Scandinavian [food] doesn’t tend to have a lot of the spicy spices, the hot spices. This is quite different from those flavors and I like to show the contrast.

We were getting five, six phone calls an hour going, ‘Oh my God, you’re closing?’

I figured that the community would step up and really try to help out and they have. We had originally planned for needing to find space for a lot more than this.

They gave us a bit of a scare there,

It’s very difficult to have quotas for women because you have to be careful how they’re evaluated and how the public views that as well,

If they feel they’re not there on merit that can also have very bad implications. It’s really about getting the balance, about being active but also retaining the appearance that everyone is qualified and doing...

They’re all portal communities out in the Nordic area, so fish is a big part of their diet.