Chef-turned-CEO Nathan Sno sits down with the ultra successful entrepreneurs, chefs, and disruptors shaping the future of the food industry. Together, they uncover the stories of discipline, creativity, and resilience it truly takes, and the philosophies forged along the way.
Life and business are never clean lines. They’re often chaotic and messy, but always full of meaning. The Stock Podcast is where those stories are told, not polished, but raw and real.
Like its namesake in the kitchen, stock is slow-built depth. Here, it becomes a metaphor for legacy and purpose. From Michelin-starred chefs to billion-dollar CEOs, every guest reveals the failures, breakthroughs, and hard lessons that shaped them.
This isn’t just about food. It’s about the timeless ingredients of success.
James Riley: The Decisions That Define Great Leaders
James Riley spent decades leading at the highest level of business. From helping oversee companies within a $20 billion global conglomerate to becoming CEO of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, his career has been defined by people, leadership, and resilience.
In this conversation, James shares the lessons he's learned from leading teams across the world, making difficult decisions under pressure, and building cultures that last. He explains why mentality matters more than skill, why the best leaders listen more than they speak, and how trust becomes the foundation of every successful organisation.
He also reflects on adversity, personal growth, and the moments that reshaped his perspective on leadership, success, and life itself.
This episode is a masterclass in leadership, culture, and what it really takes to operate at the highest level.
Expect to learn why people matter more than process, how great leaders make difficult decisions, what separates good cultures from great ones, and the leadership lessons behind some of the world's most respected businesses.
16 Jan 2026
Chris Baber: From Chef to TV Personality - Building a Career on His Own Terms
Chris Baber has built a career by doing things his own way - carving out a lane in food that actually feels fulfilling, instead of chasing a “traditional” path.
In this episode, he breaks down the habits behind long-term success: choosing the right thing to work hard at, communicating well, and being the kind of person people want to open doors for.
A conversation about longevity, likeability, and staying consistent when the excitement wears off.
Expect to learn what skills matter most in this industry, how to build a career with staying power, and why communication opens doors.
16 Jan 2026
Mike Bagale: The Chef Who Made Food Float
Mike Beagle breaks down the mindset he calls “front running” - backing your ideas before the world agrees with them, and having the discipline to carry them all the way through. He talks about what it’s like working in environments where the expectation is to invent and create daily, and why being “unapologetic” isn’t attitude - it’s survival if you want to do anything original.
He also shares the full story behind the edible balloon: the late-night moment the idea clicked, the obsession that followed, and the trial-and-error it took to turn “food that floats” into something real. This episode is about creative conviction, pressure, resilience, and building work that actually moves culture.
Expect to learn how to protect originality under pressure, how to execute “impossible” ideas, and why resilience is the real separator.
31 Oct 2025
Farmer Lee Jones: The Truth About Vegetables That Could Save Your Life
Farmer Lee has spent a lifetime listening to the land. He reveals how soil, seeds, and seasonality don’t just feed us - they heal us. Expect a radical rethink on food systems, sustainability, and why your body already knows what it needs. This is farming as philosophy, food as medicine, and purpose as a way of life.
Expect to learn why real food is medicine, how nature heals, and why listening to the soil can change everything.
31 Oct 2025
Adam Hyman: Inside The Good Food Guide - Why Most Restaurants Fail
Adam Hyman is one of hospitality’s most trusted insiders. In this episode, he explains why restaurants fail, the hidden crisis threatening the industry, and how culture and community can rebuild it. A conversation about resilience, creativity, and why hospitality is the glue that holds society together.
Expect to learn why so many restaurants fail, what the future of hospitality looks like, and why community is the secret ingredient.
31 Oct 2025
Jack McGarry: World’s Best Bartender on When Success Goes Too Far
At 23, Jack McGarry was crowned the world’s best bartender. But success nearly destroyed him. Here he reveals the truth about addiction, burnout, and rebuilding life through sobriety and discipline. A raw and unfiltered story of ambition, collapse, and the long road to redemption.
Expect to learn the price of early success, the reality of addiction, and how sobriety rebuilt a life.
31 Oct 2025
Clare Smyth: Britain’s First Female 3-Michelin-Star Chef on the Cost of Excellence
Clare Smyth left home at 16 to pursue her dream. Today, she is the only British female chef with three Michelin stars. She shares what it really costs to be the best, the power of obsession, and why leadership and sustainability matter more than ever. A masterclass in pressure, purpose, and resilience.
Expect to learn the real price of perfection, why obsession outlasts talent, and how leadership shapes legacy.
31 Oct 2025
Jacques Pépin: A Culinary Legend on Why Talent Isn’t Enough
Jacques Pépin is a culinary legend with over 70 years in the kitchen. He shares the timeless lessons of simplicity, memory, and technique - and why food is inseparable from family and identity. A rare glimpse into the philosophy of a master chef who turned cooking into both craft and art.
Expect to learn why technique outlasts trends, how food carries memory, and what mastery really means.
31 Oct 2025
Jens Knoop: Building a $45M Chocolate Brand From One Obsession
Jens Knoop turned a childhood obsession with chocolate into a £25+ million brand. In this episode, he shares the lessons behind building Knoops: why simplicity beats complexity, how passion scales, and why joy is the most powerful growth strategy of all. A story of obsession, brand-building, and legacy.
Expect to learn how obsession becomes legacy, why simplicity wins, and the joy that built a £25+ million brand.
31 Oct 2025
Nyesha Arrington: Top Chef Judge on What the Job Really Takes
Nyesha Arrington discovered cooking at 17 and never looked back. Here she explains the three ingredients of success - resilience, grit, and work ethic — and the hidden cost of greatness in brutal kitchens. This is a conversation about passion, endurance, creativity, and the balance every high performer must face.
Expect to learn why grit beats talent, the hidden cost of success, and how passion fuels resilience.
31 Oct 2025
Tom Gozney: Building a $100M Company by Ignoring Good Advice
Tom Gozney’s story is one of resilience, audacity, and transformation. From battling addiction and struggling through school with dyslexia to founding one of the world’s fastest-growing pizza oven brands, Tom has lived a life defined by grit and reinvention. In this conversation, he opens up about the dark years, the turning points, and the mindset that allowed him to channel chaos into creativity and purpose. Expect lessons on culture, dreaming big, mental health, and why “Let’s f***ing go” has become his mantra.
Expect to learn how to turn adversity into fuel, why resilience matters more than talent, and how chaos sparks creativity.
31 Oct 2025
Will Beckett: Building a £100M International Restaurant Brand at Hawksmoor
Will Beckett is the co-founder of Hawksmoor, one of the most successful restaurant groups in the UK and beyond. But his philosophy on success goes far deeper than building a business. Will shares why integrity, culture, and people matter more than money, how he’s navigated decades of partnership with his childhood friend Hugh, and why lasting achievement is less about quick wins and more about falling in love with the process. This is a masterclass in leadership, hospitality, and staying true to your values.
Expect to learn why culture beats strategy, how to build partnerships that last, and why integrity defines success.
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