The risk takers

冒险者

The Food Chain

2026-02-19

26 分钟
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Every food company starts with a gamble - and not all of them pay off. In this episode Ruth Alexander speaks to business owners about the risks they’ve taken to get where they are today, from financial leaps to personal sacrifices, and the painful decisions that have shaped their journeys. Ruth hears from Kim Kiarie, chef-owner of Five Senses Nairobi in Kenya, about building a high-end restaurant in a challenging market. Adonis Norouznia, who runs Nomas Gastrobar in Macclesfield in North-West England, on the risks of deciding to serve meat at his vegan restaurant, and Keith Bearden, CEO and co-owner of Alta Eco Foods in Houston, Texas, about scaling a food business in a competitive industry. They describe the compromises that cost them dearly, the moments they wondered whether it was all worth it, and what kept them going. Produced by Izzy Greenfield Image description: A foot comes down amidst a cartoon landscape of bright yellow banana skins. Credit Getty.
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  • You know, it's not the same as when you write cool things up on paper.

  • You know, when you hit your first month, your second month, your third month,

  • you're just like, wow, this is not what I asked for.

  • This is not what I was looking for.

  • Behind every cafe, facade, every menu, every food product is someone who's taken a gamble.

  • The guys that I convinced to partner with me to buy the company,

  • I get phone calls saying, did we do the right thing?

  • In this episode of The Food Chain from the BBC World Service, with me, Ruth Alexander,

  • I'm talking to three business owners about what it's like to put money and their reputation on the line to bring food to your plate.

  • We'll hear about the agonising decisions, painful compromises and stark realities.

  • It was all to my choice.

  • Trust me, I didn't want to do it.

  • I didn't like to do it.

  • But business is business.

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