We\u2019re kicking off a new series on Dirty Linen today and we\u2019re asking a big question.\xa0\nIs hospitality broken?\nWe hope the answer is no.\nBut there\u2019s no doubt that it\u2019s hard. Harder than ever, and as it happens for today\u2019s guest, too hard to keep going. Alex Elliot-Howery and her husband James Grant opened Cornersmith in 2011. It\u2019s been through various iterations over a dozen or so years and in many ways has been a touchstone in the way it\u2019s put ethics and sustainability at the centre of the business. So what\u2019s happening now?\n\nhttps://cornersmith.com.au/\n\nFollow Dirty Linen on Instagram\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast\n\nFollow Dani Valent\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/danivalent\n\nFollow Rob Locke (Executive Producer)\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/\n\nFollow Huck (Executive Producer)\n\nhttps://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/\n\nLISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS\n\nhttps://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork\n\nDirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it\u2019s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues.\xa0\nDirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.