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What's The Story? Hash Brown Glory

What's The Story? Hash Brown Glory

By: Tom and Lee
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Two chefs, one podcast. Join your hosts Tom and Lee as they take you on a journey through their lives in food and hospitality! Enjoy conversations with award winning and Michelin star chefs, hospitality business owners, mixologists, brewers and more... Tom & Lee's story sees two knowledge hungry chefs start their adventure in the world of hospitality and food, discover how they took their business, The Rustic Kitchen & Deli, from humble beginnings to an award winning and recognised powerhouse of incredible food and service. Make sure to subscribe to the show!Tom and Lee Art Food & Wine
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  • Conquering the world one cookie at a time with Marta from Bom Bom
    May 12 2025

    Hello and welcome to the ‘What’s The Story? Hash Brown Glory’ podcast, with your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding.


    The podcast tour continues as our beloved deli is being rebuilt! This time, we’re at the fabulous Bom Bom Patisserie in Loughborough, joined by Marta!


    Bom Bom has gone from strength since it began many moons ago, now famous for its delectable cookies, they’ve grown, expanded and are ready to take on the world!


    In this episode, we speak with Marta about the humble beginnings of the business, problems they’ve had to overcome and how they’re continuing to expand and develop into new things.


    They're approach to food and hospitality is awesome, no detail left unnoticed, no customer left unsatisfied...It was great hearing their story.


    You can find Bom Bom here:

    https://bombompatisserie.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopMzUYhT4qOPbmfHmdQSWusuR-ENUmQ9ps6Q0YGZXH1MrInrKd2


    You can find us here:

    https://rustickitchendeli.com


    As ever, make sure you're subscribed to the pod and thanks for listening!

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Building a pizza empire, conquering festivals and opening a restaurant with Alpine Pizza
    Apr 29 2025

    Hello and welcome to What's The Story? Hash Brown Glory with us, your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding.


    This week, we're on tour! We've taken a trip over to the wonderful Alpine Pizza, a pizza catering business that's taken festivals ,events and the world by storm!


    Sam's journey from buying his first trailer to operating a fleet of different set ups for a wide variety of use cases is nothing short of incredible! We were both taken aback with just how much he and his team have accomplished.


    From winning contracts with major UK music festivals to preparing to open their very first restaurant, Alpine Pizza are recognised as one of the best places for pizza!


    We delve into operations, planning, growth, barriers and lessons learned, all in this jam packed episode of the pod.


    You can find Alpine here:

    https://www.thealpinepizzaco.com


    You can find RKD here:

    https://rustickitchendeli.com

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Master developer Thomas Allen joins us to talk awards, sandwiches and what goes into designing one!
    Apr 14 2025

    Hello and welcome to yet another episode of 'What's the story? Hash brown glory!' with us your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding.This week we're joined by that mastermind behind some of the best sandwiches out there, Thomas Allen.He's created sandwiches for the likes of M&S, won countless awards and has even been a little bit of an idol for our dear old Lee!We discuss what goes into development a great sandwich, how they're made at a rate that satisfies millions of bellies every week and so much more in this episode!You can find RKD here:https://rustickitchendeli.comAs ever, thank you for listening!

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    1 hr and 2 mins
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