{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"HUNGRY.","title":"From Homeless Drug Addict To Multi Million Bakery Empire - The Bread Ahead Story","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":7076,"description":"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 its bakery school, and queues stretching around Borough Market.In this episode of Hungry, Dan Pope sits down with Matthew to unpack the journey from addiction and rock bottom to building an international bakery brand. They talk about recovery, risk, leadership, obsession, opening in New York, scaling without losing quality, and why success is never as simple as it looks from the outside.This is a conversation about second chances, resilience, and what it really takes to build something extraordinary.\n\n ============================================== \n♨️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/🍲 \n============================================== \n🤝 Let's Connect! \n►Let’s link-up here ​ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-pope/) \n►Stalk me here ​ (https://www.instagram.com/_hungry.pod/) \nThis episode was edited by: G.Thomas Craig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gthomascraig/) ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/gxmV4UzMdxQXxd72h-fgEanMz6IG37j1u683zTmU0ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZGI4/Y2FkNjcwNmEwMDNm/YWUwOTcyZTM0YzYw/YWU3My5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}