Hi I’m Stella and this is my podcast Scoop. Through chefs, managers, servers and suppliers, I learn about how the hospitality industry can be an exciting, lucrative and innovative career pathway. I speak to passionate business owners, restauranteurs and the skilful workers behind the closed doors and hot grills. Join me on my quest to deep dive into the London food sphere.
Having studied an interdisciplinary degree at UCL I always thought my future was in the corporate world, these conversations have opened my eyes to the many possibilities that lie ahead.
Your loving server,
Stella
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Hi I’m Stella and this is my podcast Scoop. Through chefs, managers, servers and suppliers, I learn about how the hospitality industry can be an exciting, lucrative and innovative career pathway. I speak to passionate business owners, restauranteurs and the skilful workers behind the closed doors and hot grills. Join me on my quest to deep dive into the London food sphere.
Having studied an interdisciplinary degree at UCL I always thought my future was in the corporate world, these conversations have opened my eyes to the many possibilities that lie ahead.
Your loving server,
Stella
Data analyst turned Michelin Star chef, no one can deny that Josean Balotin, the head chef at Mountain deserves all the recognition he has received. Born and raised in Brazil, it isn’t surprising that the culinary world would whisk him away from his office desk as his mum is a pastry chef. Moving to London a mere 10 years ago, he began working as a kitchen porter and from day one he was determined to succeed; working full-time at restaurants and completing stages on almost all of his days off. Being swept off his feet by the Super 8 group, Joe worked his way up the ranks from chef de partie at Brat to head chef at Brat x Climpson’s Arch within 2 years.
Listen as Joe and I discuss what makes the food and produce at Mountain so special. Name another restaurant in central London that makes homemade cheese on-site?! We chat about how the restaurant functions collaboratively and imaginatively and the joys of working in an open kitchen. Mountain received a Michelin Star 6 months after opening its doors, listen to hear all about the glitz, glamour and grind.
I’m Stella and I’m gonna take you out for dinner.
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Josean Balotin
https://www.instagram.com/joseanbalotin?igsh=MTM5NHE3bTQ1YnlzNQ==
Tomos Parry, executive chef, founder and co-owner of Brat, Brat x Climpson’s Arch and Mountain
https://www.instagram.com/tomos_pp?igsh=bmV1czA5cDV6aHZi
Steve Parle
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Parle
Brat, Shoreditch
https://www.instagram.com/bratrestaurant?igsh=M2QwNTdsYmdlcm9j
Brat x Climpson’s Arch, London Fields
https://www.instagram.com/brat_climpsonsarch?igsh=cGUxN2Y5djVlMHB3
Fabrizio Romano, head chef at Brat x Climpson’s Arch
https://www.instagram.com/fabrizioromanof?igsh=ZmNjZWpxMnZndGQ=
Keegan Misanchuk, head chef at Brat
https://www.instagram.com/keeganmisanchuk?igsh=MTA3eDl2aGdkdjR2Mw==
Suzi Mahon, head pastry chef at Mountain
https://www.instagram.com/suzirosalind?igsh=MWhramlmMmFzeDN3OA==
Lucy Brierley, general manager at Mountain
https://www.instagram.com/lucibri?igsh=aTBuZ2NxZjA2M2U5
Holly Willcocks, head of wine at Mountain
https://www.instagram.com/hollywillcocks?igsh=azB0MDZyYWZxbzE1
Songsoo Kim, head of sourcing and development at Super 8 Group
https://www.instagram.com/kim_songsoo?igsh=d2p6ZmllcmNhaGh0
Manteca, Shoreditch
https://www.instagram.com/manteca_london?igsh=MXF6M2F1Z3ozNm51ZQ==
Scoop
Hi I’m Stella and this is my podcast Scoop. Through chefs, managers, servers and suppliers, I learn about how the hospitality industry can be an exciting, lucrative and innovative career pathway. I speak to passionate business owners, restauranteurs and the skilful workers behind the closed doors and hot grills. Join me on my quest to deep dive into the London food sphere.
Having studied an interdisciplinary degree at UCL I always thought my future was in the corporate world, these conversations have opened my eyes to the many possibilities that lie ahead.
Your loving server,
Stella
