Hello! Welcome back to What’s The Story? Hash Brown Glory! With your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding of The Rustic Kitchen & Deli!

It’s been a while since our last episode…

We do have an excuse.

Way back in 2025, RKD suffered a disastrous fire that destroyed a lot of the building, we were closed for months, but, we’re now back up and running and we’re delighted to welcome back the firefighters that attended!

We wanted to do something to show our gratitude, so we did the thing we do best. We created a dish.

After learning what their go to foods are, we created the THREE ZERO PAPA ONE. A stunning medley of poached eggs, roasted chorizo, toasted sourdough, Aleppo pepper flakes, avocado, spinach and cherry tomatoes with £2 from every dish going towards the firefighters charity.

So, this week we hosted the firefighters that helped save Rustic for a breakfast they’ll never forget, their very own THREE ZERO PAPA ONE. A few even got behind the mics and cameras and joined us to talk about how it went down when they got the call about RKD.

We also have news!

We entered into the Pie Awards and we won...well you’ll have to find out what we won by listening to the episode!

As ever, thank you for listening.

You can find out more about the firefighters charity by heading here:
https://www.firefighterscharity.org.uk

You can find RKD here:
https://rustickitchendeli.com

And as ever, thank you so much for tuning in!

Tom and Lee x

Hello and welcome to What's The Story? Hash Brown Glory?

We're your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding and this week we're joined by Ole Ryan of St Martin's Coffee Roasters!

A lot has been going on at RKD in the last few weeks, from planning permission to the works actually commencing to rebuild our beloved cafe and deli. We share some updates about this but more importantly...

We share (with the help of our friend Ole), some INCREDIBLE news about the expansion of RKD into Loughborough!

We did a live podcast recording where our lovely customers and members of the audience could phone in, ask questions and find out exactly what we've been cooking up.

So, get your snacks and beverages ready, as we reveal all in this exclusive episode of the podcast!

Find St Martin's here:

https://www.stmartinscoffee.co.uk

Find us here:

https://rustickitchendeli.com

As ever, thank you for listening!

Hello and welcome to What’s The Story? Hash Brown Glory!

We’re your hosts, Tom Bower and Lee Harding!

This week, we’re joined by the fantastic Jon Oakes, owner of Feast & The Furious in Melton Mowbray. From starting his journey with a food truck in 2017 to opening his incredible bbq smokehouse just a few years later, Jon’s talent for serving up some absolutely mind blowingly good meat is incredible.

We talk about his journey in food so far, the ups and the downs, and what he’s got planning for the future.

Situated in the heart of Melton Mowbray at The Stockyard, (right next to Round Corner Brewery!), Feast and The Furious host numerous food filled evenings, from burger nights to all out bbq style feasts.

We discuss everything from what goes into growing such an amazing food business and the difficulties that sometimes come with it, from growth to adaptation. We also cover the importance of consistency with menus and of course, our legendary quiz makes its appearance.

You can find Feast And The Furious here:

https://feastandthefurious.co.uk

You can find Lee and Tom here:

https://rustickitchendeli.com

As ever, thank you so much for listening and make sure you leave us a 5* review!