{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/683590c91b846c88bdd4e06c/683590da944c948b9a458ff1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"With Julian Metcalfe, founder of Itsu","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/683590c91b846c88bdd4e06c/e666dfe88477347fb6b817a470696652.jpg?height=200","description":"<div>Julian Metcalfe is a British entrepreneur and one of the most influential individuals on the London high street. He revolutionised the grab-and-go lunchtime food industry in 1986 by co-founding <em>Pret</em> and did the same again in 1997 when he commercialised Japanese cuisine with the first <em>Itsu</em>.<br>\n<br>\nOn the podcast, he tells Liv and Lara about the influence of his Ukrainian mother; why he decided to start <em>Itsu</em>, in many ways a competitor to <em>Pret</em>; what he thinks is the future of the grab-and-go industry; and why uni is the ultimate comfort food.</div>","author_name":"The Spectator"}