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Social Pantry: In conversation with founder Alex Head

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This week we're chatting with - Alex Head - founder of London's go-to catering company Social Pantry. Social pantry is considered a leader in fashioning event menus with a creative edge. Head also runs 3 restaurants in London -Soane's Kitchen in Ealing, Cranes kitchen in Peckham, and Social Pantry Cafe on Lavender Hill.

Alex regales us with tales from catering various events of product launches by Rihanna and the beauty company Nars as well as celebrity parties such as Gigi Hadid's slumber party. 

Her breakthrough moment was in her early 20s she won the Brentford football club account - and she's been growing ever since. 

Social pantry is not only a huge success in its own right but its social responsibility is exemplary. They insure that 10% of their staff are ex offenders. Helping those being released from prison re-acclimate to society by giving them the opportunity to work a full time job in one of her companies. 

I really enjoyed chatting with Alex. She's light hearted and full of amazing stories and ideas. Her story is fascinating, her entrepreneurial streak actually started as a child when she decided to make some money by selling sandwiches to her dad's colleagues at work - as a result of being expelled from school.

So that's where we will begin.

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