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James Knight-Paccheco celebrates the inspirational stories of people within hospitality, their ups, their downs and everything in between. What does it take to keep up in one of the most competitive, mentally and physically stressful industries in the world? Giving incredible insights and advice to the listeners.
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- 4 days ago1h 43m
Why Getting Rejected By A Restaurant Changed Everything | Lidija Abu Ghazaleh
Send us Fan Mail How does one birthday cake turn into a career bringing food, fashion and Dubai’s chefs together? Lidija Abu Ghazaleh shares how her Serbian upbringing in Montreal shaped her love for cooking, why she chose a different path after modelling, and how hosting dinners in Dubai eventually led to a catering business. She takes Chef JKP through the early days of Lydia’s Kitchen, including a rejected request to film at COYA that eventually opened the door to chef collaborations. The...
- 1 weeks ago1h 55m
Why So Many Restaurant Openings Quietly Fail - And How You Can Avoid It | Colin Hutton
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to understand hospitality from every side of the business? Chef JKP sits down with Colin Hutton, CEO and Founder of Umami Comms and Magna Carta, to trace a career that began behind the bar and eventually led to building one of the region’s first hospitality-focused communications agencies. Colin shares how dropping out of university took him through bars, hotels and restaurants across Europe before bringing him to Dubai in 2009. He talks about learning hos...
- 2 weeks ago1h 37m
Why This Executive Pastry Chef Thinks Young Chefs Are Moving Too Fast | Trisha Henault Singh
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to build a career when you keep choosing the harder path? Chef JKP sits down with Trisha Henault Singh, Executive Pastry Chef at FIVE LUXE JBR, to talk about her journey from aspiring fashion designer to leading pastry kitchens in Dubai. Trisha shares how she entered hospitality at 18 without ever having worked in a professional kitchen, trained through demanding 12-hour shifts, and eventually moved to Dubai, where her career took her from large-scale hote...
- 3 weeks ago56 min
Inside Chef’s Table Festival: Nancy Silverton, Live Fire & 70 of the World’s Best Chefs
Send us Fan Mail From Dubai to Park City, Chef JKP takes the podcast on the road for a special episode from the inaugural Chef’s Table Festival in Utah, bringing together 70 chefs across roughly 100 events. James goes behind the scenes of the festival, from live-fire cooking and pizza parties to the Chef’s Table family meal, alongside some of the world’s most influential chefs. The episode also features a special conversation with Nancy Silverton, who reflects on her journey into food, the ...
- 3 weeks ago3h 1m
What Michelin Kitchens and Restaurant Ownership Teach You About Success | Rick & Florian
Send us Fan Mail Chef JKP sits down with Rick Gonzalez, Executive Chef at The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wadi Desert, and Florian van Dillen, Head Chef at Farmhouse by Syrco, for two conversations about the experiences, kitchens, risks, and people that shape a chef’s career. Rick shares how growing up around his father’s Spanish restaurant in New York shaped his relationship with food and hospitality. From discovering professional kitchens and training in Switzerland to working in Michel...
- Aug 20, 20261h 55m
What Happened After Netflix Put Her Dubai Food Business on the Map | Arva Ahmed
Send us Fan Mail Chef JKP sits down with Arva Ahmed, Co-Founder of Frying Pan Adventures, for a conversation about food, storytelling, entrepreneurship, and the cultures that have shaped Dubai’s food scene. Arva shares how her relationship with food evolved from childhood memories in the UAE to running a late-night food business from her university dorm in the US. After returning to Dubai, she began exploring the smaller restaurants and communities that were largely missing from the city’s f...
- Aug 13, 20261h 46m
He Moved to Dubai at 19 With No Job. Here’s What Happened Next | Greg Wright
Send us Fan Mail Chef JKP sits down with Greg Wright, Co-Founder of Food People and Project People, for a conversation about recruitment, entrepreneurship, the food industry, and building a business in the Middle East. Greg shares how he left the UK at 19 and arrived in Dubai with no job, went from struggling to afford a meal to selling millions in real estate, and eventually found his way into executive recruitment. He also reveals how one unexpected meeting led to the creation of Food Peop...
- Aug 6, 20261h 10m
Why the Best Talent Managers Never Want to Be Famous | Karin Drane
Send us Fan Mail Chef JKP sits down with Karin Drane, founder of Curveball Events & Talents, one of the region's leading event and talent management companies. Karin shares how she went from studying law in Sweden to building a business in Dubai, why she dropped out of university twice, and how networking, resilience, and taking calculated risks helped shape her career. They talk about entrepreneurship, events, talent management, leadership, building high-performing teams, and what it re...
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James Knight-Paccheco celebrates the inspirational stories of people within hospitality, their ups, their downs and everything in between. What does it take to keep up in one of the most competitive, mentally and physically stressful industries in the world? Giving incredible insights and advice to the listeners.
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