In this episode chef and restaurateur Imad Alarnab talks about his journey from war-torn Syria through 30 countries to build his business again from scratch, why family is at the heart of everything he does and how being able to help others through his work is how he measures success.

Olive is celebrating it’s 20th birthday this year so to mark the occasion we are re-releasing 20 of our favourite podcast episodes over the next month. Listen again to some old favourites or discover unheard episodes as we dive deep into the back catalogue. And don’t forget there are more than 400 podcast episodes in the archive – just head to olivemagazine.com to find out more!

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Best of olive podcast: Imad Alarnab on disasters and triumphs