This week we sit with Stasha Toncev, founder of Dubai’s award-winning Balkan bistro, 21 Grams. Hailed in the media, Stasha’s restaurant was praised as “charming” and “brain melting” by The Financial Times supplement, How To Spend It, and Bill Addison, the Los Angeles Times’ celebrated food critic. In a heart-to-heart with Hashem, Stasha opened up about her c ... Show More
Feb 16
Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte on the Soul of Space and Collectible Design
“I really wanted to slow things down… to create an experience where people take their time, build relationships, and connect with design in a more human way.” Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte has spent fifteen years living out of a suitcase, experiencing the quiet palazzos of Venice ... Show More
50m 46s
Jan 12
“Going into a new market requires humility. You don’t know the market well, and you have to accept that.”
In this year-in-review episode, Hashem looks back on 2025 and what it actually took to open two restaurants in Riyadh in one year. It’s a conversation about going up the learning curve fast, staying humble, and why consistency always outlasts hype. Chapters: 0:00 Coming up... ... Show More
44m 43s
Oct 2025
“The day I stopped being a ‘Googler in Dubai’ and started being ‘Lynn, who happens to work at Google,’ everything changed.”
Lynn Hazim, founder of Middle Child and creator of popular food blog @nosoupforyou, shares her journey from corporate life at Google to building her own restaurant in Dubai. The episode explores her early love for food, the roots of her inspiration, and her bold pivot to entrepre ... Show More
42m 47s
Apr 2023
To strive, to seek, to find, with Stasha Toncev
This week, co-host Tiffany Eslick sits down at urban Balkan bistro, 21 Grams, with its founder, Stasha Toncev. Stasha shares how she went from growing up in Serbia cooking lavish meals for her friends to uncovering her purpose and becoming the centre of discovery of Balkan food i ... Show More
37m 2s
Oct 2023
Ep.60 "I was pushed to the side": Tasha Ghouri on her mission for a more accessible world
Tasha Ghouri is a television personality, activist, dancer and model, most recognised for her stint on the 2022 Summer series of Love Island UK, with Tasha being the first deaf person to enter the Villa.
Referring to being deaf as her ‘Superpower’, Tasha was born deaf - with her ... Show More
46m 3s
Dec 2023
Hala Al Shammari | By Hala
Hala Al Shammari, raised in Dubai, is a fashion designer and founder of homegrown
fashion label BY - HALA. With a dream of pursuing her own clothing line. Hala's
journey started in university, shaping HALA's unique identity with the creation of an
eight-look collection Hala took ... Show More
45m 43s
Jul 2020
Episode 20 - Guest H.E Dr Sara Al Madani on never walking away from yourself & how we must be our own source of inspiration
In this episode Alice was joined by H.E Dr Sara Al Madani from over in Dubai. Dr Sara Al Madani is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, advocate and a board member at Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In this episode she talked all about how her own strong sense of spiritualit ... Show More
49m 40s
May 2024
Bobbie Lloyd, CEO of Magnolia Bakery, on how Kindness, Humanity, and Passion Correlate with Success
Bobbie Lloyd, CEO of Magnolia Bakery, shares her journey from culinary school graduate and former chef for Calvin Klein to leading an iconic brand renowned for its amazing cupcakes and out-of-this-world banana pudding, a favorite of host Robert Tuchman. After working under former ... Show More
41m 47s
Mar 2023
Food52: Amanda Hesser (2021)
<p>In the early 1990s, as Amanda Hesser's college friends were interviewing for their first cubicle jobs, she chose a different path; one that led straight into the kitchens of Europe, where she cooked traditional recipes and learned the rhythm of the seasons from a crusty French ... Show More
1h 30m