The Beyond The Counter Podcast
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Welcome to Beyond the Counter - the UK’s first podcast and content series dedicated to Food Halls & Markets. Sign up for free to our monthly articles and annual Food Hall data report: https://www.meandu.com/gb/resources/beyond-the-counter#wf-form-BTC-Newsletter In this episode, we sit down with Jack De Wet, VP of Development at Time Out Market, on how a city guide first published in 1968 turned its editorial authority into a global food hall business with 13 markets trading worldwide. Jack takes us through 15 years of growing hospitality brands internationally, including six years expanding Jamie Oliver’s international portfolio and his time with Big Mama Group, plus an architecture degree and a spell as a chef. He explains how Time Out’s media teams on the ground give the markets a running start, and why that reach is one of the biggest drivers in landlord negotiations. He also gets into why Lisbon is still the north star, the shift from “build it and they will come” to a data-led approach to site selection, and the full story behind Time Out Market London, three years in the making on the corner of Piccadilly and Regent Street. In this episode, we cover: • The Lisbon bluepri