HUNGRY.

Full episode here! 👉🏻 https://youtu.be/cVG8TqtxJQE

After 20 years running The Hand & Flowers and 35 years in kitchens, Tom Kerridge says something most chefs won’t: restaurants don’t make money anymore.

In this clip, Kerridge breaks down why margins have been wiped out, why being “busy” means nothing, and why opening a restaurant today can actually be the worst financial decision you make. It’s a brutally honest look at hospitality — from pricing, staffing and VAT, to the hard leadership calls that come with ownership.

This isn’t about food. It’s about business reality, risk, and the uncomfortable decisions that keep companies alive.

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📱 ON THE MENU
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🍽️ Why packed restaurants still lose money
📉 How margins in hospitality were quietly eradicated
🤔 Why opening a restaurant now makes less sense than ever
⚖️ Separating emotion from business decisions
🚪 Closing sites, letting people go, and radical transparency
🧠 The shift from reactive chef to strategic operator
🔥 Why Kerridge thrives on risk — but hates being a passenger
🧩 What COVID taught him about control and problem-solving



 
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What is HUNGRY.?

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, Spencer
Matthews, Tom Kerridge, Sir John Hegarty,

The founders of SOHO House, TRIP, The Devonshire, Tony’s Chocolonely, Vita Coco

Look, 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