S20 Ep9: Feeding change one bite at a time with Tom Herbert, founder of The Long Table

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Meet Tom Herbert, the man whose life and work and steeped in the rich aromatic legacy of baking. Tom hails from a family of bakers, where the art of crafting exceptional bread has been passed down through the generations.

In this episode, Holly speaks to Tom about the story of his family business, Hobbs House Bakery and delves into his journey to becoming one half of the TV show, The Fabulous Baker Boys.

But Tom’s journey didn’t stop there. Fueled by a sense of purpose to change the world through food, Tom founded the community driven initiative The Long Table. A restaurant with a difference and one that fosters community, combats loneliness and one that has created a lasting social impact.

Sharing his vision, his experience and his unwavering commitment to using food as a force for good, this episode is a celebration of tradition, vision and the incredible power of breaking bread together.

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0:00.0	And I knew this old saying, if you have more than enough, build longer tables, not high walls.
0:05.6	And I thought, oh, there's real power in that, you know, sense of abundance if you have more than enough.
0:12.4	I just got to speak with Tom Herbert,
0:15.0	founder of the Long Table.
0:18.0	Tom is one of those people on our planet
0:22.0	who you feel like the whole spirit of everything he is now doing has
0:28.1	been with him since he was a young child and when you then get to speak to a founder and all this passion and energy
0:39.0	comes out, you know, he's a master baker, he was part of the fabulous baker boys and they were on TV. Now he's founded the long
0:46.2	table where they've helped and served tens of thousands of meals to those in need last year alone. You realize that you're
0:57.4	speaking to someone where everything is now coming together.
1:02.6	This is their moment.
1:04.1	He's 47 years old, great age, great age,
1:06.9	1977 when you're born, myself included, of course.
1:11.7	And now it's happening the sum of all his parts are coming together to do
1:18.5	something magnificent for the world and you just can't come away from this podcast without not only thinking what a beautiful human he is,
1:29.1	but there's something spiritual about his story and the way he tells it and I hope that that that
1:37.3	feeling that I've got right now you experience as well.
1:41.6	Enjoy.
1:43.0	Bower your head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going.
1:48.0	You won't need to bring your frown.
1:51.0	Hi, I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to my podcast Conversations of Inspiration.
1:57.0	I've reached out to founders and those who simply inspire me to share their hard earned wisdom with you. My hope is that collectively these
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