Though Sizzle admits to some 'terrifying times financially', the team always managed to pull through. I was literally in full drag with a staple gun in my hand upholstering chairs a few minutes before we opened.' The moment you sign that dotted line, you’re paying bills, so you’ve got to get the doors open. We were unearthing new obstacles all the time and we didn't have time to think about how to overcome them – we just had to do it. 'We knew what we wanted the space to look like, but we didn't quite know how to do it. 'The place was in ruins, and we had six weeks to get it ready,' Sizzle recalls.