Tam Hassan, Chef Patron at Ember at Sheepfolds Stables, on the Sunderland restaurant making it into the Good Food Guide in its first year

Sunderland Echo

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00:00So, Tam, we're down here at Ember. You guys have just made it into the Good Food Guide.

00:04An incredible accolade, isn't it?

00:06Yes, we're super, super thrilled.

00:08It just goes to show the hard work and dedication of the team over the last year,

00:13and also the support of all of the customers in Sunderland who really got behind us

00:17and really supported us this whole year, so we're super, super thankful.

00:20And you're just coming up to your first year, the Cheap Falls. How's it been?

00:24It's been crazy, to be honest. It's kind of evolved because we always knew what kind of food we wanted to do.

00:29We wanted to cook over charcoal, but this kind of theme of exploring kind of happened organically.

00:35So I guess we're finding ourselves again with our custom, and it's an awesome ride to be on.

00:43And you do obviously different countries, different cities each month, don't you?

00:47And that works well for you?

00:49It works really well, to be honest. I think it gives something to look forward to.

00:53It allows us to change our menu every month.

00:55We're, as a team, developing our skills, developing our flavours, exploring different dishes,

01:01and it makes it super exciting.

01:03You know, the worst thing in kitchens is doing the same menu for the whole year,

01:07and you get super bored.

01:09Here we're really able to explore new skills, new flavours, and make it exciting for us and the customers.

01:17And Sunderland's culinary scene as a whole is really changing. It's coming on in leaps and bounds, isn't it?

01:23Yeah, to be honest, I see Sunderland being like, you know, in 10 years from now, like the Manchester kind of vibe,

01:29where you've got so many different independent restaurants coming in and doing their own stamp on the city.

01:36And I think Sunderland's the perfect city to do that in, just because of our own personality we have as Maccams,

01:42and they're willing to embrace different foods and different styles.

01:47And the hard working nature, you know, we're a working class city.

01:51There's a lot of people, especially the younger generation coming up now,

01:55who are super eager to get jobs where they work in this field.

01:59And that's been really, really great to be part of that.

02:02And obviously, you're in a great location here. You've got your right in the shadow of the new bridge,

02:06which will be opening soon. You must be excited about that kind of increasing the links to the other side of the city.

02:11Yes, it's unbelievable because we're in the infancy of like really the redevelopment of Sunderland.

02:17You know, you can see the city centre kind of expanding for the first time probably in 50 or 60 years.

02:24You can see with that bridge, it kind of is culmination of the city centre just developing around the whole area.

02:31And the view. The view is probably my second favourite view in all of Sunderland.

02:36I mean, I love seaburn and roadside. I love being near the water.

02:40But the view we have here, it's just a luxury. I wish I could live here.

02:45What is your favourite view?

02:46The view is quite interesting. I want you to see what here.

02:48Here I am.

02:50The view is my second favourite view.

02:52Alright.

02:54The view is the view is the direction of the city centre.

02:56The view is that the view is the view.

02:57That view is the view is the view is the view that the view I have.

03:00The view is the view is the view.

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