In this episode, Matt Appleby and I speak to the founders of Cardiff’s latest burger venture, Ansh. We ask what it was like to commit to a bricks & mortar restaurant at the height of a global pandemic, when most similar businesses had been forced to close.
Were these people just stark raving mad!?
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Continuing on from our conversation with restauranteur Simon Wright in Hank! Cardiff Episode 9 – in this second instalment, we speak to Shumana Palit about how the Coronavirus crisis has affected her. Shumana and husband Paul operate Ultracomida; a business which incorporates two Spanish deli-restaurants in Narberth and Aberystwyth; as well Curado Bar and Vermut in Cardiff city centre; and an online shop which delivers imported Spanish produce across the UK.
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Before COVID-19 put the breaks on us all, kitchen takeovers were becoming more popular than ever in Cardiff, with regular events taking place across the city. For the most recent episode of the Hank! Cardiff podcast, we caught up with two newcomers to the professional kitchen, and one of the city’s longest established nomad chefs.
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In this episode we catch up with chef Tommy Heaney (if you haven’t heard of him by now, where have you been!?) to find out what life is like for him and his team, since he opened his first restaurant here in Cardiff back in October 2018.
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