The Hospopreneurs Podcast

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The Hospopreneurs Podcast

The Hospopreneurs Podcast explores creativity and innovation in the hospitality industry by interviewing influential people across the food and beverage ecosystem – from agriculture and distilling to retail, entertainment and technology. Host, James Henderson, blends Q&A, anecdotes and other resources into an informative program that educates and inspires. Learn why we do what we do from successful minds behind the business of hospitality.

  1. Food Ethics and Frontier with Dr Simon Eassom

    3 DAYS AGO

    Food Ethics and Frontier with Dr Simon Eassom

    Dr Simon Eassom is an experienced leader, business executive and strategic thinker and today, joins me as the CEO and Executive Director of Food Frontier.  Simon has had a distinguished multidisciplinary career as a university professor with a PhD in applied ethics, freelance investigative journalist - on health and food economics - and mid-career, worked in various executive roles for IBM - leading on the use of Big Data, predictive analytics, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.  He’s consulted with numerous organisations on the impact  of technology on the future of work, education and food and currently serves on the Board of the Australian Council of Professions as its Chief Futurist.

    48 min
  2. Pinot Palooza, Festival Innovation and Cheese with Dan Sims

    9 OCT

    Pinot Palooza, Festival Innovation and Cheese with Dan Sims

    Dan Sims, award-winning sommelier and CEO of Revel - the brand behind Pinot Palooza and Mould Cheese Festival - joins the program today.   From his early days working in some of Melbourne’s top restaurants to creating international wine and cheese events across 14 cities and 6 countries, Dan has been a driving force in making wine accessible, inclusive, and fun.  In this episode, Dan describes how hospitality powers his events, the significance of showcasing local producers and how his business is adapting the festival model in a post-pandemic world.

    53 min
  3. Brunetti, Family and Heritage with Fabio Angele

    18 SEPT

    Brunetti, Family and Heritage with Fabio Angele

    Fabio Angele - owner and director of iconic Melbourne institution, Brunetti Classico - joins the program today. Drawing on 50 years of hospitality experience learned under his father's mentorship, Fabio rises at 1:30am everyday to oversee operations.  We explore why he does that, look at some of his management philosophies, the history of the brand and complexities of working with family.

    40 min
  4. Korean Fried Chicken and An MBA: Building Gami with Jun Lee

    12 SEPT

    Korean Fried Chicken and An MBA: Building Gami with Jun Lee

    Jun Lee is the founder of Korean Fried Chicken QSR, Gami Chicken and Beer. Leveraging a career in sales and strategy with multinational giants like Samsung SDS and BMC Software, Jun rekindled an old promise to his undergraduate mates after completing his MBA to form Gami - a business that reported to earn AUD 52 million in revenue across 38 locations in F23.  In the episode, Jun shares the way he thinks about cuisine integration to deliver Korean food and culture to a western consumer, along with his leadership philosophies and much more.

    1h 4m
  5. Behind Mr Black: Design to Distilling with Tom Baker

    27 AUG

    Behind Mr Black: Design to Distilling with Tom Baker

    Founder of Mr Black Spirits, Tom Baker, joins the program today. Until the brand was acquired by Diageo in 2022, Tom led the business as CEO, alongside Master Distiller, Philip Moore.  The bittersweet Australian liqueur’s iconic bottle was created by Tom - a designer by trade - and is now known the world over, with everything still produced at their distillery/roastery just North of Sydney.

    47 min
  6. Making Sense of Customer Data with David Shukri

    1 AUG

    Making Sense of Customer Data with David Shukri

    Making sense of customer data can be unbelievably difficult. Today, David Shukri - Client Service Director at Shopper Intelligence - joins the program to discuss exactly this. With over a decade of experience helping retailers and manufacturers navigate data to innovate, David has found himself focusing his interests on the Australian liquor industry - to distill complexity and navigate the noise to generate actionable insights.

    37 min
  7. NON Brings Taste To Temperance with Aaron Trotman

    9 JULY

    NON Brings Taste To Temperance with Aaron Trotman

    Aaron Trotman - the Founder of zero percent alcohol, alternative-wine brand, NON - joins the program today and shares a window to his philosophy and experience in business.   While globetrotting through Europe and Asia with his partner, they noticed that the option to exercise temperance with degustation meals was lacking, sparking the idea for NON - to create a bottled drink that mirrors the quality and flavours found in prestigious kitchens without the booze. I had the pleasure of enjoying a tasting at NONHQ - in Melbourne’s South East - it’s a little bit out of town but I highly recommend you check it out because the experience surprised me. I was appropriately sceptical but Aaron, Nick and the team take the product seriously and NON tasted great.  I hope you enjoy the episode today

    39 min
  8. Sparing No Broccoli Stump with Paul Cooper

    18 JUNE

    Sparing No Broccoli Stump with Paul Cooper

    Paul Cooper earned an early restaurant education in Australia before hitting his stride in world-class European kitchens - Barcelona’s ABaC, London’s iconic Pied a Terre (under Shane Osborn) and Michel Bras’ acclaimed French restaurant, Bras.  Returning home with incredible Michelin-star experience, he has since come to own multiple venues, vineyards and joins the program today as an Executive Chef with a top-to-tail philosophy, sparing ‘no broccoli stump’.  This episode was recorded at Oakwood Premier Melbourne.

    39 min
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The Hospopreneurs Podcast explores creativity and innovation in the hospitality industry by interviewing influential people across the food and beverage ecosystem – from agriculture and distilling to retail, entertainment and technology. Host, James Henderson, blends Q&A, anecdotes and other resources into an informative program that educates and inspires. Learn why we do what we do from successful minds behind the business of hospitality.

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