Breaking Bread Birmingham

In this week's episode, we welcome back mega-talented Kray Treadwell. The former head chef of Michelin Starred Man Behind The Curtain , and finalist of BBCs Great British Menu is back to tell us all about 670 Grams, his brand new restaurant. Kray is on a mission to bring the fine dining experience to a brand new audience, with an emphasis on quality food & drink at an affordable price. The men...

It takes a special restaurant to win a Michelin Star, and an even more special restaurant to continuously hold that star for 20 years. Simpsons in Edgbaston is that restaurant. An extraordinary restaurant, a phenom that has set the bar for fine dining restaurants in our city. Executive chef Luke Tipping has witnessed all 20 of those years at the top and his ethos & philosophies on quality seas...

In this week's episode of Breaking Bread the Birmingham based food podcast we sit down with chef-owner Jamie Desogus from beautiful fine dining restaurant Harborne Kitchen. An awesome and fun conversation with Jamie, widely recognised as one of the most talented chefs in the city, an inspirational business owner and one of the nicest guys in the industry. We wanted to hear all about Jamie's journe...

To purchase 10kg of potatoes or donate visit http://slowfoodbirmingham.co.uk/campaigns/ Hello and welcome to this episode of Breaking Bread. This episode Liam speaks to Kate from Slow Food Birmingham & Sam from Eat Make Play. We talk about both organisations before talking about the brilliant The Potato Project. Slow Food Birmingham Social Website- http://slowfoodbirmingham.co.uk/ Newsletter-...

Hello & welcome to Breaking Bread, In this episode, Liam talks to baker, entrepreneur, full-time mommy of four & creator of Mary's Cupcakes, Mary. With the help of her family, Mary is on a one-woman mission to deliver treat day to everybody!! Not satisfied with bringing joy to families all over Brum Mary has started a mission to bring treat day to the NHS. A mission that we can all get beh...

Welcome to Breaking bread the Birmingham based food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl. In this episode, Liam speaks to Alan & Mark from the Nationwide Caterers Association(NCASS). They talk about NCASS & what they do, how the COVID crisis has affected their members, what NCASS is doing to support members in the crisis, and share some of the great things their members...

Hello & welcome to the second of our special episodes aimed at helping our friends in the industry. This episode is with entrepreneur Lewis, one of the creators of a new website called Floc Market. Floc Market is an online market place for independent food & drink producers to sell their amazing products online. Floc Market has a wide range of products all on one website. A place where cus...

Hello and welcome to this very special episode of Breaking Bread, after doing this podcast for the last 16 months we have developed friendships with a lot of the food & drink businesses in the area. We have decided to try and use our podcast to help those people in the industry by recording some special interviews. This is episode 1 of help for hospitality and is with corporate lawyer Michael...

Hello & a very warm welcome to the first of our very special Corona Creative episodes. As well as our usual dive into the stories behind some of our favourite food & drink businesses, we are getting some useful hints and tips for you to try during the lockdown. This was an awesome chat that I enjoyed very much, Lydia is a unique and inspirational leader who gets the best from her team, whi...

Hello & welcome to Breaking Bread the Birmingham based food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl This week for the first time in a long time it's just Liam & Carl talking about what they have been cooking and what they have been eating. As per usual there are loads including some of the best in the city! As well as this the lads were lucky enough to be invited to London...

Hello & welcome to Breaking Bread, the Birmingham based food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl. This week we were very lucky to meet Harvey Perttola. Harvey is the head chef of a relaxed fine dining restaurant Maribel in Brindley Place Birmingham. Although only 25 years old Harvey has an impressive CV, starting work while still at school at city centre restaurant Opus at...

Hello & Welcome to Breaking Bread, the Birmingham based podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl. This week we were very lucky to sit and chat with the Owner and head chef of the beautiful Butchers Social in Henley In Arden. We have an awesome chat all about Mikes career and how he went on to start the much-loved butchers social in the old Walter Smith butcher's in Harbourne. M...

Hello & a very warm welcome to Breaking Bread, the Birmingham based food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl. Today's episode is a special episode with regional fundraiser for Parkinsons UK Gayle & Parkinsons UK ambassador Barrie. An amazing chat with two incredible people, we hear a little bit about the condition & what daily life might be like for somebody with P...

Hello & Welcome to Breaking Bread the Birmingham based food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl. This week we sit with Ollie & Harry. The creators of the legendary craft beer company, Digbrew & the chef who's epic pizza is going down a storm in the brewery taproom. We talk about all things beer and pizza and what it's like to make your uni hobby, your full-time car...

HELLO and welcome back to Breaking Bread, the Birmingham based food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl. This week we were very excited to be joined by Masterchef 2019 contestant & MD of private dining company Canary & Kitchen, Mike Eaglesfield. An awesome conversation in which Mike shares an honest account of his Masterchef experience, he shares some tips for any of y...

Hello & Welcome back to Breaking Bread. This episode is with brilliant chef & owner of one of the best restaurants in Brum, Alex Claridge. The Wilderness brings rock n roll fine dining in a beautifully relaxed dining room with a unique menu, heavily influenced by the city of Birmingham. Our chat with Alex is one of the deepest, honest & moving conversations we have ever done. Social ht...

HELLO & Welcome back to Breaking Bread. In this epic episode, we interview the newly crowned winner of Masterchef The Professionals 2019 Stuart Deeley . Birmingham chef Stuart (Stu) Deeley survived invention tests, skills tests and fought off other talented chefs, as well as wowing judges Marcus Wareing & Monica Galetti on his way to becoming 2019 Masterchef The Professionals winner. Stuar...

Hello & welcome back to our Birmingham based food podcast presented by food-obsessed friends Carl & Liam. This week we were extremely lucky to sit down and chat with the lovely people behind the charity Kings Heath & Bearwood action for refugees. Action for Refugees is a network of local community groups who are committed to supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Social- Action For Re...

Hello & Welcome to Breaking Bread. This is a very special bonus episode for you, which we recorded live at Little Blackwood Moseley's Beaujolais game dinner. Usually, when we review restaurants it's a little time after the meal, this we recorded as we ate. A very fun podcast which was a bit of an experiment.

Hello & welcome to Breaking Bread. For this episode, Carl & Liam thought it a good idea to answer a few questions about themselves & the podcast. As usual, they have a little chat about some of the food they have cooked at home, Liam more than Carl for the first time ever. They discuss some of the places they have been eating in lately, including Harbourne Kitchen, Burger fest and Chak...

Hello & welcome back to Breaking Bread. This episode we get to sit down with Birmingham chef Kray Treadwell. You may know Kray from BBC's Great Brittish Menu, a competition in which Kray got all the way to the final with his unique dishes & exciting take on the competition brief. After training at Birminghams Michelin star Purnells Kray moved to Michael O'hare's Man Behind The Curtain in L...

Hello & welcome to the latest edition of Breaking Bread, For this episode we were kindly invited down to a farm near Solihull where today's guests Katherine & Harry are creating awesome rum. Burning Barn Rum. An excellent conversation all about where the inspiration for the rum comes from, some cocktail ideas and what it's like to start your own business from scratch. Burning Barn is kindl...

Hello and welcome to Breaking Bread. Not really an interview this week more of a conversation all about food. We were lucky enough to sit down with award-winning writer and food blogger Laura AKA Bite Your Brum. Bite Your Brum Social Award-Winning Blog http://biteyourbrum.com/ Insta https://www.instagram.com/biteyourbrum/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/biteyourbrum Twitter https://twitter.com/b...

HELLO & welcome to this episode of Breaking Bread. So most of you will have seen that Moseley has an exciting new restaurant opening this week. Robert Ortiz, Michelin Star chef from the amazing Lima in London is bringing quality Peruvian food to Birmingham with his first solo restaurant Chakana. We were very lucky to meet chef Robert Ortiz and have a fabulous conversation all about his career,...

Hello , and welcome to this episode of Breaking Bread. This week Liam breaks bread with hugely talented Silvia Sanchez Santiago from Tapas Catering company. This was a brilliant conversation in which Silvia's passion for food really comes through. After getting her degree in business Silvia knew an office job wasn't going to cut it and that she just had to follow her dreams of starting her own foo...