In our second season, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020. In this season’s episodes, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020.

I’d like to take a moment to recognize our Patrons Adolfo, Karen & Johlene who support the work of this growing community on a monthly basis. If you would like to become a patron visit www.patreon.com/eatout

In our 5th episode, I am talking to Amena Ali, a travel geek and foodie from Scotland with South Asian roots. She is a firm believer that food is the best way to bond with others and is also the way she measures comfort and quality when she travels and visits new places. Today we are talking about halal eating and how she navigates this whilst living in Madrid, from its principles to grabbing food with friends and everything in-between.

What we talk about

What Halal is

The misconceptions about Halal food

How easy it is to eat and drink out in Madrid following Islamic

Her go-to places in the city to eat without the worry

Tips & tricks for Halal eaters in the city

Her dreams and wishes for the future of Halal eating in Madrid

About Amena

Amena is a Scottish gal with South Asian roots, travel geek, and foodie who moved to Madrid in 2014. She has been fortunate to experience many things in life and live to tell the tale, just like this adventure that we are all living now. She likes to give everything a positive spin and believes this is the only way to get through challenging times.

She's from a big family so food has always been the way in which they bond. It’s also the way in which she measures comfort and quality when she travels and visits new places. She learned to cook out of necessity at a young age but that later evolved and became a way to create memories with family and friends. She eats out as often as she can and is always on the lookout for different types of cuisine as she feels this is the gateway into the culture and the people. 

Join our Facebook Community Eat Out Madrid -https://www.facebook.com/groups/eatoutmadrid to meet other food lovers in the capital who are on the search for the best places to eat and drink.

Podcast Produced by Onyx's Audiovisuales y Eventos

In our second season, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020. In this season’s episodes, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020.

I’d like to take a moment to recognize our Patrons Adolfo, Karen & Johlene who support the work of this growing community on a monthly basis. If you would like to become a patron visit www.patreon.com/eatout

In this episode I am talking Orlagh Harley vegan lifestyle influencer from North Wales who is happiest squirreled away in a coffee shop with a book and a cake, taking pictures. She is on a mission to find new vegan options in the city known for its chorizo and Jamon sharing her favorite spots as well as her dreams and wishes for the future of eating vegan in Madrid.

What we talk about

Why she decided to become vegan and how she did it

Misconceptions about a vegan diet

How challenging it has been navigating veganism in Madrid

Some of her favorite places in the capital

Her dreams and wishes for the future of vegan eating out in the city

About Orlagh

Orglah is originally from North Wales, although she's spent the last 9 years living abroad in China, Russia, and now calls Madrid home. She loves dry humor, dogs, and traveling to new countries. She's passionate about food and love finding new places to eat, especially if they're independent cafes and restaurants. Orlagh has been vegan for about 2 years now and loves finding new options in a city known for its chorizo and Jamon. She's happiest squirreled away in a coffee shop with a book and a cake, taking photos or watching reruns of the Office. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orlagh/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7hsfM_NRGkcnBXqJpuDZA

Join our Facebook Community Eat Out Madrid -https://www.facebook.com/groups/eatoutmadrid to meet other food lovers in the capital who are on the search for the best places to eat and drink.

Podcast Produced by Onyx's Audiovisuales y Eventos

In our second season, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020. In this season’s episodes, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020.

I’d like to take a moment to recognize our Patrons Adolfo, Karen & Johlene who support the work of this growing community on a monthly basis. If you would like to become a patron visit www.patreon.com/eatout

In episode 3 I am joined by Kylie Ivanir registered dietitian and nutritionist from California who helps those who struggle with dieting and digestive issues to find a sustainable and realistic approach to improve their body and health. She shares ways you can be more conscious when eating out in the capital so you can still enjoy all the delicious things it has to offer including carbs and alcohol.

What we talk about:

The difference between a dietition and nutrtionist and what these people do

Are carbs really bad for you

Ways you can be more conscious when eating out in the capital

Kylie's favourite places in the city

Abouy Kylie

Join our Facebook Community Eat Out Madrid -https://www.facebook.com/groups/eatoutmadrid to meet other food lovers in the capital who are on the search for the best places to eat and drink.  

Podcast Produced by Onyx's Audiovisuales y Eventos

In our second season, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020. In this season’s episodes, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020.

I’d like to take a moment to recognize our Patrons Adolfo, Karen & Johlene who support the work of this growing community on a monthly basis. If you would like to become a patron visit www.patreon.com/eatout

In this episode, I am talking to Gareth Sewell, Photographer, and Wine and food lover from Wales. Gareth is coeliac but is as happy in a no-frills cafe as he is in a Michelin Star restaurant, as long as they have gluten-free options! Find out how he had to make the hard transition to coeliac life in Madrid, where he loves to go, and what he misses as a result of changing his diet.

What we talk about

What being coeliac means and the restrictions that come with it 

How being diagnosed as coeliac has changed his daily life in Madrid

The foods he misses that he can no longer eat

His go-to places to enjoy great food without the worry

His hopes and dreams for the future of the industry in Madrid catering to dietary needs

About Gareth

Wine and food lover, coeliac, photographer, and a native of Wales. Gareth is as happy in the no-frills cafe as he is in a Michelin Star restaurant, as long as they have gluten-free options! Photographing live music and events as well as everything and anything whilst out and about, Gareth lives in Madrid with his French wife and two playful cats.

Join our Facebook Community Eat Out Madrid to meet other food lovers in the capital who are on the search for the best places to eat and drink.  Podcast Produced by Onyx's Audiovisuales y Eventos

In our second season, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020. In this season’s episodes, I will be talking to more of our community members in the capital about dietary restrictions and choices and how Madrid caters to these needs in 2020.

I’d like to take a moment to recognize our Patrons Adolfo, Karen & Johlene who support the work of this growing community on a monthly basis. If you would like to become a patron visit www.patreon.com/eatout

In our first episode of season 2, I’m joined by Cepee Tabibian Blogger and community builder from Houston Texas who started her blog Wanderlicious back in 2017 as a way to start blogging and document her experiences eating all thing vegetarian in Madrid. Find out about her favorite spots to go within the city along with her tips and tricks to navigating eating out meat-free.

What we discuss

Her decision to move to a meat-free diet

The start of Wanderlicious and what you can find with the blog

The ease of eating vegetarian in the capital

Ways you can transition to a vegetarian diet

Her favorite vegetarian place to eat out in the city.

About Cepee

Cepee Tabibian is the founder of She Hit Refresh, a global community (and podcast by the same name) for women age 30 and over who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. People are her passion and since moving to Madrid in 2015 she has reinvented herself as a skilled community builder with a reputation for creating meaningful online and offline spaces, connections, and gatherings. She is the creator of the Madrid Blogger Network, Madrid’s largest community for bloggers and content creators & co-host of CMX Connect Madrid a community that brings together online community leaders in-person to connect and learn from one another.

Join our Facebook Community Eat Out Madrid to meet other food lovers in the capital who are on the search for the best places to eat and drink.   Podcast Produced by Onyx's Audiovisuales y Eventos

The first season focuses on community members who are also business owners here in the city to give you a deeper insight into who they are, why they have a passion for food and how they are coping during this time.

I’d like to take a moment to recognize our Patrons Adolfo, Karen, Johlene & Isotta & Andrea who support the work of this growing community on a monthly basis. If you would like to become a patron visit www.patreon.com/eatout

On our final episode of season 1, I am joined by Margit Sperling, founder of Walk & Eat Spain, a food tour company taking hungry visitors who come to the capital on handcrafted food tours.  Find out why she loves Madrid markets and the market culture in Spain, how she transitioned from being a food tour guide to owning her own company and why her neighbourhood of Malasana is so close to her heart.

What we discuss

The advantages of going on am organised food tour compared to planning a tour yourself

The market culture and why she loves heading to a market to experience so many different flavours in one place

How the coronavirus outbreak has affected business right now

Industry trends over the years within food and drink and the culinary scene of Madrid

Her favorite neighbourhood to walk, explore and take her customers

The future of eating out in the capital

Her favourite place to eat out in the city.

About Margit

Margit is originally from the Seattle area and has been in Madrid since 2007. She first came to Spain in 2000 for a college study abroad year in Granada. As soon as she arrived in Granada, she was hooked on Spain.

She's a passionate home cook and loves having access to Madrid’s great markets and market culture. She loves exploring Spanish villages and she especially loves getting to meet the producers behind Spain’s culinary treasures.

Spanish culinary history and the unique way of eating in Spain have always fascinated her and has worked for a number of years as a food tour guide. In April of 2019, she decided to start her own food tour business, Walk and Eat Spain, her way of sharing what she loves about Madrid with hungry visitors to our fantastic city!

To find out more about the food tours Walk & Eat Spain offers, be sure to check out their website www.walkandeatspain.com, like their Facebook Page and follow them on Instagram @walkandeatspain

Join our Facebook Community Eat Out Madrid to meet other food lovers in the capital who are on the search for the best places to eat and drink. 

The first season focuses on community members who are also business owners here in the city to give you a deeper insight into who they are, why they have a passion for food and how they are coping during this time.

On today’s episode, I am joined by Dale Lewis, owner of The beard and Whisk Bakery, specializing in American and British style made to order baking. Find out how he was forced unexpectedly to spend time at home in 2017 allowing him to experiment in the kitchen to starting a business from home making custom cakes & bakes for any occasion even those with fondant donkeys on top.

What we discuss:

Connecting with his kitchen unexpectedly in 2017 

His love for British birthday cake

Starting at home bakery

Baking custom-made cakes 

The obsession with making brownies

The future of eating out in Madrid 

His favourite place to eat out in the capital

What the food and drink scene is missing in the city

About Dale

Dale is a British baker based in Madrid specialising in American and British style made-to-order baking. He makes everything from fun custom celebration cakes to batches of delicious cupcakes, boxes of crispy-chewy cookies, trays of fudgy brownies and seasonal pies. He also makes a range of vegan and gluten-free desserts so that everyone can have a delicious treat. Started in 2017, The Beard and Whisk Bakery has been crafting incredible cakes and bakes for anyone looking to celebrate events in a truly delicious style, for when the need for the perfect brownie hits, or to simply wash away the Monday blues with a dozen of the best custom cupcakes in town. Nothing tastes better than sharing a box of soft-baked cookies from the Beard and Whisk Bakery...except maybe not sharing them!

Join our Facebook Community Eat Out Madrid to meet other food lovers in the capital who are on the search for the best places to eat and drink. 

The first season focuses on community members who are also business owners here in the city to give you a deeper insight into who they are, why they have a passion for food and how they are coping during this time.

On today’s episode, I am joined by Matt Loughney, owner of The James Joyce Irish Pub, bringing a little piece of Ireland to Madrid through its traditional home-cooked dishes, welcoming environment and relaxed atmosphere. 

Find out how he went from working on a campsite in Spain as a teenager to being the only native owner of an Irish pub in the capital  Listen to what he has to say about food and drink trends over the years, why people are drawn to visiting pubs and his plans for reopening their doors to customers again.

What we discuss:

How he ended up in Spain, Madrid and owning the pub

Managing a diverse team of staff from all over the world

What dishes you can expect on the pub menu

How he plans to adapt to new restrictions when opening again in Phrase 3

Why people are drawn to pub environments

Food and drink trends over the years in the city

Food items he struggles to find in Madrid

His favourite place to eat here

About Matt

Matt is a middle-aged Irish guy living in Madrid since 2006.  He has a typical Irish family, with 3 sisters and 2 brothers.  He believes Madrid is a wonderful city and fell in love with it for so many reasons, but primarily for the friends he's made, the atmosphere, the feeling of safety and the cuisine. He has so many memories in Madrid and looks forward to many more. He is fortunate to own the James Joyce Irish pub and is honoured and blessed to work with an amazing, loyal and dedicated team. He is hopeful that when we return to the new normal it will allow those grieving over friends and family, to go to places where there are happy memories with those who have died during the coronavirus outbreak.

To find out more about when the pub will reopen, their menu and upcoming sporting and music events, make sure you check out their website www.jamesjoycemadrid.com and like their Facebook Page @jamesjoycepubmadrid

The first season focuses on community members who are also business owners here in the city to give you a deeper insight into who they are, why they have a passion for food and how they are coping during this time.

On our this episode, I am joined by Tamara Cohen co-owner of Mazál Bagels a NY inspired bagel shop and café that offers fresh hand-made bagels, coffees and pastries.

Find out how she went from making pumpkin pies in her toaster oven at home, launching a full-time online business selling cookies, cakes and bagels to having her own café with her boyfriend Luis here in Madrid giving people a little piece of home in the city and a place where they could find a community.

What we discuss:

Growing up eating bagels every week

Experimenting in her toaster oven at home

Launching an online business selling her baked treats

The art of bagel-making

Opening a brick and mortar shop and cafe in Madrid and what day to day operations look like

How they are coping in the midst of the coronavirus

Her tips on how you can support them and others during this time

Her favourite restaurants in Madrid

Tamara moved to Madrid in September 2015 to work as a language teaching assistant and during her first year, right around Thanksgiving, she made a pumpkin pie from home, in her toaster oven, and then had the idea to sell them to other teaching assistants. Within a year, she had a full-blown website that featured cookies, cakes, and most of all-bagels This was the beginning of Bruja’s Bakery, which was an at-home bakery, started in a toaster oven and eventually moved to a real oven.  Bruja’s Bakery became Tamara’s full-time work and quickly grew to the point that her home kitchen was not enough, so in 2019, after more than a year of research and preparation, Tamara, and her boyfriend, Luis, opened Mazál - the brick & mortar location of Bruja’s Bakery.  Mazál is a NY bagel shop-inspired cafe that offers fresh, hand-made bagels, bagel sandwiches, coffees, & pastries, as well as catering and private events.  Tamara wanted to open a place that made people feel like they could have a little piece of home in Madrid, or where people could find a community, and she says, that’s exactly what Mazál has become.

In this seasons episodes, I will be talking to the community members and business owners in Madrid, about who they are, why they have a passion for food and how they are coping during the coronavirus outbreak and much more.

On today's episode, I am joined by Isotta  Peira and Andrea Cuevas the ladies behind Eatsperience Madrid who organise social dinners and cooking classes in their home along with online virtual classes with a twist.

Find out how their Italian and Bolivian roots have inspired their love for food and cooking, with a focus on sharing it with other human beings, believing that food is a bridge between people and that strangers can come together over dinner and leave as great friends.

What we Discuss

Falling in love over food

The inspiration for creating social dinner experiences

Meeting strangers on a daily basis and inviting them into their home

The roles they take in the kitchen and who does the cleaning

How they have adapted their business during the coronavirus outbreak being unable to host in-person social dinners and cooking classes

Advice on what people can do if they are craving food from their favourite restaurants right now

Their favourite restaurants in Madrid

About Isotta & Andrea

Isotta and Andrea created the brand Eatsperience Madrid as they wanted to share their passions for food and cooking with other human beings, believing that food is a bridge between people. They began organizing social dinners and cooking classes at their home and most recently launched themselves into the world of virtual cooking. They feel that now more than ever we need to distract ourselves and come closer even if we live far away.

Connect with Isotta & Andrea through the Eatsperience Madrid website www.eatsperience.es or on Facebook & Instagram @eatsperiencemadrid