#27 - Ibby: The Job Changed. The Care Never Did.

The Long Pour with Brendon Hill · Oct 8, 2026 · 36m

Ibby had never worked in a restaurant when he decided to open one.

With Nour being built, he took a job as a runner to learn how a restaurant worked. For three months, he worked shifts while keeping his own plans to himself.

It’s one part of a journey that started in Lebanon, brought him to Sydney at 18, and took him from nursing to a small café in Newtown before restaurants became his life.

In this episode, we talk about figuring things out without a blueprint, choosing the right location, and keeping a restaurant moving forward ten years after opening.

We also get into perfectionism…