Episode 5: Will China Towns close, restaurants move online & eating habits change?

Will China Towns close, restaurants move online & eating habits change?Our fifth episode of Blue Collar Conversations offers plenty of food for thought.  After hitting the national headlines last week, this episode promises to be just as newsworthy as Esther chats with three people with very different perspectives on the UK food industry and whether COVID-19 has changed most people’s eating habits.Ching-He Huang (01:17) is a Chinese food writer, TV chef and author of 6 best-selling Chinese cookery books— a real foodie entrepreneur!  From a farming family in Taiwan that regularly used wet markets, Ching talks about how COVID-19 could spell the end of China Towns right across the UK.David Green (17:37) is creator of orderfrom.co.uk, a website helping save our country’s restaurants. He shares some of the extraordinary patterns he’s seen developing online during this period of disruption and reveals which businesses have done the best.Professor Sarah Bridle (27:54) is an astrophysicist and data science specialist who is mapping data about food consumption, the environment and changing eating habits.  She explains more about zero carbon food and the opportunities for people to change their thinking in lockdown.Make sure to subscribe to never miss a new episode!More about Ching: https://www.chinghehuang.comDavid’s website: https://orderfrom.co.ukMore about Sarah: http://sarahbridle.net/index.html

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Welcome to Blue Collar Conversations! We’ve moved from the pub to the podcast. And like our country wide pub events, these podcasts act as a space to discuss ideas that champion working people. In our podcast series, we will talk to staff and business owners, bringing their voice to the fore, discussing their concerns, aligning the needs of staff to the vision of the business owner, asking: will we recover from this pandemic and what will the recovery look likeWhat will be the impact on staff and workers and what does the future world of work look like? Get involved: [email protected]