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Your Table's Ready

Carol Haidar

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Fréquence : 1 épisode/12j. Total Éps: 15

The stories and secrets of how London's best bars and restaurants came to be. Hear from the founders themselves about their journeys.

For aspiring entrepreneurs, foodies or lovers of a great story.

If you want to get in touch to suggest people for the show or if you just want to chat food you can reach me at carol.haidar@gmail.com.

You can also reach us via our website www.yourtablesready.co.uk

Or Instagram @yourtablesready

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Comptoir Libanais: In conversation with founder Tony Kitous

Saison 2 · Épisode 1

samedi 26 septembre 2020 • Durée 39:13

Today we bring to you a special spotlight episode about Lebanon.

I was in Beirut August 4th when the worlds 3rd biggest explosion happened - it killed more than 200 people, injured over 5,000 and 300,000 were made homeless. The collective loss is estimated between $10-15 billion.

The devastation of the blast compounded with a failing government and a collapsed economy is what makes this horrible incident even more catastrophic.

One of the ways I thought I could help is to bring you the story of how one of the most loved Lebanese restaurants in London came to be. I'm talking of course about Comptoir Libanais. When I contacted Tony Kitous, the founder, he was delighted to come on and chat with us.

Kitous brought Lebanese food to the masses with Comptoir Libanais. His vision was to make Lebanese food as popular as the Italians made pizza. In this episode you’ll learn of how an 18 year old moved to London from Algeria with nothing and worked the equivalent of 10 years in 4 to save enough money to open up his own restaurant. You’ll hear about how he built his empire but also what changes he had to make to save the company when they hit trouble a few years back.

Kitous has also written and released 4 cookbooks. In fact he has so kindly offered to donate 15 signed cookbooks to help raise money for Lebanon. If you are interested in buying a signed copy please email me carol.haidar@gmail.com or DM me on instagram -@yourtablesready.

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Ugly Dumpling: In conversation with founder Philipp Chaykin

Saison 1 · Épisode 13

lundi 27 juillet 2020 • Durée 28:13

Today, July 27th 2020, is Ugly Dumpling's 3rd birthday!

Ugly Dumpling is a super casual global fusion dumpling restaurant right in the middle of Soho.They serve really delicious twists on the typical Asian dumpling. Here you’ll find creations like the cheeseburger dumpling, fish and chips dumpling, mushroom truffle dumpling, pecan pie, cheesecake and Nutella dumplings - yes I know they sound so wrong (except for the desert ones) but trust me they are so good. And all they're all 3 for £5.

Ugly Dumpling was one of my biggest saviours during lockdown - I really loved their frozen dumplings hand delivered by Philipp Chaykin the founder himself!

Chaykin quit his job in big corporate consulting land to start a dumpling restaurant. He found street food operator - The Ugly Dumplings run by Ping Wong and asked is she would go into business with him. And that was the beginning of Ugly Dumpling. Chaykin's is an interesting story because he basically outsourced everything about this restaurant which really shows if you have the money and have done the right research you can open your own restaurant without any real experience in the industry.

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Crosstown Doughnuts & Slerp: In conversation with founder JP Then

Saison 1 · Épisode 4

lundi 18 mai 2020 • Durée 41:01

On today's episode we’re speaking to co founder of Crosstown Doughtnuts and founder of Slerp, JP Then.

Crosstown - London's first artisanal sourdough donut and gourmet coffee brand - was founded by JP and Adam Wills (founder of Gourmet Burger Kitchen).

If you work in Media or in an office near a Crosstown stall or store you’re sure to have had these. They started as a stall in Leather Lane in 2014 and have since grown to 11 stores, 10 market stalls and they're stocked in 6 retailers.

As well as creating a multimillion pounds company out of doughnuts JP also recently launched an online ordering platform that businesses can plug into to sell direct to consumer. This product is called Slerp and is a challenger brand. Charging clients a third of what the current operators charge it could stamp out the competition or certainly get them to reconsider their own models. Slerp launched in Dec 2019 and unlike many other businesses during the pandemic its growing exponentially.

In this episode we’ll be weaving between the two products during our chat both in terms of how they were created and what they are doing during the pandemic.

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DesignMyNight: In conversation with founder Nick Telson

Saison 1 · Épisode 3

lundi 11 mai 2020 • Durée 57:48

Today's episode pivots a bit from my usual type of guest. It's still in the realm of hospitality but more looking at a business that helps power it rather than the bars and restaurants themselves. It's a story of 2 guys in their 20s chatting over an idea over burritos and margaritas- who ended selling their business at the age of 35 for over 25 million pounds.

Most of you will have used DesignMyNight in some way either to reserve a table at a bar or buy tickets to a pop up. It's hard to remember but before Design My Night it was next to impossible to do this.

In this episode we hear from co founder Nick Telson on their journey of setting up the company, bumps they hit along the way and then the huge insight for pivoting from being a nightlife guide into a multimillion pound software company.

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Corazon: In conversation with founder Laura Sheffield

Saison 1 · Épisode 2

vendredi 1 mai 2020 • Durée 37:33

It's Cinco De Mayo Tuesday May 5th and the guys at Corazon have opened up their kitchen just for one day to help you celebrate it. You can order a taco and margarita kit now on their website.

Corazon is London's number one rated Mexican restaurant. Founded by former Corbin and King group GM Laura Sheffield and partner, both in life and in business, Chef Paul Daniel who comes from Riding House Cafe and Satoria. They launched in 2016 on Poland Street, recently started a kiosk at Westfield and are looking to open a 3rd location soon.

Laura is such a fun business owner to chat with and she has a lot of tips for entrepreneurs looking to start their own business too!

If you want to get in touch to suggest people for the show or if you just want to chat tacos you can reach me at carol.haidar@gmail.com.

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Pizza Pilgrims: In conversation with founder James Elliot

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

mercredi 29 avril 2020 • Durée 39:31

James tells us the story of how him and brother Thom, quit their day jobs in 2011 to travel across Italy for 6 weeks to learn about pIzza They then returned to London to start a business selling pizza out the back of an ape van. They guys have since grown that business into a 300 person, 13 location operation.

You’ll also hear that, you can, in fact, pay for a service in pizza if the pizza's good enough!

If you're interested in food startups, creating a business through passion or just miss thinking about pizza, you are honestly going to love this.

Also if you're having Pizza Pilgrims withdrawals you can now order for delivery(only near the Victoria branch). Or you can make it yourself at home with their pizza in the post kits. This kits are available nationwide.

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Your Table's Ready trailer

Saison 1

vendredi 17 avril 2020 • Durée 01:03

The stories and secrets of how your favourite bars and restaurants in London came to be.

Hear from the founders themselves about their journeys.

For aspiring entrepreneurs, foodies or lovers of a great story.

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/your-tables-ready.

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Social Pantry: In conversation with founder Alex Head

Saison 1 · Épisode 12

mardi 21 juillet 2020 • Durée 27:52

This week we're chatting with - Alex Head - founder of London's go-to catering company Social Pantry. Social pantry is considered a leader in fashioning event menus with a creative edge. Head also runs 3 restaurants in London -Soane's Kitchen in Ealing, Cranes kitchen in Peckham, and Social Pantry Cafe on Lavender Hill.

Alex regales us with tales from catering various events of product launches by Rihanna and the beauty company Nars as well as celebrity parties such as Gigi Hadid's slumber party.

Her breakthrough moment was in her early 20s she won the Brentford football club account - and she's been growing ever since.

Social pantry is not only a huge success in its own right but its social responsibility is exemplary. They insure that 10% of their staff are ex offenders. Helping those being released from prison re-acclimate to society by giving them the opportunity to work a full time job in one of her companies.

I really enjoyed chatting with Alex. She's light hearted and full of amazing stories and ideas. Her story is fascinating, her entrepreneurial streak actually started as a child when she decided to make some money by selling sandwiches to her dad's colleagues at work - as a result of being expelled from school.

So that's where we will begin.

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Flat Iron Square & Goods Way: In conversation with Mumford & Sons member Ben Lovett

Saison 1 · Épisode 11

lundi 13 juillet 2020 • Durée 35:44

Today we're speaking to Ben Lovett from Mumford and Sons.

Ben started a company called Venue Group where he is CEO, his brother CFO (who comes from running Soho Houses finance) and his dad the chairman.

Venue Group is the company that brought us Flat Iron Square in Southwark and Goods Way in Kings Cross (which launched in March just one week before lockdown).

He’s on a mission to create more grassroots music venues in London and help build the live music and night scene. His thinking is that we need to bridge the gap between being massive and people having no idea who you are. That’s why grassroots venues are so important.”

Omeara was the first live music venue to launch occupying 3 of the arches in Flat Iron Square the rest of would be be food and drink vendors which ben ended up taking management of It seemed a natural next step as music food and nightlife all go hand in hand.

Flat iron square is a massive laid back outdoor food hall that is gorgeous for summer time but works just as well all throughout winter. They have vendors like Mother Clucker who we spoke to last week, Breddos, Where The Pancakes Are, and Lupins.

Then just before lockdown Goods Way in Kings X launched which included the live music venue Lafayette and indoor food and drinks hall.

The vibe of Goods Way is more cleaned up with a New Orleans cobbled streets and iron balconies theme running throughout. They have a very cool looking bar that looks like a modern twist on an old time southern saloon. Some of the same vendors from ft iron moved over with them like Breddos but they have also brought in new vendors like Duck Truck, Temple of Seitan and Sushi on Jones the much loved sushi place in NYC.

Sadly Goodsway was only open for a week before lockdown but it promises to please once it is safe to get back in there.

Something i really loved from what Ben said was that he wasn't creating a venue that was about the brand staying and that being the end of the road for them. In fact it was quite the opposite - he wants Flat Iron Square and Goods Way to be launching points for these guys. He wants then to benefit from the collective footfall and then carry on growing into something of their own eventually. Much like the path Mother Clucker are on.

Berenjak: In conversation with founder Kian Samyani

Saison 1 · Épisode 10

lundi 29 juin 2020 • Durée 38:55

Berenjak set out to reinterpret the classic hole-in-the-wall kabab houses lining the streets of Tehran. Kian Samyani, founder and head chef -who is Iranian born himself- brought his vision to life from memories of visiting Tehran as a kid. From the vibrant open plan kitchen, the fresh bread being made in the tanour by the window, to the distressed feel of the place with its exposed brick, Persian rugs and foliage. The small boho chic Persian has such a unique charm that we were really missing here.

This episode is quite different to the others because Berenjak is backed by JKS group (JKS group own Hoppers, BAO, Gymkhana, Lyles, Brigadiers, Rice Error and a few other very successful restaurants.

So it's not a restaurant or brand that had to start completely from scratch like the others we have chatted to so far. For that reason we don't spend too much time talking about funding and advertising. This is more of a spotlight on this chef's journey and what his vision was for this incredible and unique restaurant.

I was delighted to see that they will be opening back up in July. Check out their instagram to see when from. In the meantime they are delivering on Deliveroo and their own website via Slerp.

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