Niche Magazine Issue 50

Page 106

YOU WOULDN’T HEAR IT IN

Directors, specialists, CEOs, MBEs, PhD holders, and other higher-ups… they’re all people you might meet in the boardroom. It’s a professional space where best behaviour is upheld. But these successful types are people too! They have lives and we want to know what goes on in them. We squeeze answers out of them on subjects you wouldn’t normally discuss in the boardroom

PROFILE: Greg Prangnell mason’s Hall Head Chef at Free Age: 47 Wight Born in the Isle of rborough Lives in Market Ha rking in many ef for 22 years wo ch a en be s Ha y: Noteworth House, and ford Park, Kilworth le ap St ng di clu in venues won the ere he and his team wh op Sh rm Fa Farndon Fields rant title. Farmhouse Restau FARMA 2016 Best w would you FRIENDSHIPS: Ho as a friend? describe yourself , and dependable. Hopefully loyal, fun I would look for in I think that’s what other people.

IPS: LOVE RELATIONSH ionship lat re st be ur yo What’s w you ho le advice? Treat peop lf. se ur yo d want to be treate act u yo If g. on wr You can’t go n ca u n yo like an ass, well the . ck ba t tha only really expect

hat’s the craziest ADVENTURES: W ? thing you’ve done done some very e I’v u! I can’t tell yo n we come back to stupid things… Ca that one? here would your ENVIRONMENT: W est look for you? nearest and dear ge, surrounded Definitely the gara tools, among all ng rki by my woodwo . sorts of other tools NESS: What’s your HEALTH AND FIT r ? Chocolate. Suga unhealthiest habit r, ga su ch mu way too in general. I have e. tiv dic ad so t is jus it’s no good but it gary drinks or the su e lik y all re n’t I do and cakes? I can’t like, but puddings stop myself.

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od at SKILLS: Weirdly go g? anythin my own trumpet, I’m not into blowing it would be but I am a chef so t’s really boring! tha ow kn cooking, I r at woodworking! I am getting bette od is like cutting Cutting through wo ead, except it’s a through a loaf of br lot tougher. Which of life’s SPIRITUAL LIFE: u up at night? yo ep mysteries ke ughts to one flag – I have tied my tho . It’s the idea that it’s called absurdism any real meaning nothing in life has the meaning that behind it besides to it. humans project on the worst part CAREER: What’s eryone likes Ev ? about your job inion. Tastes are food and has an op one person loves subjective, so when else hates it, it e on a dish and some find a solution. can be difficult to

tside of work, CREATIVE LIFE: Ou eate’? ‘cr t what did you las back of my the r fo I made a shelf as a very small Mini so I can use it van. t’s your most FAMILY LIFE: Wha childhood? fond memory from on my od Eating my mum’s fo ve ha me let birthday. She’d ner. din r fo d nte wa whatever I E: Which political COMMUNITY LIF t interested topic are you mos since reading er Ev w? in right no ineteen Eighty George Orwell’s ‘N y the media Four’, I notice the wa ople just don’t pe d an presents news t if we can’t question it. I feel tha it as a society properly scrutinise it stress me out then I can’t really let the way it should.

WORDS BY FOX WHITEMORE

To get a well-rounded feel for our interviewee, our questions are based on Vishen Lakhiani’s 12 Areas of Life Balance


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The Boardroom

2min
pages 106-108

Nachural Awards

1min
page 105

Real Entrepreneurs’ Dinner

1min
page 104

Niche Networking

1min
page 102

Real Entrepreneurs’ Awards

1min
page 103

Kazzoo’s Pink Tie Birthday Ball

2min
page 99

From breaststroke to brush stroke

3min
pages 95-96

The Music Room

2min
page 93

Tickled Pink Comedy

1min
page 94

Hospitality dreams

2min
page 86

The Parmar Collection

2min
pages 84-85

Catering through Covid

3min
page 82

Stress management: time out at the spa

3min
pages 78-79

Susie the Foodie

4min
pages 80-81

A night at Mem Saab

2min
page 83

Putting the joy back into clothes shopping

3min
page 77

Mortgages for the first rung of the property ladder

8min
pages 64-70

160-years of homeware

2min
pages 71-75

Building a business

2min
page 63

What happens when you provide a creative space for employees

2min
pages 59-60

Developing a vibrant city

3min
pages 61-62

Personality through professional portraits

1min
pages 55-56

How do they find you? Website building

2min
pages 57-58

Tales from the print room

2min
page 54

The water revolution

2min
page 53

10 years of legal advice

2min
page 50

Introducing no-fault divorce

2min
page 49

Separation without suffering

2min
pages 47-48

Talking Legacies

2min
page 46

Escaping the legally binding contract

3min
page 43

Award applications for long-term success

5min
pages 44-45

Tax advice: how to sell a bus iness

2min
pages 39-40

Niche Business Awards semi-finalists revealed

3min
pages 36-38

Making money in your sleep

2min
page 42

The future of working in Leicester

2min
page 31

Help to grow: a government funded course for businesses

4min
pages 28-30

The sound of Leicester

3min
pages 26-27

Thought Leaders

20min
pages 14-20

A throwback to where it all began

2min
page 24

East Midlands Accelerator extends support

3min
page 13

Generation Next finalists revealed

1min
page 12

Other milestones in Leicester for 2022

1min
page 25

Make a date with Leicester new city guides

5min
pages 10-11

We Asked You

2min
page 21
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