HUNGRY.

Pressure. Perfection.Stress. Suffering.Teamwork. Trust.Authentic Creativity.Delicious leadership lessons bubble in the kitchen and spill in the board room.Leading a brigade of chefs or challenger brands are the same.The latest guests on HUNGRY. are James Cochran and Dan Henry.James’ career sparkles:- Worked under Bret Graham at The Ledbury, taking it from a 1 to 2 Michelin Star * - becoming the 11th best restaurant in the world.- Head Chef of The Harwood Arms, London’s ONLY Michelin Star pub....

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Pressure. Perfection.

Stress. Suffering.

Teamwork. Trust.

Authentic Creativity.

Delicious leadership lessons bubble in the kitchen and spill in the board room.

Leading a brigade of chefs or challenger brands are the same.

The latest guests on HUNGRY. are James Cochran and Dan Henry.

James’ career sparkles:

- Worked under Bret Graham at The Ledbury, taking it from a 1 to 2 Michelin Star * - becoming the 11th best restaurant in the world.

- Head Chef of The Harwood Arms, London’s ONLY Michelin Star pub.

- James and Dan, co-founded the restaurants 12.51 and Around The Cluck.

- Creating an INSANE Scotch Bonnet Jam product with the legends Pam Digva and James Digva - listed in 500+ Sainsbury's stores.

The biggest lesson?

The Art of Simplicity.

Humans convolute EVERYTHING, adding more and more.

BUT.

The best strategy?

SIMPLICITY.

Our conversation rifled home a quote I love: SLOW IS SMOOTH. SMOOTH IS FAST.

Slowing down allows, Simplification.

Simplicity = Speed.

ON THE MENU:

1. HOW TO FIND YOUR AUTHENTIC EDGE IN CROWDED CATEGORIES: FIND YOUR SOULS’ STORY + EMBRACE ROUGH AND READY

2. WHY GREAT PRODUCT *ALWAYS* TRUMPS SEXY PACKAGING OR PRODUCT: BE FASTIDIOUS WITH YOUR PRODUCT

3. WHY BRANDS MUST MAKE THEIR *WHY* AND PRODUCT *UNIVERSAL* - THE DANGERS OF BEING “TOO NICHE”

4. *THE* LEADERSHIPS LESSONS FROM MICHELIN STAR KITCHENS: HIGH STANDARDS + RESILIENCE + TRUST + REDUCE YOUR EGO = PERFECTION

5. THE ART OF SIMPLICITY: WHAT DEADWEIGHT CAN YOU *SUBTRACT* FROM YOUR BUSINESS OR LIFE

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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