I was wandering through a bustling market in the north of England the other day – you know, one of those places where the air practically hums with a thousand different smells and sounds – and I saw this young guy, probably mid-twenties, beaming behind a stall stacked high with hot sauces. He was watching a couple of kids, all wide-eyed and daring each other, spooning tiny bits of something called ‘Charva Lava’. Some puffed out their chests and went for it; others, well, they definitely bottled it, much to his amusement. “That’s the best bit,” he chuckled, “you see the real reactions, the geezers who run a mile ’cause they can’t handle their chilli!”
That fellow was Alex Ward, 27, co-running “Chilli Charva” with his older brother, Tom. Their brand, born from childhood “go big” chilli challenges, is now a thriving business. They’re just one vibrant example of a fascinating trend: young people, faced with fewer traditional job openings, are ditching typical career paths for the rough-and-tumble, rewarding world of market trading. It’s not just the Ward brothers, either.
Take Shanice Palmer, 31. Laid off during the pandemic, she turned her candle-making hobby into
This story was originally reported by Sally Howard. You can read the full original article here.
