From fleeing war in Angola to running one of the last Portuguese restaurants standing in Camden, to launching a cloud kitchen and Airbnbs while raising a son in Dubai. Denise Cabral walks through the grit behind her “overnight success”.

She shares how her parents built from nothing in Portugal and London, why community kept their family restaurant alive, and what it took to relaunch the brand in Dubai after a deal on her UK house fell through.

Tayo and Eman dig into:

• The story behind Otinos, from “Little Portugal” in Camden to Dubai

• Parents fleeing war, not speaking English, and still building a legacy

• How community kept the restaurant alive when others closed

• The reality of restaurant life, old tills, cash runs and stock going off

• Why she chose a cloud kitchen first, then plans for a full restaurant

• Moving to Dubai as a single mum and starting again without the money she expected

• Using Airbnb in Portugal to fund the Dubai move

• Work ethic in Dubai vs UK, visas, and why people move differently when there is a deadline

• Staff, interviews, “hire slow, fire fast” and finding people who buy into the vision

• Delayed gratification, raising a humble son in a flashy city, and aiming for 30 million in five years

If you are thinking about moving abroad, opening a food business or juggling motherhood and entrepreneurship, this one speaks straight to you.

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The Bread and Butter by Emmanuel Asuquo & Tayo Oguntonade is not your typical finance or business podcast, it explores real-life stories of how money plays a part in our day-to-day life - with no boundaries, no secrets and no censorship. In each episode we invite you to be a fly in the room when we discuss money taboos, key financial advice and some of the hottest money topics online, often with well-known guests from influencers, athletes to musicians. Together we discuss money in a super relatable way, talk about the impacts it's had on their journey and the role it plays today. Topics will revolve around how money plays a part in parenting, living and working abroad, entrepreneurship and content creation & more!

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