Receta Crussh, Jubilee Place

My first-ever visit to Crussh at Jubilee Place in Canary Wharf got off to a slightly hysterical start. In the course of making arrangements via e-mail, Michelle’s typing error had transformed MD Chris Fung’s name into Chris FUN. ”You’re kidding – he must be a real fun guy!”, I quipped, not realising until Chris replied “I am kinda, actually! But the name is Fung with a G” that he was also on the e-mail distribution list. Oops. One of those “planet earth, swallow me now” moments. Good thing Chris has as much of a sense of fun as his misspelt name suggests…

Crussh started life as a smoothie and juice outlet on Cornhill in the City of London in 1998 at the height of the juice fad. Founder James Learmond was frustrated by the…