Challenger Chats
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago -Welcome to Challenger Chats. A series of no holds barred conversations with business leaders and the Founders of some of the UK's hottest consumer facing brands, where we’ll pop the hood and look under the bonnet to see what makes them tick.
We’ll get them to open up and speak from the heart, telling us about the road blocks they’ve encountered, what causes them to lose sleep at night and what they love, and hate, about today’s consumer.
Challenger Chats is powered by Tamweel, an M&A and Private Equity deal doing business that specialises in advising the UK’s best and brightest Challenger Brands.
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Episodes
Challenger Chats Episode #8 with Rod McKie
April 22, 2024 12:55 - 52 minutes - 60.3 MBSeason II of Challenger Chats has officially landed! A collection of raw, unfiltered conversations with the movers and shakers behind the UK's best and brightest Challenger Brands. Kicking off Season II in style, we’re thrilled to have Rod McKie in the hot seat - one of the UK’s most experienced hospitality operators with a resume that reads like a who’s who of the hospitality world – cutting his teeth at TGI Friday’s, subsequently working alongside industry legend Julian Metcal...
Challenger Chats Episode #7 with Nisha Katona MBE, Founder of Mowgli
December 16, 2021 14:42 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIn this seventh episode of Challenger Chats our host Adam Spencer is joined by Nisha Katona MBE, Founder and CEO of one of the country’s hottest Challenger Brands - Mowgli. After a 20 year career as a Barrister, Nisha took a leap of faith, a massive career pivot and threw her hat in the hospitality ring with the opening of her first Mowgli restaurant in Liverpool. Mowgli is now one of the UK’s fastest growing restaurant brands, with a current stable of 18 sites across the coun...
Challenger Chats Episode #6 with Joanne Mathews, Founder of Ten Health & Fitness
September 03, 2021 15:55 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBIn this sixth episode of Challenger Chats our host Adam Spencer is joined by Joanne Mathews, Founder and CEO of Ten Health & Fitness. Ten is a wellness business that bridges the gap between the medical community and fitness markets. It was instrumental in pioneering the London boutique fitness sector back when it launched in 2007 and has since grown into the UK’s largest provider of Dynamic Reformer Pilates (think traditional pilates but taken to the next level) and has a fast ...
Challenger Chats Episode #5 with Noam Bar, Co-Founder of Ottolenghi
July 08, 2021 10:03 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBIn this fifth episode of Challenger Chats our host Adam Spencer is joined by Noam Bar, co-founder of Ottolenghi. Noam, along with co-founders Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi (later joined by Cornelia Staeubli), launched their first site in Notting Hill back in 2002. They now have a collection of critically acclaimed Ottolenghi delis and two iconic restaurants in London; NOPI in the West End and ROVI in Fitzrovia. The brand is best known internationally for its collection of...
Challenger Chats Episode #4 with Robin Rowland OBE, Operating Partner at TriSpan
April 21, 2021 06:30 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIn this fourth episode of Challenger Chats our host Adam Spencer is joined by Robin Rowland OBE, Operating Partner at investment fund TriSpan, Chair of Challenger hospitality brands Rosa’s Thai and Thunderbird Chicken and board member at Caffe Nero, Fuller’s and UKHospitality. This podcast is slightly different from our other podcasts. Usually we interview the founders and operators behind our favourite Challenger Brands. And whilst Robin is no longer an operator he is one of the ke...
Challenger Chats Episode #3 with Matt Grech-Smith, Co-Founder of Swingers
February 18, 2021 11:01 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBIn this third episode of Challenger Chats our host Adam Spencer is joined by Matt Grech-Smith, co-founder and co-CEO of Swingers, one of the pioneers in the world of Competitive Socialising. Swingers takes large venues in city centres and transforms them into immersive experiences, combining “grown up” crazy golf, with amazing cocktails whilst you play and food created by exciting, up and coming restauranteurs. With two venues open in Central London and a growing site pipeline ...
Challenger Chats Episode #2 with Joan Murphy, Co-Founder of Frame
December 17, 2020 07:03 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this second episode of Challenger Chats our host Adam Spencer is joined by Joan Murphy, co-founder of Frame, a fitness and lifestyle brand that delivers in person group exercise classes from its collection of Central London sites, as well as a recently launched digital fitness solution, streaming over 130 live classes a week to its customers, or "Framers"... Joan re-wrote the fitness rule book; replacing rigid and long term gym memberships with a more flexible, more accessible, ...
Challenger Chats Episode #1 with Charlie Gilkes, Co-Founder of Inception Group
October 19, 2020 14:06 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIn this first episode of Challenger Chats our host Adam Spencer is joined by Charlie Gilkes. Charlie is the co-founder of Inception Group, an award-winning operator of several iconic eating and drinking out brands including Mr Fogg’s, Bunga Bunga, Cahoots, as well as London’s first speakeasy Barts, and the infamous 80s themed nightclub Maggie’s. In this fascinating conversation we talk about Charlie’s entrepreneurial journey, the ups and downs of working with a co-founder, the stra...
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September 25, 2020 11:06 - 1 minute - 1.09 MBThis trailer touches on who we are, the kind of leaders you'll be hearing from in this series and what we'll be discussing on Challenger Chats. We'll be getting people to open up, telling us about the road blocks they’ve encountered, what causes them to lose sleep at night and what they love, and hate, about today’s consumer. Challenger Chats is powered by Tamweel, an M&A and Private Equity deal doing business that specialises in advising the UK’s best and brightest Challenger B...