London’s Most Famous Restaurateur “Maintaining Your Standards Is The Fastest Way to Bankruptcy” - The Wolseley, The Ivy, Le Caprice, Simpson's - Jeremy King

About this episode

Jeremy King discusses the importance of evolving restaurant standards and the essence of hospitality with Dan Pope.

“Subscribe to free weekly news letter HUNGRY FRIDAY FEAST here ” Jeremy King doesn’t just talk about restaurants — he talks about change, class, creativity, ego, instinct, death, literature, leadership, and why the best dining rooms become tiny theatres of human behaviour. In this conversation, the legendary restaurateur behind The Ivy, Le Caprice, The Wolseley, Arlington and now Simpson's in the Strand explains why “maintaining standards” is actually the road to bankruptcy, why great restaurants must constantly evolve, and why hospitality is really about love, generosity, observation and care. Jeremy and Dan explore everything from Mick Jagger and Bianca Jagger at Le Caprice, to Lucian Freud, A.A. Gill, Harold Pinter, Graham Norton, Apple, Kodak, IBM, The Beatles, New York brasseries, Parisian cafés, class in Britain, and why every great creative or political movement may have started in a restaurant. This one is unforgettable. A conversation about restaurants, yes — but really about how to live, lead, notice, change, and leave the world slightly better than you found it. ON THE MENU: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:03 Why Restaurants Must Always Change 00:05:46 Why Leadership Is A Benign…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Pope

Guest: Jeremy King

Topics covered

• restaurant management
• leadership
• hospitality
• creativity
• evolution in dining
• human behavior

Keywords

• restaurant standards
• hospitality
• leadership
• dining evolution
• human behavior
• creativity
• class
• change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ivy, Le Caprice, The Wolseley, Simpson's, Arlington, Apple, Kodak, IBM, The Beatles

Places: New York, Parisian, Britain

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