Hello and welcome to another jam packed episode of What’s The Story? Hash Brown Glory!

We’re your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding and this week we’re joined by the powerhouse herself, Mel Fowkes of Outbuilding!

We dive right into Mel’s incredible journey from her beginnings in the travel industry and being furloughed during the pandemic to building one of Leicestershire most recognisable pop-ups, events and supper club brands.

Curating a wide array of food and drink events, Mel has a unique skill set when it comes to creativity and organisation. Her energy is infectious as is her passion for what she does.

It’s often overlooked just how important consistency and drive are in hospitality, interacting with people and giving them world class experiences is what Mel’s all about, and it shows. Mel’s alter ego Clemmie as quickly becoming as loved as Mel herself, creating communities and spaces that people love is what she’s all about.

Jump in with us for this hilariously awesome episode of the pod!

You can find Mel here:

www.outbuildingbar.co.uk

You can find us here:

https://rustickitchendeli.com

As ever, thanks for listening!

Hello and welcome to What's The Story? Hash Brown Glory!

We're your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding from Rustic Kitchen & Deli!

This week, we're all alone. No guest. Nobody else to talk to. Besides producer Adam, but he doesn't count.

It's just us two.

We dive into a few exciting goings on at RKD, including...OUR VERY OWN BOOK! HOLY MOLY.

We're currently debating the title, its contents and so much more so we'd love to hear from you with what you think we should name it...

Oh, and should we include our famous hash brown recipe or not?

We also answer some listener questions that we've been collecting and some of which we definitely haven't written ourselves...

Things like, what goes into an RKD dish? What was the most difficult RKD dish to make? What are some of the biggest mistakes you've made? And so many more...

We all know that hospitality is an ever changing industry and it's important to be able to adapt, and cope! We think it's fair to say that we're well positioned to be able to talk about this kind of stuff given the eventful year we had last year. If you know, you know.

We talk about the kind of attitude you need to work in food and catering, what goes into the systems that power restaurants and so much more so make sure you tune in, and give us your undivided attention.

As ever, thank you so much for listening and make sure you're subscribed to never miss an episode!

Tom & Lee x

Howdy! Welcome to What's The Story? Hash Brown Glory! With us your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding.

This week, we're joined by the absolutely incredible Lorena Moloney of Pasticceria Lorena joins us for a fabulous chat about all things pastry and baking.

From the way Mamma used to measure by eye to creating some of the UK's most unbelievable desserts, we talk about Lorena's journey from dance teacher to pastry extraordinaire and everything in between.

Where's Tiramasu actually from? What's a nun's breasts cake? What's your favourite dessert? We answer all this and more in this week's episode.

Lorena is a phenomenal baker, just a quick look at her website or instagram will show you just how incredible her work is. What a pleasure it was to have her on the pod.

You can find her here:

https://www.pasticcerialorena.com

https://www.instagram.com/pasticcerialorena/

You can find us here:

https://rustickitchendeli.com

As ever thank you for listening and make sure you're subscribed to the pod to avoid missing out on all this foodie deliciousness!

Tom and Lee x