Aperitif

APERITIF // EP 5 // ANDREW SHERIDAN & SAM MORGAN Open restaurant group are a thriving group of restaurants from Andrew and Sam. They met by pure chance through an agency but when Sam convinced Andrew to get on board he wasn’t quite sure!  A couple of years later and they now have 7 unique restaurants, 4 of which are on the Michelin guide and have built an impressive reputation and unique business...

APERITIF // EP 4 // DAN MCGEORGE Great British Menu champion, Chef Dan McGeorge from Vetch Restaurant in Liverpool discusses his career journey to date. From his early culinary experience and growing up in Liverpool to his reign at Rothay Manor which well and truly put them on the culinary map! We get in to the nitty gritty of competing in Great British Menu during 2021 and Covid restrictions and...

Chef Oli Martin from Aven Restaurant in Preston discusses his career journey to date from his travels around Australia working in some of the most acclaimed kitchens to finding his own style back home in the North West of the UK. We look at his time on MasterChef the Professionals and his journey to be a finalist and look at a behind the scenes of how the show is ran. To his time at Hipping Hall w...

Chef James Sherwin from Wild Shropshire Restaurant discusses his career to date and the incredible work of his restaurant in Whitchurch, Shropshire. From being an amateur chef and cooking for Anthony Bourdain on TV to getting Michelin recognition years later after being self taught!  James recalls many stories and times from his career and we delve deep in to his sustainable philosophy at Wild Shr...

Chef Aiden Byrne from Li-Ly Restaurant discusses his illustrious career and the opening of his new restaurant in Knutsford, Cheshire. From being the face of The Dorchester and the UK’s youngest ever Michelin starred Chef to working with some industry legends and running his own kitchens across the UK including Pied a Terre, Elystan Street and Manchester House. Aiden recalls many a stories and time...

Our first feature length episode with Deux Six Champagne owner, Cameron Foster. Join us as we delve deep in to the life of the entrepreneur from starting the business in lockdown as a bootstrapped idea to now distributing wines to some of the UK’s best restaurants. Trials and tribulations, challenges and difficulties, how was a champagne business from a complete novice created amongst the midst of...

Aperitif: A Taste of Grower Champagne and Hospitality Welcome to Aperitif, the podcast that uncorks the stories behind the UK’s most exciting chefs, restaurants, wine professionals and hospitality personalities – all enjoyed with a glass of grower champagne.   Hosted by Cameron Foster, owner of Deux Six Champagne, Aperitif delves into the artistry of grower champagne while celebrating the creativi...