🔔❗️Want to win a £50 Sienna's voucher? Comment "SIENNA" below to be entered into the draw. The winner will be announced on The Graft Podcast's Instagram on Tuesday 1st July at 7pm! 🔔❗️What does it really take to survive the chaos of the hospitality industry, bounce back from burnout, and build a café that becomes the heart of a community?In this episode, we sit down with Chris Carson, long-time bar and restaurant owner turned café operator at Sienna’s. He's a man whose life has been shaped by hard graft, big risks, and deep reinvention.From opening the original Bubble Room in Alderley Edge and running DV8 to stepping away from 100-hour weeks and rediscovering his purpose in a slower, more intentional life -Chris tells it like it is.🎧 Listen as we discuss…(00:00) Growing up in a family of grafters and starting out as a teenage barman(04:41) Opening his first venue at 21 and building a nightlife empire with DV8(07:38) Launching the Bubble Room: vision, pressure, and learning on the job(14:30) The cost of hustle culture: burnout, breakdowns, and stepping back(18:02) Life after nightlife: slowing down, finding balance, and getting sober(23:15) Opening Sienna’s café and the difference between bar life and day trade(26:42) The challenge of letting go of identity, ego, and old ways of living(31:50) Creating calm, welcoming spaces and the psychology of hospitality(37:20) What he’d do differently—and why he doesn’t regret the graft...and more!KEY TAKEAWAYSYou don’t need to prove anything: Sometimes walking away takes more strength than sticking it out.Success looks different at every stage: Your version at 21 might destroy you at 41.Hospitality is about people, not just profit: And the right energy is everything.You’re allowed to evolve: Reinvention is a form of survival.GUESTChris Carsons - Owner of Sienna’s Café (Congleton) & former founder of DV8 Follow Sienna’s

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