Episodios

  • Epic coffee, epic business growth and epic...golf clothing...with St Martin's Coffee Roasters!
    Jun 9 2025

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

    This week, we're joined by the wonderful chaps at St Martin's Coffee Roasters, Ole Ryan and Andy Hall.

    We dive into their early days as a business and how they grew into an absolute powerhouse, creating some of the best coffee around.

    They're both thoroughly lovely chaps with years worth of experience and stories between them, from helping start up coffee shops flourish to producing a wide variety of roasts that'll have you salivating for more!

    You can find St Martin's here:

    https://www.stmartinscoffee.co.uk

    You can find us here:

    https://rustickitchendeli.com

    As ever, thank you so much for tuning in and make sure to subscribe and leave a 5* review, it really helps us out!

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    1 h y 16 m
  • Lord of the pies, Jamie Oliver’s ‘Pie King’, Calum Franklin talks all things pastry!
    May 27 2025

    Welcome to another episode of What’s The Story? Hash Brown Glory…


    We’re your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding!


    Whilst RKD is still in the process of being rebuilt, we’ve been very lucky to use the OAC in Loughborough to record this incredible episode with our latest guest…


    This week, we’re joined by the lord of the pies, Jamie Oliver’s ‘Pie King’, Calum Franklin!


    Author of ‘The Pie Room’, the mastermind of pies at The Georgian (Harrods) and insanely talented chef, Calum visited us on the pod to talk about many things, but mainly…pies! What else?!


    We were in our element for this one, as you all know, we’ve got a soft spot for pastry! We dive into the nitty gritty behind what makes a great pie and so much more. We learn about Calum’s background and journey into food and what’s coming next…


    You can find Calum here:

    https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/c/restaurants/the-georgian?srsltid=AfmBOorJjvgiSvfmAyjhpCjAonJeLGnrqh2FwUVrbl5_VaqAkdSt7xvK


    You can find us here:

    https://rustickitchendeli.com


    As ever, thank you so much for listening!

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    1 h y 4 m
  • 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 h y 18 m
  • 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 h y 3 m
  • 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 h y 2 m
  • Delving into the world of graffiti, art, design and of course...hash browns with Sam Grubb
    Mar 25 2025

    Hello and welcome to another episode of 'What's The Story? Hash Brown Glory' with us, yours hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding.This week we're joined by the amazingly talented and all round good egg, Sam Grubb!Sam's the man behind a lot of our Rustic branded shirts, coffee packets and more, he's a super talented artist with a very unique style.Currently living the dream working as a graphic designer but remotely, giving him chance to see new places, document his travels and share his art with the world.We discuss everything from Airbnb cutlery and chopping boards to what Sam thinks about the transient art of graffiti!Of course, it wouldn't be Hash Brown Glory without an epic hash brown and this week, we bring you a bloomin' good'en!You can find Sam here:https://www.instagram.com/samgrubbart/You can find us here:https://rustickitchendeli.comAs ever, thank you for tuning in!

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    1 h y 9 m
  • Meet the development chef that named their child after a sandwich
    Mar 11 2025

    Hello and welcome to 'What's The Story? Hash Brown Glory!' the food podcast hosted by us, Tom Bower and Lee Harding.

    This week we're joined by the sandwich maestro himself, Sam Tebbatt, award winning development chef that's behind countless sandwiches in the UK!

    He's worked for many major supermarket chains and more, he's even an actor and all round good egg!

    We talk about what exactly goes into creating a sandwich for the masses, how much they cost to make and what the upcoming trends are for the industry.

    You can find the Rustic guys here:https://rustickitchendeli.com

    As ever, please subscribe to the show and leave us a nice little 5* review!

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    1 h y 7 m
  • Rustic's news bulletin - have you heard about our amazing...
    Mar 7 2025

    Hello and welcome to this special little episode of What's the Story? Hash Brown Glory! We'll be putting out the occasional short news bulletin style episode to let you know about all the fruity and interesting things going off at The Rustic Kitchen and Deli with us, your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding.If you've not already tried or seen it, our very own signature blend coffee is now available!You can enjoy this inside the deli or you can take away a pouch of your own!We also answer some listener questions so make sure you tune in and hear the latest from RKD.Thank you,Tom and Lee x

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    12 m
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