Gina Long
Luke Coathup
- Credit: Jenny Jones Photography
Luke Coathup is the owner of The Green Grocers, a successful wholefoods shop, bakery and café in Norwich. Rising through the ranks in a number of East Anglian hospitality businesses, from pot wash to managing a chain of restaurants, it was studying a degree at UEA as a mature student that finally gave him the leap of faith to develop and grow his own business focusing on his passion of food, people and wine.
He chats with Gina Long MBE.
What does it mean for you, now the hospitality industry can welcome back inside diners? It s fantastic news! Covid has bought the most challenging environment possible to the hospitality and retail industry. Customers are everything to us, they are what make the business.
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Wendy Baker indulging in her love of painting
- Credit: Dan Woodside
After the hospitality industry began reopening last week, and alfresco dining and drinking became the ‘new normal’, Wendy Baker was somewhat ahead of the curve – by 20 years.
The artisan co-owner of the Dancing Goat Café in Framlingham, which is also her home, was one of the first to introduce outside seating in 2001 when she opened their café.
A proud Liverpudlian, Wendy is equally at home championing art and education, to working on her next creation, or enjoying the region’s countryside and coastline, with her partner Dan and their daughters. Here she talks to Gina Long.
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