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Do you work in hospitality or marketing? Are you looking to host events that sell out every time?

Well, Isaac Twidale, founder of Matinée Agency has been helping high-end UK events, venues & clubs sell out using his Sell-Out System to attract.

Join Molly and Isaac as he breaks down his model for achieving the 'Glasto Effect' with sell out events every time.

• Isaac’s journey from running 500 people D&B raves to starting a high end hospitality event agency
• Introducing the sold out system that helps restaurants, venues, bars, hotels who are all experiencing the same problems when it comes to running events
• Pillar one - Curate, how to get the right crowd in and why positioning is so important
• Next up, the best ways to build traffic at scale and 10x marketing funnels
• Pillar two - Cultivate, how hospitality businesses are great at in person community building but neglect online hubs
• Direct mastery aka communicating directly with customers
• Rewards, offers and incentives
• Pillar three - catalyse, start by setting yourself up for longevity in your marketing function
• Direct messaging - how to own your narrative and the power of meme culture and scarcity
• Creating raving fans and raving ambassadors through the advocacy mix
• Isaac’s quickfire round

You can find Isaac here / https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaac-twidale/

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Named after the camper van that founders Ali and Ian spent four years travelling the world in with their children, Bert’s is an eco retreat and bustling kitchen garden sandwiched between the wales and sea of North Wales.

Molly is joined by Ali to hear all about the journey, from finding Bert’s in The Times to how the land itself and her own childhood holiday memories have led its evolution into the space it is today.

01.50 - Introducing Ali, founder of Bert’s and how one row over what was next inspired a round the world campervan trip with their family

06.03 - Trading in life on the road for somewhere more permanent and finding Bert’s in The Times

08.42 - Creating a space that brings people together and being led by how they use the space

10.17 - Finding an untouched spot of land sandwiched between the mountains and sea

12.17 - Starting out with a barn, a tractor and mowing 50 pitches into the grass

14.01 - Converting Bert the bus into Bert the Kitchen and how the campsite has organically grown over the years

16.23 - Introducing cabins and the piggery to cater for more multi-generational trips that were designed to reflect the industrial heritage of North Wales

19.37 - Drawing on childhood memories of summer holidays on the beach in Nantucket and creating that sense of going home at Bert’s

21.19 - All the things going on at Bert’s from standup paddle board to yoga and full site takeovers by First Camp

23.51 - Food and drink, inspired by the young, local employees at Bert’s with produce from the veggie patch or local producers

27.05 - What’s next for Bert’s, a new cafe on the beach and a safe space for its young employees to try their hand at managing their own business

30.21 - Ali’s ultimate places to detox, celebrate and travel

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Question, what do the alps and this 2km of sand in North Cornwall have in common?

Well, in the same way that ski resorts exist to get people out in the mountains, everything at the Watergate Bay Hotel orientates around one thing, the beach.

In this episode, Molly is sitting down with Ben Harper, CEO of Watergate Bat Hotel to talk about this unique vision and how the hotel maintains an incredible 92% occupancy year around.

Join Molly and Ben as they talk about

01.52 - Introducing Ben, Group CEO of Watergate Bay

05.27 - Cornwall’s cult status with a loyal following who come for getting outside and in the elements

08.15 - The hotel’s evolution from railway terminus to officers mess to family hotel and the lifestyle destination it is today

11.18 - Creating a ski resort on the beach where everything is about getting out on the beach

15.47 - Balancing the hotel’s commercial objectives with creating a space that is a pillar of the Watergate Bay community through events like polo on the beach

20.53 - Delivering 92% occupancy in a 100% leisure destination through different pockets of demand

24.06 - How Watergate Bay has evolved with the ever blurring line between work and leisure and helping companies build culture

31.03 - Creating a Watergate Bay understanding of wellness which is rooted in the elements

32.15 - The future of the Watergate Bay Group including a new development at the hotel, Another Place in the Lake District

39.44 - Delivering a new Cornish brand aparthotel which provides flexibility, builds community and proves the concept

43.51 - Ben’s top spaces to detox, celebrate and travel

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In this snapshot episode, Molly sits down with Melanie Vaxevanakis to talk about an incredible project that is empowering Bristol's marginalised 16-25 year olds through food.

From food delivery boxes to supper clubs that bring people together around the dining table, join Molly and Melanie as they talk about:

01.16 - Introducing Melanie Vaxevanakis who founded The Mazi Project following the Free School Meals Scandal in 2021

02.20 - How Free School Meals Scandal of the government sending inadequate food parcels to marginalised families highlighted that there’s no choice within food poverty

03.56 - Deciding to focus on 16-25 year olds as a really vulnerable group that often falls through the cracks and starting off with weekly recipe kits

06.21 - Working with local producers to create seasonal recipes and running cooking classes and events that take young people out to restaurants

07.47 - The humbling power of food to bring you into the present and connect over the dinner table

09.46 - How Mazi’s supperclubs give young people a safe space to eat, connect and build bonds

12.37 - The volunteers that keep Mazi running and are at the heart of this community this inspires hope and compassion everyday

14.11 - What lays ahead for Mazi and becoming a blueprint for decentralising the food system and creating a circular food economy

15.12 - Melanie’s quick fire round

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There's a food movement taking off across the globe, eating with the seasons.

In this snapshot episode, Molly sits down with House & Garden's food editor, Blanche Vaughan, to chat about her remarkable career and all things seasonal, including the launch of her new book 'A Year in the Kitchen' which celebrates the joy of eating with the seasons.

Join Molly and Blanche as they talk about

00.59 - Introducing Blanche how starting her cooking career in Italy provided her with the rudiments of good ingredients cooked simply

04.01 - How River Cafe taught her the meaning of less is more when it comes to sourcing and seasonality and Chez Panisse in California was leading the charge of ‘farm to table’

07.47 - How eating seasonally has been something Blanche has done since her childhood and how this movement is taking off with specialist greengrocers and farmers markets popping up everywhere

10.23 - Seasonal eating’s reminder that the year is a rhythm with different ways to eat and nature’s rewards with fresh, in season produce tasting the best

14.34 - How being House & Garden’s food editor and monthly planning inspired a seasonal cookbook, ‘A Year in the Kitchen’ and highlighting the stars of each season

19.20 - Being inspired by her own garden and greenhouse as well as a veg box deliveries from the local farm

20.16 - Going beyond the food and giving people an easy way to cook and gather people around a table and helping people to really value the experience of eating

22.03 - How to get started with eating seasonally when short on time, checkout your local greengrocers and play around with things you have never tried before

24.01 - Some recipes from ‘A Year in the Kitchen’ including an upgraded toad in the whole, roast courgette on a bed of lentils and a gratin of greens

27.10 - Blanche’s quick fire round on food, seasonality and cooking

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Behind its gothic exterior, Hampton Manor is a country house estate that has found synergy in William Morris and craftsmanship in more than just its interiors.

The ethos here is about slowing down, disconnecting and recharging through experiences that inspire curiosity. Founder and Creative Director, Fjona Hill, sat down with Molly to talk about embarking on this huge restoration project with her husband while in their twenties and bringing rhythms and rituals into the heart of what it means to stay at Hampton Manor.

01.47 - Introducing Fiona’s journye of junior doctor by day and interior design by night

06.40 - The local area, leafy Hampton in Arden, only ten minutes from Birmingham

07.39 - Peeling back the layers on this gothic victorian building to give it a new lease of life

09.13 - How Hampton Manor’s design has evolved through different iterations and leaning into a sense of place, rather than trends

11.53 - Being influenced by William Morris and finding synergy with his slow living philosophy and working with contemporaries makers

16.00 - Opening Grace & Savour, Hampton Manor’s kitchen garden immersive dining experience with a focus on wellness and soil health

20.06 - Designing unique experiences that give all guests a ‘backstage pass’ to what happens behind the scenes at Hampton Manor

21.52 - Creating different moods and the buzzy, rustic atmosphere at Smoke with hearty fine dining

25.25 - Helping guests to properly rest and recharge through experiences that reignite the imagination

27.38 - The power of nostalgia and how people and stories are at the heart of special places

29.33 - Connecting people to Hampton Manor through ‘meet the maker’ experiences

30.15 - The next chapter for Hampton Manor is all about enriching the sense of experience

33.50 - Fjona’s ultimate spaces to detox, celebrate and travel

You can find Hampton Manor here / https://hamptonmanor.com/

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"I wanted to tie breathing into our whole philosophy here. Thyme is somewhere where people come to take a little time, to take a deep breath." 

It was such a pleasure to welcome Caryn Hibbert, the founder and owner of Thyme, to the Curated Spaces podcast. The remarkable, family story behind this space spans over two decades and encompasses Caryn's own medical background with the power of breath and scent at the heart of Thyme today. 

Join Molly and Caryn as they talk about Thyme's powerful connection to nature, not only here in the Cotswolds, but also through the flight of its migratory birds that create a golden thread between this 'village within a village' and Sub-Saharan Africa. 

01.45 - Introducing Caryn and her journey to Thyme

05.13 - The beautiful Cotswolds and the crystal clear river Leach

07.08 - Buying the manor house and the farm buildings in a ‘mad moment’

09.25 - The principles behind Thyme and its connection to nature

10.02 - The cookery school and pioneering seasonal eating

11.54 - The botanicals at the heart of Thyme and its restaurant

17.35 - Caryn, the pioneer of green and using it as Thyme’s neutral

19.49 - Growing a cutting garden full of flowers and

22.11 - The importance and power of scent to complete a room and evoke memories

24.30 - Introducing Bertioli, Thyme’s botanical beauty range which aims to reduce the waste in hotel products

27.33 - The migrating birds that returns to Thyme’s water meadows every year

29.46 - Building breath into Thyme’s philosophy and the power of taking a deep breath

34.30 - A family business with Caryn’s children running the day to day

39.17 - The next chapter for Thyme, colouring in the spaces

42.30 - Caryn’s spaces to detox, celebrate and explore

You can find Thyme here / www.thyme.co.uk

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There is a loneliness epidemic sweeping Britain and while isolation can be as bad for us as smoking, the stigma stops people getting help.

In this snapshot episode, Molly is sitting down with Holly Cooke who founded The Lonely Girls Club after moving to London. With over 50,000 members, the club is now a community helping people meet-up, hang out, make friends and make life less lonely.

Join us to hear all about:

01.14 - Introducing Holly, founder of The Lonely Girls Club

03.34 - The shifting narrative of loneliness, from embarrassing taboo to today’s epidemic

05.51 - How The Lonely Girls Club started and its founding five members

09.42 - How the club skyrocketed during Covid as human interactions were cut off

12.34 - Hands on advice for anyone feeling lonely, isolated or out of sync with their friends

15.23 - What’s coming next at The Lonely Girls Club, more openings and more meet-ups

20.15 - Holly’s quick fire round

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First came work from home, then came work from anywhere and now the big question is over what comes next.

In this snapshot episode, Molly is sitting down with Aled Maclean-Jones, founder of Ashore, the work from anywhere company that is making it super simple to book inspiring locations & luxury workspaces.

Join us to hear all about:

00.37 - Introducing Aled Maclean-Jones, founder of Ashore, the easiest way to book remote working locations

00.53 - Work from anywhere in a nutshell

02.25 - How it doesn’t look like this global pandemic is going to fully reverse

04.36 - The evolution from factory to office and how they aren’t necessarily set up for modern day tasks

06.12 - How Ashore has curated a collection of beautiful workspaces that help unlock strategic thinking and great work

07.44 - How Steve Jobs and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s left the office for conversations and inspirations

08.40 - Taking the concept of an artist’s retreat and applying it to the modern work day

09.25 - How founders are looking to help boost their company’s creativity and productivity

11.53 - The shift in hotels to cater for work from anywhere clients

13.41 - Aled’s predictions for the next chapter for work from anywhere

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Set in the heart of Marylebone, Home House has a glittering history that spans nearly 250 years from when it was built as a pleasure pavilion for the Countess of Home.

Today, this members club spans three townhouses and celebrates eccentricity amongst its members and interiors while consuming over 15,000 bottles of champagne a year. In this episode, Andrew Richardson, Managing Director of Home House, joins Molly to share this space’s remarkable journey and what life looks like for its members today.

00.47 - Andrew’s journey from pot wash to chef to Home House’s Managing Director

03.27 - Acting as the custodians for pbuilding that is 200 years old and

04.44 - Marylebone’s evolution over the past 20 years

08.05 - The Countess of Holm, aka The Queen of Hell who built a party pad in 1785

10.55 - Celebrating eccentricity amongst its members

11.43 - Three different townhouses, each with their own vibe

14.14 - Creating extraordinary, memorable experiences

15.36 - Setting the standard for members parties and welcoming new members into the tribe

17.24 - Good food, great drinks and a whole lot of champagne

20.30 - Individually designed bedrooms to retreat to after a night in the bar

20.55 - Celebrating 25 years and becoming a London institution

23.05 - The next chapter for Home House including sister club Home Grown and potential international expansion

You can find Home House here / homehouse.co.uk/

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