOL explains how learning about wine, mezcal, cocktails, bitterness, aroma, and balance fundamentally changed the way he cooks food — and why some alcohol feels clean while...
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How to ACTUALLY Exit Your Food Brand for Millions - David Milner, Giles Brook, Adam Balon, Barney Mauleveur
How do you build a food and drink brand somebody actually wants to buy? In this Hungry Podcast “Megatron” episode, Dan Pope brings together four masterclasses on all things EXIT with Adam Balon, David Milner, Barney Mauleverer and Giles Brook. They unpack what really makes a business attractive…
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Fallow Founders - The Secrets Behind London’s Busiest Restaurant
For this archive replay, we’re going back to one of my favourite conversations with Will and Jack, founders of Fallow — breaking down how they think about food, marketing, teams, energy, pricing, social media and the relentless work behind building restaurants people actually want to visit. The...
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Espresso: The Devonshire Founder Reveals Secret to Make Any Restaurant Incredibly Busy
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The Indian Restaurant Chain Built to Beat McDonald's - With ZERO Marketing Spend
Mahesh Raikar wants to build the “Indian McDonald’s.” The founder of SKVP joins Dan Pope to unpack how he’s turning Indian street food into a scalable quick-service restaurant brand — without stripping away the authenticity that made the food special in the first place. Mahesh breaks down the...
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Espresso: Soho House Founder Life Changing One Page Rule
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The Resilience Expert: £200m Business To High Security Prison - Lessons Learnt Inside - Riordan Maynard
Riordan Maynard’s story is almost impossible to believe. He left school at 16, learned the art of selling at Foxtons and co-founded Touchbase, a mobile-phone business that grew to around 200 million. Then ego, reckless expansion, the financial crisis and a refusal to accept failure brought...
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Espresso: Will Guidara Hospitality MasterClass
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From Homeless Drug Addict To Multi Million Bakery Empire - The Bread Ahead Story
Matthew Jones lost everything. His business was gone. His family had fallen apart. Alcohol had taken control, and he found himself rebuilding his life from scratch. Today, Bread Ahead is one of the world's most celebrated bakeries, with locations across the globe, thousands of students through…
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Espresso: Soho House Founder Why You Must EMBRACE Failure
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Marketing God Father: 63 Years of Wisdom in 3 Hours (best thing you’ll listen to)
Advertising legend Dave Trott joins Dan Pope to explain why most marketing goes unnoticed, why brand should be your second thought, and why simple, blunt ideas beat clever jargon. From Toshiba and Audi to Volkswagen, Nike and Steve Jobs, Trott breaks down the campaigns, principles and creative...
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Espresso: Why Soho House Founder HATES the word "Brand"
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Why You Have To Think Differently to Win a Michelin Star in 2026 - Emily Roux
This week on Hungry: Emily Roux reflects on building Caractère with her husband Diego Ferrari, earning its Michelin star, and learning that excellence depends on patience, consistency and a tightly connected team. She shares lessons from working in Paris, Monaco, Japan and alongside leading…
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Espresso: Soho House Founder on The Power of Simplicity
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Brand & Marketing Expert: How Minor Figures Went to War with OATLY
How do you build a brand that feels less like a product and more like a movement? Minor Figures co-founder Will Rixon sits down with Dan Pope in Nashville to talk cold brew, oat milk wars, barista culture, music, psychedelia, America vs the UK, and why brand should solve real commercial problems…
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Soho House Founder: The Biggest Mistakes All Businesses Make (And How To Fix Them)
Nick Jones, founder of Soho House and St Clement, sits down with Dan Pope to unpack the ideas behind one of the most influential hospitality careers of the last 30 years. From turning a single members’ club in Soho into a global empire, to rethinking what modern luxury should feel like, Nick...
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I Quit My Job, Had Zero In The Bank and Built London's Hottest Indian Restaurant - The Tamila Story
Glen Leeson, co-founder of The Tamil Prince, The Tamil Crown and Tamila, joins Dan Pope to unpack how one of London’s most talked-about Indian restaurant groups was built from pub pop-ups, second-hand fridges and blind belief. From Patty & Bun’s burger boom to JKS discipline, lockdown hustle,...
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UK's #1 Protein Bar "Grenade": The Playbook Behind The £600M Exit - Al Barratt
Grenade founder Al Barratt returns in this re-cut episode on how he built one of the UK’s most successful challenger brands — and sold it to Mondelez/Cadbury in a deal that ultimately valued the business at over £600m. Al breaks down the brutal reality behind big exits: invasive due diligence,...
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Espresso: How To Actually Exit Your Food & Drink Brand for Millions - Giles Brook, innocent, Vita Coco
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Rory Sutherland’s Restaurant Would Break Every Rule (And Be Fully Booked)
Rory Sutherland breaks down the weird, wonderful psychology behind restaurants and hospitality — why where you make money and what people pay for are often different things, why lowering prices can be dangerous, why surprise creates loyalty, why customers hate uncertainty, and why founder-led...
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Social Media Genius: The Content Strategy To Make People Pay Attention in 2026 | James Smith, Neutonic
In this stripped-back reissue, Dan Pope sits down with the fitness author, entrepreneur and attention obsessive to unpack how James went from selling workouts online to building brands, books, audiences and Neutonic with Chris Williamson. This is a conversation about honest marketing, confidence,...
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Espresso: James Smith, Neutonic founder - The Power of Authenticity in Brand Building
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How to Keep Your Restaurant Rammed for 10+ Years: London’s Most Iconic Sri Lankan Restaurant “Hoppers” - Karan Gokani
I thought Karan would define success in the usual restaurant terms — reviews, covers, repeat customers. His answer went somewhere way more interesting. In this episode, I sit down with Karan Gokani to talk about how Hoppers became one of London’s most iconic restaurants — and how it has stayed...
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Espresso: Will Guidara - Praise Is Affirmation. Criticism Is Investmen
============================================== ♨️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/🍲...
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London’s Most Famous Restaurateur “Maintaining Your Standards Is The Fastest Way to Bankruptcy” - The Wolseley, The Ivy, Le Caprice, Simpson's - Jeremy King
Jeremy King doesn’t just talk about restaurants — he talks about change, class, creativity, ego, instinct, death, literature, leadership, and why the best dining rooms become tiny theatres of human behaviour. In this conversation, the legendary restaurateur behind The Ivy, Le Caprice, The…
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Espresso: Will Guidara - How Any Business Can Apply World Class Hospitality for an INSANE Unfair Advantage
============================================== ♨️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/🍲...
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19 Life-Changing Marketing Lessons from The World's No.1 Restaurant - Will Guidara, Unreasonable Hospitality
"Hospitality happens for people, not to them." In this masterclass of an episode, Unreasonable Hospitality author Will Guidara sits down with Dan Pope on the Hungry podcast to unpack the magic behind Eleven Madison Park's meteoric rise to the best restaurant in the world. From leaving a full…
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Espresso - Rory Sutherland - How Restaurants Can Better Use Space to Make PROFIT!!!!
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The Brand Strategy Experts: Why Marketing Is Broken & What Actually Works in 2026 - DASH Water, BOTIVO, All Things Butter, The Pickle House Founders
A rare behind-the-scenes roundtable with four of the UK’s most exciting challenger brand founders — Toby Hopkinson of All Things Butter, Jack Scott of DASH Water, Imme Ermgassen of Botivo, and Florence Cherruault of The Pickle House — filmed live at Strakers. Dan digs into the messy, brilliant...
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The £100,000-a-Week Restaurant Built From the Ingredient Every Chef Throws Away
Building a great restaurant starts with something unexpected: chaos Controlle chaos. This week on Hungry Phil and Abs of Poor Boys talk high-energy design, bold menu choices, and how creating a memorable, slightly disorienting experience gets people talking—and coming back. They share how they...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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, SpencerMatthews, Tom Kerridge, Sir John Hegarty,The founders of SOHO House, TRIP, The Devonshire, Tony’s Chocolonely, Vita CocoLook, 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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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,...
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