ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Building a food or drink brand is exciting, but it’s also full of expensive mistakes waiting to happen. Breaking Bread is the podcast that helps you avoid them. Hosted by Jason Gibb, co-founder of Bread & Jam, each episode gets real with founders, investors, buyers, and industry pros who have been through it all - the wins, the lows, and everything in between. Whether you are just getting started or scaling at speed, this is your go-to podcast for real talk, practical advice, and a community that believes success tastes better when shared.
Update frequency:
every 11 days
Average audio length:
28 minutes
English
United Kingdom
15 episodes
since Dec. 3, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What does it take to build a food or drink brand that stands the test of time? To mark a decade of Bread & Jam, founders Cemal Ezel of Change Please, Annie Morris of Spoon Cereals and Segun Akinwoleola of The Gym Kitchen look back on their entrepreneurial journeys, from their early days at Brea…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Recorded live at the 10th edition of the Bread & Jam Festival, this panel brings together three founders to explore what it really takes to scale food and drink production. Gulrez Arora of Gymkhana Fine Foods, Tom Partridge of HOLOS Kombucha and Riya Patel of All The Aunties share the decisions…
Through years of working closely with entrepreneurs, Charlie Walker has realised one main thing: behind most struggling startups isn’t a marketing problem, it’s a people problem. Charlie has spent his career at Harmonic helping founders build teams, structure equity schemes, and navigate the messy …
Learn from Charlie Walker as he pulls back the curtain on why most startups struggle, and gives us some real advice on building high-performing teams, avoiding costly hiring mistakes, and navigating the people challenges that quietly break companies from the inside. A lesson in what it really takes…
Most founders believe raising money is the milestone. Guy Blaskey disagrees. After building Pooch & Mutt largely on his own terms, Guy exited for £12 million — while still owning 95% of the company. In this episode, Guy breaks down the uncomfortable realities of scaling: why you can’t optimise …
Tune in for a candid conversation that challenges everything you think you knew about fundraising and scale, as Guy Blaskey leads us through the real story behind building and exiting Pooch & Mutt on his own terms. From the hard trade-offs between growth, profit and cash flow to the pressure to…
From experimenting with mushroom bars and launching the UK’s first keto shop to leading the grocery range at Planet Organic, Pinar Guven has spent over a decade shaping the health and wellness food scene. As Planet Organic’s Grocery Buyer, she decides which emerging brands get their shot in one of …
Get ready for a must-listen episode uncovering the secrets of Planet Organic, as Pinar Guven takes us inside the world of grocery buying. From experimenting with mushroom bars and launching the UK’s first keto shop to leading Planet Organic's grocery range, Pinar reveals how she turns trends into c…
A first-time founder with no food-industry experience or retail contacts, Riya Patel managed to transform a supper club in her own kitchen into one of the UK’s most talked-about paneer brands, All The Aunties - all in just six months. She relied on curiosity, resourcefulness, and relentless convers…
How do you break into food retail with no experience, no contacts, and no safety net? Get ready for one of our most inspiring episodes yet as Riya Patel from All The Aunties shares exactly how she did it. From hosting a supper club in her own kitchen to building one of the UK’s most talked-about pa…
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