Bleecker's Zan Kaufman talks burgers, babies, butchers and the infamous Bleecker Black
Zan Kaufman started a movement when she began Bleecker in 2012. She upped the burger game - using the best beef and keeping things simple yet delicious. Little wonder it's still got cult status seven years later.
Now they've opened their fourth permanent site - likely to be their busiest yet - and we catch up with Zan to discuss the highs and lows of running a food business. We record in Old Spitalfields Market so excuse the background noise.
A new mum, she also talks about motherhood after she and her wife had a baby (and all the annoying things people say when you're a parent in a same-sex relationship).
She also reveals what led her and The Butchery - their beef supplier for the last 7 years - to part ways, and who they're now getting their beef from.
And good news - the Bleecker Black may be making a return, finally.
Get Back In The Kitchen is a podcast about women in food. It celebrates everyone from those running world-famous kitchens to those providing brilliant food on a smaller scale. it also looks at issues facing women working in food.
It's run by Melissa Thompson, a journalist-turned-pop up cook, who now runs food & recipe project Fowl Mouths Food.
You can follow her at @fowlmouthsfood and the podcast at @getbackinthekitchen.
Get Back In The Kitchen
Get Back In The Kitchen: The podcast about women and food. Those you probably already know, and those you don't know, who you probably should. Discussions with the best people behind brilliant food - internationally renowned, streetfood stars and underground cooks, to the issues that affect women in the kitchen.
- No. of episodes: 3
- Latest episode: 2020-01-30
- Arts Society & Culture
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