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You're Paying Too Much for Bad Food. A Michelin Expert on What's Actually Worth It | Andy Hayler
Andy Hayler · 22 October 2026
Video podcast
The BEYOND Podcast
Hosted and produced by Aleksandra King. Fearless conversations on resilience, ambition and success with entrepreneurs, leaders and cultural voices.
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You're Paying Too Much for Bad Food. A Michelin Expert on What's Actually Worth It | Andy Hayler
Food critic Andy Hayler, who has eaten at every three-Michelin-star restaurant, on how Michelin judges a kitchen and what is worth the money.
The show
What this podcast is (and isn’t)
BEYOND is the interview podcast where Aleksandra King– entrepreneur, media personality and the BBC Apprentice candidate who chose to walk– cuts through noise and niceties to get to the truth: no fluff, just direct, challenging conversations with founders, deal-makers and cultural voices who have taken punches and kept moving.
Built on real power moves
- How people actually build status, survive rejection and turn shame into momentum.
- Conversations that go past the edit: Aleksandra’s calm, confident style invites candour and calls out waffle.
- Signal over spin: straight talk, clear takeaways and the courage to say what others won’t.
Why listeners stay
- Unfiltered lessons on confidence, rejection, status, power and the psychology of winning.
- Episode structures that respect your time: clean intros, ruthless edits and actionable debriefs.
- A host who won’t blink: composed, incisive and impossible to bulldoze.
If you rate Diary of a CEO for founder stories, Modern Wisdom for depth, or Piers Morgan for the hard questions, BEYOND sits alongside them with its own edge: accountability in the room, sharp truths you can act on the same week, and heat channelled into purposeful conversation rather than theatre.
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The Man Who Ate at Every Three-Star Restaurant on Earth: Andy Hayler on 150 Kitchens, 13 Trips to Japan and a 29-Foot Tapeworm
Andy Hayler is the first person to eat at every three-Michelin-star restaurant in the world. The story of how, and what 150 kitchens taught him.
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“Asking for Help Is a Strength”: Sue Stockdale's Polar Playbook for Leaders Who Think They Have to Carry the Load Alone
Polar explorer and executive coach Sue Stockdale on why asking for help is a strength, and how a heavy sledge in Greenland taught her to accept it.
12 October 2026
“Can You Imagine 30 Days' Silence in Your Head?” How Sue Stockdale Skied to the Magnetic North Pole One Small Step at a Time
How Sue Stockdale answered a newspaper advert and became the first British woman to ski to the Magnetic North Pole. On The BEYOND Podcast.
The host
Aleksandra King
Aleksandra King is the host and producer of The BEYOND Podcast. Entrepreneur, agency founder and communications specialist, born in Poland, raised in South Africa, known to millions as the BBC Apprentice candidate who famously walked out to redefine success on her own terms.
I just listened to the podcast with Nicola Vaughan and I was so captivated by her story.Apple Podcasts review
Aleksandra was one of the best candidates ever. Confident, elegant and amazing on camera.Apple Podcasts review
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