To strive, to seek, to find, with Stasha Toncev

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“We're like seeds thrown into the sands of Dubai”, with Kraken’s Chef Grégoire Berger

Our first repeat guest is the one-and-only Chef Grégoire Berger, now leading Kraken. Co-host Devina Divecha sits down with Chef Grégoire to talk about his own evolution from pure culinary ambition to building personal connections. He also shares more about Kraken's focus on local ...  Show more

“Turning a wreckage into something sweet,” with Faim's Nadia Parekh

Hosts Tiffany Eslick and Devina Divecha are off to Business Bay to sit down with founder and cake-maker Nadia Parekh. They talk about Nadia's pivot from clinical psychology to food entrepreneur, and the lessons learnt from the closure of Mélange and the launch of Faim. They also ...  Show more

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