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When I started the poddy, I scribbled on scruff paper a list dream brands Top of list: Innocent Innocent are THE OG challenger brand. The Innocent Illuminate (or Alumni) all built WHOPPPA brands:

Giles, Barney, Emma, Peter Oden, loads more All extol fruitful learnings from Fruit Towers. Many see Innocent as a Brand & Marketing machine (they are). In this episode Adam Balon revealed something much DEEPER Something surprising. Something you've not thought about.

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ON THE MENU:

1. Why There are Multiple Status Games and We Are Never Playing One Status Game
2. Why a Story is a Deal - a UNIQUE deal between your brand and your consumer - so tell the story right
3. The Science of Brand Storytelling Nike and The Rise of Metcons in Cross Fit
4. Why Status is Making Us Live in a Blandemic - Blandemic of Buildings, Restuarants and Brands - how to escape
5. Why Bad Brand Story Telling is vague, “Reflect the story world back at me, so I can find my identity in it”
6. Why Falling in Love is Similar to Brand storytelling: Your Goal is to Reflect back to them what they want to know”
7. The brand is a light figure in storytelling: How does your story make consumers Status + Connection
8. Why Ambition can become corruptive and how to solve it
9. Why the best organisational structures are focused on the “Me” and “We” (this is SO SO SO good)
10. We Earn Status Through Virtue
11. The Status Game and Michelin Star Restuarants: The Downfall of Status

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Marketing hasn’t changed.
Human behaviour hasn’t changed.
Most brands still get this wrong.

This episode is a curated montage of insights from three of the most influential thinkers in modern marketing and behavioural science — exploring why people buy, how brands become commodities, and what actually drives growth.

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Why people don’t buy quality — they buy stories
How brands cross (or fail to cross) the adoption chasm
Why removing friction beats adding features
The real role of status, affiliation, and fear
How “delight” creates disproportionate value
Why most innovation never becomes normal
This isn’t trend-watching.
It’s a breakdown of the timeless mechanics behind decision-making, branding, and scale.

If you’re building a brand, selling an idea, or trying to influence behaviour — this episode will change how you think about marketing.

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David Cleevely didn’t approach hospitality like a chef — he approached it like a systems engineer. After decades building companies at the heart of British technology and science, Cleevely went on to co-own one of the UK’s most iconic Italian restaurants. In this conversation, he explains why running a restaurant isn’t that different from running a technology business — if you understand systems, incentives, and long-term thinking. This isn’t a story about Silicon Valley hype. It’s about infrastructure, patience, culture, and why the boring bits are what actually make businesses work.

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🍝 What a tech pioneer learned by running a restaurant 🧠 Why systems thinking matters more than innovation 🏗️ Building businesses that last — in tech and hospitality 📉 Why most companies obsess over the wrong metrics 🇬🇧 How Britain quietly builds world-class businesses ⏳ The long view: patience, compounding, and endurance Whether you’re building a startup, running a restaurant, or managing a growing team, this is a masterclass in how experienced operators really think. ============================================== ♨️Still bloody HUNGRY? Course ya are. Each week I spend 15 hours writing my newsletter. It’ll take you 5 mins to read. Full of wisdom from the biggest names in food and drink. Subscribe here - https://hungryfeast.beehiiv.com/🍲

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If Oasis did Supper Clubs they wouldn’t come close to HUNGRY Productions Bonfire Banquet.
Okay…okay… I jest... I jest.
But, my wonderful friends, this one was a CERTY BANGER!!!

Absolute Wave Donny speaker line up:

- Imme Ermgassen, Botivo Drinks | B corp
- Andrew Salter, DIRTEA
- Perry Haydn Taylor 💚, big fish®
- Riya Patel, All The Aunties

Hosted at London hottest new gaff, ISLAND Kings Cross at Mare Street Market

Run by two legendary Michelin Star chefs Tom Brown and Brad Carter.

ON THE MENU:

1. Avoiding category pigeonholing
2. Niche focus vs. mass-market expansion
3. Building credibility before awareness
4. Packaging as primary advertising
5. Community-first brand building
6. Identity and lifestyle branding
7. Early adopters vs. mainstream consumers
8. Paid media vs. organic creativity
9. Retail + distribution challenges
10. Agency pitfalls and resource misallocation

Santiago Lastra’s story is unlike any other in modern food. Raised in chaos, forged through global kitchens, and shaped by an obsessive drive to master his craft, he built KOL — one of London’s most original, Michelin-starred restaurants — by combining Mexican soul with British ingredients.

In this conversation, Santiago reveals how adversity, identity, discipline and extreme curiosity shaped both him and his restaurant. This episode is about far more than food — it’s about reinvention, resilience, and the psychology behind elite creativity.

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🇲🇽 Growing up in chaos — and turning adversity into fuel
🔥 How obsession, discipline & structure rewired his life
🥘 The philosophy behind KOL: Mexican soul, British ingredients
🌍 Noma Mexico, global travel & finding creative identity
🧠 How environment shapes ambition, confidence & mindset
🎨 Why great creativity requires constraints
🍽️ Building a Michelin-star restaurant from scratch
👥 Leadership, culture & the psychology of a great kitchen
🥃 The emotional story behind Mezcaleria KOL
🔄 Letting go of your past to build the life you want

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