Margie’s castaway this week is Alex Petrides.Alex is a seriously impressive guy – he was the first employee at Propercorn,the incredibly successful popcorn company and has now gone on to found a company with his brother, Johnathan. The company is called allplants. allplants is a plant based food delivery company which is growing quickly and going from strength to strength.I really enjoyed chatting to Alex – he’s a really natural entrepreneur. He also definitely taught me something about what it is to be a vegan because Alex is so right – being vegan has been so tied up with clean eating that its all got a bit confusing in peoples heads – well definitely in my head, as you will hear when I ask him about making vegan caramel and kind of forget how to make caramel (shocker). But I definitely got a better understanding speaking to Alex because eing vegan doesn’t mean you also have to be gluten free or sugar free or that you are completely virtuous – you can be vegan and indulge in creature comforts Also listening back to this one was weird for me as I seem to do a dirty old man laugh at one point when we talk about butter….so I’m sorry about that. How great does that birthday party he threw sound with the piadinas? They sound so good – can’t believe I haven’t heard of them before – slightly embarrassing. Also the aubergine volcano sounds intriguing and as does his avocado and marmite sandwich? It sounds so weird that it could just work – and if Alex says it does then I’m going to trust him!If you like hearing people talking about delicious things and food they love – with the occasional creepy laugh thrown in, (I mean - who doesn’t?), then don’t forget to subscribe!And as always you can find me over on Instagram @madebymargie and find out more about the podcast and different episodes over at www.desertislanddishespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.