What happens when you lose it all, the business, the money, the confidence,and have to start again?

Ben Walton knows. After nine years running restaurants in London, he shut the doors for good, moved to Brighton with newborn twins, and faced the reality of feeding his family with no business left to run.

In this episode, Ben opens up about rebuilding from scratch, from losing friends’ money to finding his first freelance clients, setting prices that felt “grown-up,” and turning those early projects into On A Plate Growth, his food & beverage marketing consultancy.

We talk about:

- the brutal honesty of starting over after failure

- finding momentum when income isn’t guaranteed

- why community beats hustle culture

- how to build a freelance business that actually works.

Ben’s story isn’t about overnight success, it’s about resilience, self-belief, and sustainable growth in the messy middle.

🎙️ Listen for real insight, real humour, and the quiet truth about freelancing after failure.

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