Jenny Costa: Founder of Rubies in the Rubble
Desert Island Dishes
Desert Island Dishes
4.8 • 780 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today’s guest is Jenny Dawson Costa
Jenny founded Rubies in the Rubble back in 2011 which started out as a stall in Borough Market and now her products are stocked in Waitrose, Selfridges, Harrods and many many more places.
Jenny studied maths at university before working for a hedge fund in the City for two years. She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her degree, but knew she wanted to start something of her own and do something she was passionate about.
After coming across the fact that half of all the food we produce is never used and yet billions of people don’t have enough to eat, Rubies in the Rubble was born.
Desert Island Dish Japanese feast from Eat Tokyo Cheese Platter with condiments All sorts of ice cream
I first came across Jenny and her amazing business years ago now and genuinely just thought it was the best idea ever for a business and it’s been so inspiring to see her go from strength to strength. I just love speaking to these amazing entrepreneurs and hearing how they got to where they are – I find it so inspiring and I know you will enjoy hearing from Jenny – the condiment queen. That’s not her official title, but I’m going to go with it.
I mean, isn’t it a cool business? I love how the power of a word – from chutney to relish can change a business. You hear that kind of thing all the time – I mean I guess it’s the whole premise behind marketing but it’s kind of fun when you hear about it in action. I can vouch for the deliciousness of the spicy tomato chutney which is genuinely amazing – so so good in a sandwich, and with just about anything. It’s so fresh and well it’s just great.
I almost edited out her recommendation of Eat Tokyo which happens to be one of my favourites but I like you all so wouldn’t deprive you of an excellent recommendation like that!
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Thank you!
Margie x
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Desert Island Dishes with me Margie. |
| 0:07.5 | This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven Desert Island dishes. |
| 0:14.7 | These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood, the best dish they've ever eaten. And of course, |
| 0:23.1 | the last dish they would choose to eat before being cast off to the desert island. If you're |
| 0:28.9 | listening and you haven't yet left a review, please do. It only takes a few seconds and I know |
| 0:35.2 | I'm always banging on about it, but genuinely it is very much appreciated and I |
| 0:39.9 | read them all. So I hope you're all having a good week. Thank you so much for the lovely emails |
| 0:45.3 | you keep sending me about the podcast. I'm genuinely blown away to have so many of you listening |
| 0:51.1 | and you all seem to be telling your friends, which is amazing. Thank you. |
| 0:55.9 | This week, I wanted to put out one of the earlier episodes with the amazing Jenny. So many more |
| 1:02.3 | people are listening now. And with such a big back catalogue, I thought some of you may not have |
| 1:08.1 | gone back and listened to this one, but it's well worth a listen. |
| 1:11.9 | I first came across Jenny and her amazing business years ago now, and genuinely just thought |
| 1:18.2 | it was the best idea ever for a business. And it's been so inspiring to see her go from |
| 1:23.9 | strength to strength. I just love speaking to these amazing entrepreneurs doing |
| 1:29.2 | incredible things and hearing how they got to where they are today. I find it very inspiring |
| 1:34.9 | and I know you'll enjoy hearing from Jenny, the condiment queen. That isn't her official |
| 1:41.1 | title, but I'm going to go with it anyway. Without further ado, here is today's episode. |
| 1:48.0 | Today's castaway is Jenny Costa. |
| 1:50.6 | Jenny founded Rubies in the Rubble back in 2011, |
| 1:53.4 | which started out as a stall in borough market, |
| 1:56.4 | and now her products are stocked in waitrose, |
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