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In this episode we went to Hjem in Hexham in Northumberland to meet chef and owner Alex Nietosvuori.

Originally from Sweden His cooking journey has led him to the north of England where his partner Ali is originally from.

Clearly ambitious, Alex said aged 16 he wanted his own restaurant by the time he was 30 – he is now 27 so he has smashed that goal.

As with many chefs he fell in to cooking but he talks to me about the importance of having a good mentor and how his made him the chef he is today; he also tells me that his biggest fear when opening Hjem a year ago was that no one would come and how he wanted it to be just 12 seats before he realised that wouldn’t work and settled on 24.

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