Happy Boxing Day to you all and we hope that you all had a fabulous Christmas, today we bring you something slightly different as we sit down with Appetite co-founder James Green and serial entrepreneur and founder of 'The Jet Business' Steve Varsano to discuss both of their incredible businesses and favourite places to eat in London. Plus Steve shares with us some crazy stories on; being kidnapped by gangsters, having a gun held to his head during his first business deal, why he uses metal business cards and what foods like on private jets!
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Today we're joined by one of the most famous Chefs in the country in Jackson Boxer, who now oversees an empire of successful restaurants including the multi-award winning Brunswick House and the previous 'Best New Restaurant of The Year' winner Orasay. Starting out as a kitchen kitchen porter for Margot Henderson at the bonny age of 16, Jackson Boxer was no stranger to kitchens by the time he opened Brunswick House with his brother Frank, aged just 24. Having experienced success alongside him the previous year with the opening of Franks Peckham, they decided to team up and turn an antiques showroom into what would soon become London's hottest restaurant. It hasn't all been plain sailing however, Jackson has been very vocal about his alcohol and drug addictions throughout his 20s and how that almost cost him his life and career. He also opens up about some past failed ventures including opening St Leonards with Vice Media in the same month they were going bankrupt and how messy that got. Plus shares his wisdom on the state of play of the industry currently and why it's never been tougher to be in hospitality although if you look hard enough there are always incredible opportunities to be had, reveals some secret Christmas dishes from the Boxer archive and much much more.....
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Today we're joined by one of our greatest ever guests in the larger than life legendary wine trader and owner of 'Passione Vino' Luca Dusi to sample some of his gorgeous wines, but more importantly hear his incredible stories from a life eating the best food and drinking the best wine in the world. We discuss; how he fell in love with wine bunking off school as a 10 year old and sneaking into local bars in Verona, where the best food is found in Italy & why he's not a fan of garlic in his food, how he created the best wine bar in London, the trials and tribulations of being a wine trader, why he wants restaurants to be braver with their wine lists, how supermarkets are ruining the wine industry, where to find the best italian food in London, his memories of working with the best chefs in the country, the best restaurant he ever went to in Tokyo which changed his life forever, what we should be drinking this Christmas and much much more....
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Today we're joined by one of the most recognisable faces in the country in multi-award winning; chef, food writer, TV star, restaurateur & now social media star Gizzi Erskine. Gizzi takes us through her incredible career which has taken in so many twists and turns along the way; from working in some of Londons top restaurants having been inspired by her mother's incredible food, to winning national competitions across the board for her culinary creations, to becoming the most famous lady on TV alongside Nigella, to starting restaurants with her Rock N Roll friends in Pro Green and Libertines singer Carl Barat, to losing her money in failed foodie ventures, to being at the forefront of the pop up movement, to getting abused by famous chefs and much more...
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What an honour it is to be sat at the Rotunda interviewing the man who's restaurant's just been crowned the best restaurant in the whole of the country in Endo Kazutoshi. In this interview he opens up like never before talking us through; 

• How He was nearly disowned by his family in Japan. 
• The Brutality & Hierarchy of the Japanese kitchen. 
• Why Chef's need to start working harder in this country if they want to be successful. 
• How a chance encounter with Rose Gray (River Cafe Co-Founder) changed his life forever.
• The importance of local produce but also why he imports mineral water from Japan. 
• Why he was disgusted by Noma upon his first visit. 
• How he's changed the face of Japanese food in this country. 
• Why he wishes diners would stop being so picky and judgemental and just live in the moment. 
• The secrets behind his award winning dishes and much much more.....

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Today we're delighted to be joined by award-winning food writer and critic the wonderful Tom Parker-Bowles, to celebrate his incredibly colourful career and his new book 'Cooking & The Crown'. From getting set up by the Fake Sheikh in Cannes for a cocaine deal, to his raving days in the warehouses to his days working for the 'terrifying' and 'horrible' Mohamed Al-Fayed it's all uncovered in this fascinating interview. We of course mostly talk about food and his love of it from a very early age, including his memories of his mother (The Queen's) cooking, his local chippie, his addiction to chilli aka 'Culinary Cocaine', his favourite restaurants, his books, his travels, the joys of his job as a food critic, the royal families foodie secrets and so much more.....
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Today we're joined by one of London's most exciting young chefs in Ben Murphy, who was crowned National Chef of the Year 2022 by the Craft Guild & who's worked under some of the most iconic chefs in the world including; Pierre Koffmann, Michel Guérard, Éric Fréchon & Thomas Keller. Ben has worked his way through some of the most famous restaurants in the world from London to Paris to New York and today reveals the reality of being an Englishman in a foreign kitchen. From language barriers, to bullying, to dodgy bosses, crazy hours and everything in between. He then went off to set up his own restaurant 'Woodford' at just 24 which won Evening Standards restaurant of the year and received a rare 5 star review from the legendary A.A Gill, but ultimately ended up closing, when it turned out his investors were dodgier than he could have ever imagined. He's recently been Chef Patron at the award winning  Launceston Place, but has now left to pursue an incredibly exciting new opportunity!
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How do you summarise the impact Phil Howard has had on the London food scene, well it’s impossible to do so! Having earnt his stripes working under the holy trinity of; Marco Pierre-White, Simon Hopkinson & The Roux Brothers, he truly burst onto the scene when he opened the iconic restaurant 'The Square' which went onto garner 2 Michelin Stars. Since then he’s opened two more restaurants in Elystan Street & Kitchen W8 which have also gained a Michelin star each. His story is as incredible as his food, overcoming multiple personal hurdles, addiction and much more to place himself as one of the countries true greats in every sense! Today he shares with us his thoughts on everything from; what he truly thinks of Marco Pierre-White, whether tasting menu's are now outdated, why classic french flavours will always reign supreme, what the secret is to writing a Michelin starred menu and much much more.....
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Today we're joined by the owner of 2 Soho institutions in 40 Dean Street & 64 Old Compton Street Nima Safaei to celebrate the square mile playground he calls home. Nimah is a wonderful character, hence his nickname 'The Duchess of Soho' and relays some incredibly entertaining stories throughout from; the weirdest sights he's witnessed and tasted at The Box, being banned from Soho House, why the government are ruining hospitality, the death of the long lunch, sleepwalking after a heavy night into breakfast at Dean Street Townhouse and much much more....
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Today we're joined by the legend that is Big Has aka Hasan Semay; Ex Head Chef, Sunday Times Best Selling Author, Junior Masterchef Host, Youtube Star & the funniest guy you'll ever listen too. Trust me when I say that this is a must listen to episode, the amount of incredible stories from; his father escaping as a prisoner of war in the Cypriot civil war to micro-dosing on Saturday Morning Kitchen to Jamie Oliver's 'Fifteen' programme changing his life (having been fired as a security guard and plumber) to being bullied in Theo Randall's kitchen to nearly being burnt alive by his head chef to nearly stabbing someone after service it's all in here and is quite possibly the most entertaining hour you'll ever listen too in your life so - plug in, sit back and enjoy!
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