Zac Whittle and Freddie Sheen, Rogues

Hi, I'm Stella Gent and I'm going to take you out for dinner. As a food addict and never-ending question-asker, I introduce you to my new podcast series exploring the hospitality industry. Having worked as a waitress at Ottolenghi's restaurant ROVI in central London, I am not only interested in the entrepreneurial and business aspects of hospitality but also the familial community-like aspect of it. I intend to interview directors, managers and head chefs but also talk to those from different levels of the sector like demi-chefs, waitresses, food runners and social media managers. Today, we are in the kitchen with a double-whammy: head chefs/ business owners. I cannot begin to imagine the process of setting up a business, let alone a restaurant in locked-down London. In this episode of 'Let Me Take You Out For Dinner', I chat with Freddie and Zac, head chefs at the new restaurant Rogues in Hackney about working and becoming entrepreneurs within the hospitality industry, and the reality of the experience. Follow me as I visit their restaurant and try the delicious food, and as I tag along to their midnight visits to New Covent Garden Food Market in South West London. This venture fed my passion about understand the challenges of setting up a rival business in the hot East London food district, deciding to take the plunge with learning how to grapple with your own finances and constructing the restaurant itself. All Music and Sounds are from FreeSound and licensed by Creative Commons: - Seth_Makes_Music https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/661782/ -BaDoink https://freesound.org/people/BaDoink/sounds/535745/ - al_sub https://freesound.org/people/al_sub/sounds/647161/ -DaveJf https://freesound.org/people/DaveJf/sounds/685599/ -juliadang https://freesound.org/people/juliadang/sounds/468142/ -justiningo https://freesound.org/people/justiningo/sounds/466329/ -X3nus https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/sounds/476782/ -BeeProductive https://freesound.org/people/BeeProductive/sounds/381399/ -ZHRØ https://freesound.org/people/ZHR%C3%98/sounds/679021/