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  • Entrepreneurialism
  • Episode 755
  • 27 May 2026
  • 28 min

Roland Horne on scaling WatchHouse cafés, from London and Abu Dhabi to New York

WatchHouse

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  • The Entrepreneurs
  • Entrepreneurialism
  • Episode 755
  • 28 min

We meet Roland Horne, founder and CEO of WatchHouse, a coffee chain with almost 30 global locations and counting. Plus: former private-jet broker Alex Hunter discusses why he left aviation to pursue hospitality and the relocation of his celebrated Chelsea restaurant, The Sea, The Sea, to a bigger site.

Host
  • Tom Edwards
Contributors
  • Jack Jewers
  • Laura Kramer

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