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Breaking Bread Podcast- The Podcast For Food Lovers In Birmingham

Posted on October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 by admin

Michelin Star Aktar Islam

Opheem/Pulperia/Aktar At Home

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Listen to this episode of Birmingham food podcast Breaking Bread with Michelin Star chef Aktar Islam, & go behind the scenes at Opheem, one of Brums most iconic Michelin star restaurants. Press play on the player above, alternatively, you can listen on your favorite podcast app, just select from the list on this LINK

Welcome Michelin Star Chef Aktar Islam

A chef who gained fame on TV shows such as Gordon Ramsay’s Best Dish, Great British Menu, Saturday kitchen & Masterchef. Aktar opened his restaurant Opheem with the aim of showcasing his food philosophy & passion for using the best British ingredients to make authentic Indian food. So well received, Opheem won a Michelin Star in its first year of opening.

oyster dish from Opheem restaurant Birmingham from Michelin Star Aktar Islam

Michelin Star Opheem

Opheem opened with huge anticipation in the Spring of 2018. The debut solo restaurant of award-winning chef, Aktar Islam. Using the best possible British ingredients to create revamped versions of traditional regional Indian dishes, Opheem became a huge success and was awarded a Michelin Star in the first year of opening.

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Opening Times- Wednesday-Saturday Dinner– 5.30-930
Lunch-Friday/Saturday- 12.00-1.30
Price- £35-£115

Steak from Argentinian restaurant Pulperia Birmingham from Michelin Star chef Aktar Islam

Pulperia, The Second Restaurant From Michelin Star Chef Aktar Islam

Inspired by ex-F-word rivals Santa Maria, Aktar Islam has always wanted to open an ingredient led, a quality Argentinian steak house. In Febuary 2020 Pulperia opened with a focus on selling the best cuts of meat, cooked over a flame. A simple style of food that lets the caliber of the beef speak for itself.

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Opening Times- Wed-Friday 5.30-9.30
Saturday/Sunday- 12.30-9.30
Price- Steaks- £24.95-£75

Aktar At Home

March 2020, the start of the Covid-19 pandemic & the start of lockdown. With boredom setting in, chef Aktar Islam decided he needed to get back cooking. At the same time, cook at home dinner sets were becoming popular. Unimpressed with the options available Aktar & some of his closest chefs went about creating their own. Aktar At Home was born. Exciting dishes created using the finest ingredients, and notorious for their generous portion size became hugely popular.

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Posted on August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 by admin

Head Chef Leo Kattou

Michelin Star Simpsons

Listen to this episode of Birmingham food podcast Breaking Bread with Simpson’s head chef Leo Kattou, & go behind the scenes at one of Brums most iconic Michelin star restaurants. Press play on the player above, alternatively, you can listen on your favorite podcast app, just select from the list on this LINK

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Welcome Chef Leo Kattou

Hello & welcome to Birmingham food podcast Breaking Bread. This week hosts Liam & Carl meet Leo Kattou, charismatic head chef of legendary Michelin Star restaurant Simpsons Birmingham. A great conversation all about Leo’s journey from starting at Simpson’s as an apprentice and working his way up following in the footsteps of some of the best chefs in the Midlands to become Simpsons head chef.

Buttermilk dish from latest Simpson's menu from head chef Leo Kattou

Chipshop To Michelin Star

Chef Leo Kattou hasn’t always been surrounded by purees and caviar, the mega-talented chef started his culinary journey at his family’s local fish & chip shop in Coventry.

From a very young age, Leo worked prepping potatoes & veg and cleaning the shop for pocket money. Soon Leo decided that food was the career for him, and wanted to train as a chef,

After a meeting with Michelin Star Simpson’s restaurant owner, the legendary Andreas Antona. Leo started as an apprentice, where his passion for food & appetite for hard work and doing the mundane prepping jobs seen him flourish.

New Simpson's restaurant Birmingham menu from chef Leo Kattou raw orkney scallops

About Simpsons

Located minutes from Birmingham city center Simpsons is a beautiful modern fine dining restaurant famous for serving tasting menus centered around simple seasonal ingredients. The service is some of the best I have experienced both informal and attentive while still making the experience feel special.

Opening Times- Monday/Tuesday CLOSED

Wednesday- Friday- 12.30pm-2.30pm 6pm-8pm

Saturday- 12.30pm-4pm 5pm-9pm

Sunday- 1pm-5pm

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Posted on August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 by admin

The Grand Hotel Birmingham

Adam Bateman

Listen to this episode of Birmingham food podcast Breaking Bread with The Grand HotelnBirmingham’s exec chef Adam Bateman, and go behind the scenes at one of Brum’s most exciting new openings. Press play on the player above, alternatively, you can listen on your favorite podcast app, just select from the list on this LINK

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Welcome chef Adam Bateman The Grand Hotel Birmingham

Hello & welcome to Birmingham food podcast Breaking Bread. This week’s episode is an interview with Adam Bateman. Executive chef of the brand new Grand Hotel Birmingham.

An awesome chat with a super-focused and mega-talented chef about a career that has taken him to the management team of Brum’s new 5-star hotel. The idea of creating something special & exciting which the people of Birmingham could be proud of was a driving force in Adams’s return to the city.

Madeleines at The Grand Hotel Birmingham

People who have never been to the famous Savoy in London will have seen or heard of the notorious American bar. In Madeleine’s at The Grand Hotel. Birmingham city center finally has a hotel cocktail bar worth talking about. A glamourous space, the perfect setting for knocking back an antique negroni or two.

Isaacs

Isaacs at The Grand Hotel is bringing serious New York vibes to Birmingham. Having visited the big apple a few times, I genuinely feel like Isaacs has captured the magic of that old-school NYC steak house.

From street food to Michelin star, Birmingham’s food scene has something for everyone. Where Brum’s food scene lies a little bare is the middle ground. There just aren’t enough places offering great food, made up of quality ingredients at an affordable price.

This is where Isaacs slots in, just look at their mouth-watering steak menu. Excellent cuts of beef sourced from one of the best butchers in the country (Aubery Allen) at pretty much the same money you would pay at your average chain restaurant.

Tuna Carpaccio from Isaacs menu in the grand hotel Birmingham

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Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by admin

What To Expect From New Bar Luna Springs Digbeth

Welcome To Brum Luna Springs

Listen to this episode of Birmingham food podcast Breaking Bread with Tom Kidd, owner of new bar Luna Springs Digbeth and hear all about what you can expect there. Press play on the player above, alternatively you can listen on your favorite podcast app, just select from the list on this LINK

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Luna Springs Digbeth Here’s What To Expect

Hello & a massive welcome back to Breaking Bread. Our podcast all about awesome Birmingham & her food. We are delighted to finally have a new episode for you today, after so long off due to the pandemic. Our guest today is Tom Kidd, co-founder of the hugely popular Adventure Bars Group. Open-air Digbeth bar Luna Springs is the latest opening from the group, so we decided to chat with Tom to see what we can expect from the fun new opening.

The outdoor cinema from new Birmingham bar Luna Springs Digbeth

Beer Garden With Cocktails & Events

A vast space with a capacity for 2,500 guests, Luna Springs Digbeth is a versatile venue with lots of exciting potentials. With bottomless brunches and DJs offering a great bar experience Tom hopes to introduce more events in the near future. An orchestra-backed cinema experience and live gigs already in the pipeline, Tom believes Luna will evolve to be a creative hub of excitement.

Food & Drink

With such a vast space, with such a variety of events and uses Luna Digbeth decided that the F&B offering was going to be a high standard, far more superior to the usual offerings at event spaces. So whether you’re coming with a group of mates for some sunshine day drinking, an orchestra-backed cinema night, or a live gig. The awesome drinks menu heavily focused on excellent cocktails will always be available.

For food, Luna will host a variety of street food vendors. Using, and supporting local traders has been very important to owner Tom, and is on a mission to support as many as possible. At the moment you can grab some fried chicken from the brilliant Mother Clucker or some slice from pizza legends Hand Made Pizza Co.

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Huge thank you to Jo and her PR company, The Relationship ( https://www.therelationship.co/ ). Jo set up this podcast today and has been a massive help to our podcast.

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Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 by admin

Bacchus Bar Running A Bar In Birmingham City Centre During A Pandemic

Brendan Shipley

To listen to this episode this Birmingham food podcast Breaking Bread with Birmingham city centre Bacchus Bar Manager Brendan Shipley and hear all his story. Press play on the player above, alternatively you can listen on your favourite podcast app, just select from the list on this LINK

Manager Of Birmingham City Centre Bacchus Bar On The Latest Episode Of Birmingham Food Podcast Breaking Bread

Hello & a very warm welcome back to Breaking Bread the podcast all about the amazing food & drink in Birmingham. This week Carl & Liam are joined by Liam’s very good friend & gaffer of Bacchus Bar, the awesome city centre boozer just off New St

Brendan has worked in pubs & bars for over 20 years and has won awards & recognition for investing in his team & turning struggling pubs around. Liam & Brendan take a fun trip down memory lane to where they first met, in a cheesy Solihull bar in 2006. They reminisce on some funny memories (not so funny at the time) during their time working at Weatherspoons.

Brendan offers some great advice & talks deeply about hospitality management and what it has been like to run a city-centre pub during covid before offering a fresh take on Tripadvisor which might make you realise that it may be more beneficial to work with Tripadvisor, as opposed to just hating on it.

TripAdvisor Facts

Love it or hate it, you had better be paying attention to what customers are saying about you on TripAdvisor. If you’re not, you are more than likely losing out on money.

A recent study had some fascinating results

80% Of people asked, read at least 6-12 reviews prior to booking
53% Would’t commit to booking before reading a review
64% read reviews to find a restaurant

An example of the power of TripAdvisor can be found closer to home. In 2019 Michelin Star restaurant Adams was voted best restaurant in the UK by TripAdvisor. The very next day after the award being announced, Adams received 200 bookings.

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Posted on October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 by admin

Low n Slow

Andy Stubbs

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Andy Low n Slow

Hello & a very warm welcome back to our Birmingham food podcast. A massive episode this week, we are joined by one of the biggest names in the Birmingham food scene, the BBQ King Andy ‘Low n Slow’ Stubbs.

Andy talks us through his journey from boring 9-5 to Meatopia, the biggest festival of flame cooking in the UK. We look at Andy’s work ethos & drive to learn & improve, which has made Andy a chef respected by other big-name chefs in the country.

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Low n Slow To Your Door

During the first lockdown with all streetfood events & festivals cancelled, Andy decided to diversify & deliver his smoked modern Mexican & Texan BBQ dishes made from high-end rare breed meats to his many followers.

Dishes like brisket chilli tacos, pork bellies, & goat birria can all be found on Andy’s awesome shop. Andy’s delivery felt like a real treat in the depths of lockdown & a welcome change to the traditional take away options.

Woodfired Sunday Lunch

Take the hassle out of Sundays with Andy Low N Slow’s new woodfired Sunday lunches. weekly changing menus including lamb shank, Tamworth pork belly, or 6 weeks aged longhorn striploin served with beef fat potatoes, greens & charred carrot. You can also expect some interesting sides like wood-fired cauli=cheese, wood-fired hispi cabbage in cheese sauce & even a wood-fired basque cheesecake for dessert.

Mental Health

In our podcast, Andy very bravely opened up about some of his problems with mental health. Recent figures show as many as 1 in 2 employees in hospitality suffer from mental health issues. It’s a huge problem that just doesn’t get talked about or highlighted enough!

Fortunately, there are a few amazing people trying to highlight these issues. Pilot Light Campaign is a global social impact initiative committed to raising awareness of mental health and providing greater support to the hospitality sector.

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Posted on October 11, 2020October 12, 2020 by admin

Everything You Need To Know About New Restaurant 8 In Birmingham

Andrew Sheridan

To listen to this episode of our Birmingham based food podcast Breaking Bread with Chef Andrew Sheridan and hear all about his story & 8 his new Birmingham restaurant. Press play on the player above, alternatively you can listen on your favourite podcast app, just select from the list on this LINK

Hello & welcome back to Breaking Bread the Birmingham-based food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl, this week we were hugely excited to be joined by Andrew Sheridan the super-talented chef & owner of new exciting Birmingham restaurant 8.

Andrew tells us all about his career working his way up through some well-known kitchens, appearing on & getting to the final of BBC’s hit TV show Great British Menu before moving to Brum to take on the executive chef position at Craft & opening his amazing new restaurant

About 8 Restaurant Birmingham

The Restaurant

Chef Andrew Sheridan’s new canal-side restaurant can be accessed by an LED-lit door at the foot of the ICC. It is open Wednesday-Saturday with only one sitting at 8pm.

Birmingham’s hottest new restaurant 8, has one of the most original interiors I’ve ever seen. A neon infinity wall opposite a giant screen which plays a video that accompanies each course. The open kitchen takes centre stage, surrounded by a bar made up of 16 individually lit place settings.

The Food

The menu for 8 is an £88 8-course tasting menu, comprised of classic English ingredient-led dishes given the Andrew Sheridan twist. “Just food i really like to eat,” Andrew tells us. Every dish is based around the number 8, and manages to avoid being a tacky gimmick.

There is real thought & purpose to every dish. For example the stunning 8 days a week. A refreshing scallop & apple dish. Apple is the company that owns the rights to this famous Beatles tune, the Beatles hail from Andrews’s home city.

An equally impressive dish at 8 restaurant Birmingham is 08-10-2006. A moist hearty carrot cake basted in caramel made from carrot served with cream cheese & carrot jam. A take on the first thing Andrew ever cooked, which happened to be on the 8th October 2006.

Drinks

Everything about 8 Birmingham has been designed by chef Andrew Sheridan to reflect the journey of his career. Even the drinks pairing has been designed by him and ranges from wines to cocktails using carrot vodka to kombucha.

Carl has eaten & sampled some of the best meals & drinks pairings in the country, but swears blind that this was by far the best he ever had.

Everything You Need To Know About 8 Restaurant Birmingham

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8 Centenary Square B1 2EA

Menu & Price

£88 8 course tasting menu. Drinks extra

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Wednesday- Saturday 8pm ( currently just one sitting)

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Posted on September 15, 2020September 16, 2020 by admin

Tutto Apposto Bespoke Private Catering In Birmingham

Angelina Adamo

To listen to this episode of our Birmingham based food podcast Breaking Bread with Chef Angelina Adamo and hear her inspiring story and find out what you could expect from Tutto Apposto Birmingham, her new catering & private dining company. Press play on the player above, alternatively you can listen on your favourite podcast app, just select from the list on this LINK

Welcome back to Breaking Bread the positive Birmingham food podcast presented by food-obsessed mates Liam & Carl. This week’s episode is an uplifting chat with mega-talented young chef turned entrepreneur Angelina Adamo

Angelina’s passion for food took her to a dream job in one of the best restaurants in the country, Michelin Starred Simpsons. An injury meant that her dream was cut short but rather than dwell on it or feel sorry for herself, Angelina decided to start her own private catering company.

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Tutto Apposto Birmingham

Tutto Apposto is a Birmingham based bespoke catering company from chef Angelina Adamo. Weddings, birthdays and date nights either in your own home or at a venue can all be catered for bespoke to your needs.

Chef Angelina Adamo takes her classical cooking techniques, knowledge, and passion. Combines it with quality ingredients to create awesome cakes and private catering perfect for all occasions.

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