Desert Island Dishes
224 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsWhat would you choose as your last meal? Chef Margie Nomura talks to a special guest about the seven dishes that have shaped their lives.
In this podcast you will find conversations with interesting people from the world of food and beyond uncovering the seminal dishes and experiences that have shaped who they are today. We will find out about their favourite childhood dishes, the dishes they eat the most often, and the dishes that mean the most to them. And of course we will also discover what their last dish would be before being cast off to the desert island.
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Karan Gokani the founder of Hoppers on his love of Sri Lanka, his passion for cooking and the best dish he's ever eaten
February 29, 2024 10:11 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBMy guest today is the founder of Hoppers - Karan Gokani. Combining his passion for cooking with his love of the country of Sri Lanka he has built a restaurant empire celebrating the food of Sri Lanka and Southern India. I went to Sri Lanka last year for the first time and completely fell in love with the food. I’ve been to Hoppers many times so I kind of knew what to expect but honestly it’s just the most amazing country and the most delicious food so it was brilliant to hear from Karan abou...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Ravneet Gill (mini episode)
February 27, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBThis week we have Ravneet Gill on The Dream Dinner Party– she is an extraordinary pastry chef who just makes the most amazing cakes and puddings. She’s also a TV presenter and cook book author – her third – Baking for Pleasure is out now and it’s all about baking for the pure joy of it. She has been a guest on Desert Island Dishes – a few years ago but well worth a listen. I knew Rav loves to entertain so was great to hear more about that and how she envisages her Dream Dinner Party. Thank ...
Bee Wilson, food writer and historian on what comfort food means to her, the joy of potatoes and her 7 Desert Island Dishes
February 22, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBMy guest today is Bee Wilson. In all honesty, Bee is one of the most interesting and thought provoking food writers and historians we’ve ever known. She is the author of 8 books about food and eating. Her books have won multiple awards, and she’s won 5 Guild of food writers awards for her journalism. After over 20 years of food writing, this year she released her first cookbook, The Secret of Cooking, something she says she’s dreamt of doing since the age of 8. She has been described by Yo...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Zena Kamgaing (mini episode)
February 20, 2024 09:55 - 24 minutes - 33 MBThis week we have Zena Kamgaing on The Dream Dinner Party. I love bringing you Desert Island dishes but I also selfishly do love the dream dinner party – it’s a just a little bit of fun, I love how everyone of the guests have really embraced the theme and taken it seriously – in a very unserious way. Zena was no exception – I love the sound of her dream dinner party – there is a part in this where she gets me to play one of the games she likes to play but we cut out the actual game part as I...
David Loftus the photographer whose work has resulted in more than 30 million book sales on the dishes that have shaped him
February 15, 2024 09:14 - 1 hour - 88.4 MBMy guest this week is the world famous photographer David Loftus. David is one of the most influential photographers of all time often fondly referred to as Lord Loftus. Award-winning and internationally acclaimed, David has done the photography for the books of Jamie Oliver, Rachel Khoo, Gennaro Contaldo, Elizabeth David and April Bloomfield. For over 20 years, David has photographed over 150 books including all but one of Jamie Oliver’s international best-sellers. His work with Jamie Olive...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Rick Stein (mini episode)
February 13, 2024 08:45 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBHi I’m Margie Nomura and welcome to another episode of our side side dish: The Dream Dinner Party. This is the mini episode where we invite a guest to tell us all about their dream dinner party. And this week we have the one and only Rick Stein – I know so many of you loved his episode of Desert Island Dishes so I’m thrilled he also joined us to share his Dream Dinner Party. I think Rick would be a popular choice on lots of people Dream Dinner Party guest list so it was so interesting to hea...
Claudia Roden one of the greatest food writers of all time on the dishes that have shaped her
February 08, 2024 09:45 - 58 minutes - 79.8 MBWe are back! For a short mini series but back nonetheless! I missed you! And I'm very excited that today my guest today is Claudia Roden. Described as the food writer who never goes out of fashion. She began collecting recipes in 1956, while a student in London. The Suez crisis of that year turned many people from Egypt into refugees: preserving the food culture of the Jewish community was as much practical as it was emotional. These recipes led to her debut masterpiece A Book of Middle E...
Rick Stein on his accidental journey to become a restaurateur, his enduring love of fish and the best dish he's ever eaten
November 16, 2023 06:00 - 48 minutes - 111 MBMy guest today is Rick Stein. A highly requested guest, I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did recording it. Rick is, of course, a chef, restaurateur, cook book author and television presenter. He has written over 25 cookery books, a memoir and made over 30 television programmes. His latest cookbook, Simple Suppers is out now. It has been nearly 50 years since he first opened The Fish Restaurant in Padstow, an area of Cornwall he fell in love with at a young age and has made his home. ...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Donna Hay (mini episode)
November 14, 2023 06:00 - 19 minutes - 43.8 MBThis week we have Donna Hay on the mini episode The Dream Dinner Party. Donna is the much loved and respected queen of cooking in Australia – she’s got a new cookbook out Even More Basics to Brilliance – which is the follow up to her first of this series. I was honoured to host Donna's supperclub at Fortnum and Mason a few weeks ago where we talked about the new book and then were served the most delicious food all from the book. Donna is extremely fun and she did not disappoint with her Dre...
Zena Kamgaing on how she's only eaten her favourite sandwich once in the last 10 years, how her cooking has evolved and getting her big break with Jamie Oliver.
November 09, 2023 06:00 - 50 minutes - 117 MBMy guest today is Zena Kamgaing. Zena describes herself as a passionate home-chef, recipe creator and food enthusiast. Before going full time as a freelance recipe creator, She worked for a charity and ran their anti human trafficking initiative, worked for a food media company as head of ops before working at Mob kitchen – the food media platform. Zena burst onto the food creator scene when she appeared on Jamie Oliver’s Cook Book Challenge and since then her career has gone from strength ...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Clodagh McKenna (mini episode)
November 07, 2023 06:00 - 18 minutes - 43 MBThis week we have Clodagh McKenna on our mini episode: The Dream Dinner Party. Clodagh is so much fun. She makes the most delicious food but she also makes the setting and everything look so beautiful. You’ll have seen her cooking on ITVs this morning, as well as her brilliant instagram videos she did during lockdown that brought a lot of cheer to people. I think she is one of the only dream dinner party hosts where I have actually been to a dinner party she hosted and it was so much fun. A ...
Ed Gamble, comedian, podcaster and now author on his relationship with food, his passion for the cheeseboard and his unusual plan to escape from the island
November 02, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutes - 105 MBMy guest today is Ed Gamble Ed is a comedian, an actor, host of the Off Menu podcast amongst others, and judge on the Great British Menu. He can now also add author to his bio of credentials as his debut book Glutton has just been published. His career in comedy began at Durham university performing with the Durham revue before heading to the Edinburgh fringe for the first time in 2011 His stand-up comedy is largely observational comedy, often aimed at himself, including discussion of h...
BONUS: Rachel Belle from Your Last Meal on her seven Desert Island Dishes
October 31, 2023 06:27 - 34 minutes - 78.9 MBMy guest today is Rachel Belle Rachel is an award winning journalist with over 20 years of experience. She lives in Seattle and is the creator & host of Your Last Meal, a James Beard Award finalist for Best Podcast, Her food writing has been published in places like Lucky Peach, Eater and The Stranger, she has appeared on The Cooking Channel (as a taco expert!) Rachel says she loves traveling the world, hiking through wildflowers, campfire cooking, and trying as many dumplings and pizzas ...
Russell Norman on the first time he fell in love with Venice and why ugly food is always the most delicious
October 26, 2023 05:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBMy guest today is Russell Norman Known as The Restaurant Man. He is a writer, broadcaster and award winning founder of celebrated restaurants with first THE POLPO restaurant group and now BRUTTO. Hailed as “London’s coolest restaurateur” and having been described as the man who saved restaurants after the financial crash, Russell is a restaurateur with over 20 years experience in London restaurants – he worked his way up from bartender, to waiter, maître d, general manager and operations...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Donal Skehan (mini episode)
October 24, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 74 MBToday’s guest on The Dream Dinner Party is Donal Skehan who is so much fun and who has been on Desert Island Dishes before – a few years ago but defiitrly worth having a listen to his main episode as it’s a goodie. I think he was in the very early days when I just turned up with basically a little Dictaphone recorder and hoped for the best. Donal has a new book out called Home Kitchen and honestly Donal’s books are really great – I don’t know how he does it, I tried to get him to give me all...
Sarah Wilson on building (and ultimately giving away) her I Quit Sugar empire and the dishes that have shaped her life
October 19, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 119 MBMy guest today is Sarah Wilson Sarah started I Quit Sugar in 2011 as a lifestyle experiment for a column she was writing. This led to an e-book, then three New York Times bestsellers and a business that saw 1.5 million people signing up to an eight-week nutrition programme. But as time went on, Sarah wasn’t enjoying it anymore. She says, ‘The business got to a point where it had gone from being a joy – creating, inventing, connecting with people – to a business concern. It felt soul-destroy...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Madeleine Shaw (mini episode)
October 17, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 49.9 MBThis week we have Madeleine Shaw, is a nutritional therapist based in London as the guest on this weeks episode of our side dish: The Dream Dinner Party. Interesting fact for you, I’ve done one live recording of Desert Island Dishes and Maddie was the guest! So if you want to go back and listen to her episode of desert island dishes, it was a few years ago now but that one was recorded in front of a live audience. I actually don’t know how I managed to record it as I didn’t have anyone help...
Jon Watts, chef and cookbook author on discovering his passion for food and how he completely turned his life around
October 12, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBYou may well know Jon from his friendly, down-to-earth cooking videos online where he has amassed a huge following of avid fans but what you may not know is that Jon is where he is today through a lot of hard work and determination to turn his life around completely. He left school at the age of 16 with no idea what he wanted to do, he found himself hanging out with the wrong crowd and was constantly getting into trouble with the police. In 2008 he was sentenced to 6 ½ years in a young offe...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Matt Rodbard (mini episode)
October 10, 2023 05:00 - 35 minutes - 82.2 MBHi I’m Margie Nomura and welcome to another episode of our side dish: The Dream Dinner Party. This is the mini episode where we invite a guest to tell us all about their dream dinner party. This is a game I know a lot of people have played on long car journeys or maybe first dates so it’s really fun to sit down with a different guest each week and hear who they would invite and what they would serve. You’re allowed to invite 4 people – anyone you want, and I think its impossible to listen wi...
Tara Wigley, cook and in-house writer for Team Ottolenghi and author of the non recipe recipe book How to Butter Toast
October 05, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MBMy guest today is Tara Wigley Tara spent a decade working in publishing–before going to cookery school in Ireland. Where she spent 3 months with her twin toddlers and her dog. She has developed, tested, and writen recipes for Ottolenghi’s weekly column in the Guardian magazine and monthly New York Times’s columns, as well as for his cookbooks. She is the co-author of the award-winning Falastin, - in-house writer of Team Ottolenghi, Yotam’s co-author on eight of the biggest food books, inc...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Skye McAlpine (mini episode)
October 03, 2023 05:00 - 29 minutes - 66.6 MBThis week we have the queen of dinner parties and a woman who has the knack for making everything look so completely gorgeous – Skye Mcalpine. We recorded this in Skye’s kitchen, which if you follow her on Instagram you will know is just absolute heaven – a kitchen of dreams with a long flowing table, the prettiest plates and crockery piled high in a dresser and adorning the walls. She had cakes waiting for us, which were delicious of course. Her third book came out earlier this year – A Ta...
Chef Thom Bateman on the highs and lows of getting to where he is today and why food has always been at the heart of it
September 28, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MBThom Bateman started his career as a chef at the age of 17, after training at Buxton College and gaining a knowledge of the classical techniques. He quickly rose through the ranks and became head chef at the tender age of 18. In 2009 Thom decided to leave the culinary world behind him, in order to protect his mental health and get a change in scene, a chance to travel to learn more about the world but also himself. 10 years later, Thom started a food blog page known as Bboxfood reigniting ...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Poppy O'Toole (mini episode)
September 26, 2023 05:00 - 14 minutes - 32.4 MBHi I’m Margie Nomura and welcome to another episode of our Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party. This is the mini episode where we invite a guest to tell us their dream dinner party. We find out everything from their dream guest list to what they would serve as the menu and where it would be held. This week we welcome Poppy O’Toole to tell us all about her dream dinner party and her choice of guests and the venue are guaranteed to make this a very fun dinner party. Poppy O’Toole, also known ...
Jane Dunn aka Jane’s Patisserie reflects on the last few years, her passion for baking and the dishes that have shaped her
September 21, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MBMy guest today is Jane Dunn. You may know her through her recipes online as Jane’s Patisserie. She has amassed a following of over 1.3 million with her easy to follow but super indulgent recipes for all levels of bakers. From her large Instagram following, regular This Morning stints and record breaking stats, Jane’s hugely engaged following make her this generation’s go-to baker and have her being called the Mary Berry of the Instagram age. Her debut book, Jane’s Patisserie, became the fa...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Nadiya Hussain (mini episode)
September 19, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes - 53.7 MBThis week Nadiya Hussain comes back to tell us all about her Dream Dinner Party. Nadiya's episode of Desert Island Dishes was a few years ago now but if you haven’t listened to it you must – she’s so warm and open and it’s a lovely listen. Her new book Nadiya’s Simple Spices is out now and is packed with beautiful breakfasts, lunches and extraordinary family food in the form of Bombay potatoes, crispy leek biryani and we will hear about some of the dishes in todays episode. I do hope you...
Fred Siriex on the dishes that have shaped him, moving to England and how his parents taught him about loyalty
September 14, 2023 04:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBFred has become known as the nation’s favourite maitre d’ and TV personality. He initially wanted to be a chef, but having decided that the repetitive nature of professional cooking would stifle his creativity, he switched his attention to the front of house and has never looked back. Fred worked in Michelin-starred restaurants in both France and the UK, and rose to fame back in 2013 on Channel 4’s BAFTA-winning matchmaking show First Dates, where his warmth and charm was a tonic to the ner...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Tom Kerridge (mini episode)
September 12, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes - 57.4 MBHi I’m Margie Nomura and welcome to another episode of our side side dish: The Dream Dinner Party. This is the mini episode where we invite a guest to tell us their dream dinner party. A returning guest today in the very lovely form of Tom Kerridge. I really truly appreciate so much how much thought the guests are putting into their answers and Tom was no exception. I think a lot of people would be behind Tom as Prime Minister! Tom's brilliant new book – Pub Kitchen – the ultimate modern ...
Diana Henry one of the most prolific and well loved recipe writers of a generation on the dishes that have shaped her life
September 07, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MBI'm so excited that today Diana Henry is sharing her Desert Island Dishes with me. Diana is one of my favourite recipe writers and it was a total joy to sit down with her. Diana is a multi award-winning food writer, journalist, broadcaster and cook book author. Described as one of the most prolific recipe writers of a generation but also one of the most beloved. She is the Telegraph’s much-loved cookery writer, After a career as a tv producer - working for both the BBC and Channel 4 - Diana...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with BOSH! founders Henry and Ian (mini episode)
September 05, 2023 04:00 - 13 minutes - 31.3 MBThis week we have the boys from Bosh! Henry and Ian telling us all about their dream dinner party. They take two slightly different approaches – just because you’re best friends doesn’t mean you will have the same dream dinner party so that was quite interesting to hear their different apporoaches. Would love to know who you would choose to invite to your dream dinner party. I think it's impossible not to think about your own answers! Thank you so much for listening. See you on Thursday ...
Poppy O'Toole on her ultimate sandwich, internet stardom and the highs and lows of working in restaurants
August 31, 2023 04:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MBIf you were on your phone through lockdown, there is no doubt at all in my mind that you will have seen today’s guest across your screens teaching us how to make potatoes all kinds of delicious ways. Poppy O’Toole, also known as Poppy Cooks, is a Michelin-trained professional chef, who turned to tiktok upon losing her job in 2020 to fill some time. 3 years later, Poppy has amassed over 4 million followers on tiktok and her second cookbook is about to be released. She is a judge on Junior Ma...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Millie Mackintosh (mini episode)
August 29, 2023 04:00 - 14 minutes - 33.8 MBMillie Mackintosh joins us for The Dream Dinner Party this week. I know so many of you enjoyed her episode of Desert Island Dishes so we persuaded her to share her Dream Dinner Party with us too! This is the mini episode where we invite a guest to tell us their dream dinner party. The only rule is that they are only allowed to invite 4 guests – but they can be anyone they like dead or alive. And they are also going to be talking us through their dream menu. I think it's impossible to lis...
Will Shu the founder of Deliveroo on his love of food, his mum's dumplings, the best dish he's ever eaten and why he still personally delivers food on his bike to customers
August 24, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutes - 83.7 MBWill is the founder of Deliveroo – the food delivery company he launched in 2013 with his childhood friend Greg Orlowski. After coming up with the idea for whilst working 100 hour weeks as an investment banker – the two friends seized on the opportunity to pair newly emerging technology with restaurants in order to enable people to order restaurant food straight to their door. A simple but genius idea that has seen Deliveroo grow to unicorn status and beyond and for Will to be known as one o...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Sophia Money-Coutts (mini episode)
August 22, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes - 58.7 MBSophia Money-Coutts joins us today to talk all about her Dream Dinner Party. Sophia is a British journalist and author. She writes regularly for The Telegraph, has written 5 novels and has been described as the new "queen of rom coms". Her latest book Looking for Love is out now. Sophia did her own brilliant podcast a few years ago on freezing her eggs, it's honestly fantastic and I really recommend having a listen if that's something you might be thinking about. She's warm, witty and I was...
BOSH! founders Henry Firth and Ian Theasby talk all things plant based, working with your best friend and the best dish they've ever eaten
August 17, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBMy guests todays are Henry Firth and Ian Theasby Broadcasters, Sunday Times best sellers and vegan chefs extraordinaire, you may know them by their other name BOSH! The vegan food empire they’ve been growing for the last 7 years. From what began as a successful Youtube channel, these boys from Sheffield have now gone on to host their own ITV show, Living on the Veg and now have more than a million followers across their social media. They offer fans a refreshing no fuss approach to veganis...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with David Gandy (mini episode)
August 15, 2023 04:00 - 16 minutes - 36.8 MBWelcome to another episode of our side side dish: The Dream Dinner Party. This is the mini episode where we invite a guest to tell us their dream dinner party. The only rule is that they are only allowed to invite 4 guests – but they can be anyone they like dead or alive – and it’s 4 guests because really I think personally 5 people is the optimum number for a great dinner party. And they are also going to be talking us through their dream menu. It’s time for David Gandy’s Dream Dinner Part...
Millie Mackintosh on her love of food, her time on Celebrity Masterchef and the best dish she's ever eaten
August 10, 2023 04:00 - 44 minutes - 103 MBMy guest today is Millie Mackintosh Millie first made her name as part of the original line up of made in chelsea in 2011. After 5 seasons she descided to embark on a career spanning from beauty to fashion, to lifestyle and fitness. She’s been in the public eye for over a decade – she’s a business woman, and health and wellness advocate – having been on the cover of Womens Health a whopping 4 times. Passiionate about good food, mental health and as now the mother of two young children she...
Listen to The One Recipe where Claire Saffitz shares her recipe for Choose-Your-Own-Ending Custards
August 08, 2023 04:00 - 16 minutes - 37.4 MBI'm excited to share a podcast recommendation with you this week. It's a podcast from America called The One Recipe. From the team that brought you The Splendid Table at APM Studios, The One Recipe is a podcast devoted to that one recipe you keep in your back pocket. The one you send to friends, make for your mom, the one you entirely depend on because you know it’s going to work. Host Jesse Sparks, Senior Editor at Eater, talks to some of the biggest names in food, including Sohla and Ham ...
Jimi Famurewa on the dish he ate on the day his life changed forever and how he got his dream job as restaurant critic for the Evening Standard
August 03, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutes - 97.7 MBJimi is a writer, broadcaster and food critic. He is the chief restaurant critic for the Evening Standard, a regular guest judge on the BBC One series MasterChef and was also one of the judges on Channel 4’s The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver. In 2021, he won Restaurant Writer of the Year at both the Fortnum & Mason Awards and the Guild of Food Writers Awards and as an interviewer he has profiled Black African Londoners including Idris Elba, John Boyega and Skepta. He say...
Ravinder Bhogal talks to us about moving to the UK as a child, her love of libraries and fulfilling her destiny with her restaurant Jikoni
July 27, 2023 04:00 - 54 minutes - 125 MBMy guest today is Ravinder Bhogal Kenyan born, raised in the UK by Indian parents, Ravinder Bhogal is one of the UK’s most successful food writers, restaurateurs and chefs. Calling her food and menus “proudly inauthentic”, Ravinder’s work and food spans flavours and culinary traditions from the Asia, The Middle East, East Africa and Britain – celebrating the idea of immigrant cuisine. She opened her first restaurant Jikoni in Marylebone in 2016 and it quickly became a roaring success, coll...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Sophie Wyburd (mini episode)
July 25, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week cook and food writer Sophie Wyburd tells us all about her Dream Dinner Party. This one has it all! Popstars, cooks and wizards! Sophie has the most infectious laugh and her passion for food and for feeding people really comes through. If you heard Sophie’s episode of Desert Island dishes then hopefully you will enjoy a little encore from sophie and if you haven’t listened to her full episode yet, then that’s something you should definitely check out. Dont forget to subscribe to D...
Claire Thompson, the 5 o'clock apron on the dishes that have shaped her life and taught her who she is
July 20, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MBMy guest today is Claire Thompson otherwise known as the 5 o’clock apron. Claire is a chef, food writer and the author of 8 cookery books. Her writing is focused around the idea of creating proper food for modern families. And she aims for her food to Inspire but it’s also down to earth enough not to be intimidating She was born and raised in Zimbabwe and Botswana and over many generations her family has had a deep connection with Africa, she returned to London at the age of 8 beofre head...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Nina Parker (mini episode)
July 18, 2023 04:00 - 18 minutes - 43.5 MBWelcome to another episode of our side side dish: The Dream Dinner Party. This is the mini episode where we invite a guest to tell us their dream dinner party. They are allowed to invite 4 guests – dead or alive because really I think personally 5 people is the optimum number for a great dinner party. And they are going to be talking us through their dream menu. My guest this week is Nina Parker . Nina is a London based chef and food writer. She currently has three cookbooks and makes the...
Amelia Christie-Miller the founder of the Bold Bean Co on turning her passion into a business
July 13, 2023 04:00 - 41 minutes - 96.1 MBAmelia is the founder of the Bold Bean Co. She’s on a mission to make us all obsessed with beans by bringing us the best of beans. She launched the business officially in 2021 following what she describes as a bean epiphany in Spain when she decided that the UK both needed and deserved better beans. Amelia is also passionate about sustainability and sees beans as the future of food. Now listed in Selfridges, Waitrose and Planet Organic (as well as numerous independent shops and online outl...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with John Torode
July 11, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 39.9 MBThis week John Torode talks us through his Dream Dinner Party and we are off to Singapore to board the Orient Express! All aboard! John is one of the food world’s most recognisable faces. He grew up in Melbourne, Australia, starting his career in the world of food at the age of 16. He credits his love of food and passion for cooking to his grandmother, who raised him from the age of 4. After apprenticeships at some of Melbourne’s best restaurants, he moved to the UK in the 1990s, where he ...
David Gandy on life as a supermodel turned founder and entrepreneur, his love of cooking and the best dish he's ever eaten
July 06, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MBMy guest today is David Gandy. After winning a televised modelling competition at the age of 21 he went on to become the world’s first and most successful male supermodel. David’s big break came in 2007 in the form of his first Dolce & Gabbana campaigns, which saw him become a global sensation overnight when the iconic image of him wearing tiny white trunks in a boat in Capri shot by Mario Testino appeared on a 50ft billboard in Times Square. He still fronts this Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue ...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Julius Roberts
July 04, 2023 04:00 - 18 minutes - 42.2 MBJulius Roberts is a cook, farmer and gardener and he's talking us through his Dream Dinner Party today. I think it's impossible to listen to this and not think about your own answers. So if you were to host your own Dream Dinner Party with 4 people who were dead or alive, who would you pick? Julius picks some amazing guests and his menu sounds absolutely delicious too set against the backdrop of the meadow at his farm in Dorset. You can preorder his hotly anticipated debut cookbook The Fa...
Emma Willis on her life as a model and presenter, on getting the famous handshake on Bake Off and why she sees her life divided into three sandwiches
June 29, 2023 04:00 - 45 minutes - 105 MBYou may know Emma from her work as a model and TV presenter - she is afterall one of the most experienced and versatile broadcasters in the UK. Across her incredible career, Emma has presented juggernaut shows such as Big Brother for six series, The Circle , and Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side. Alongside her radio and reality television credentials, Emma was not only a a contestant on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C last year, but she went on to win it. In 2019, she trained...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Gennaro Contaldo (mini episode)
June 27, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutes - 47.8 MBWe have a returning guest for you this week on our side dish in the form of the Gennaro Contaldo. Gennaro is one of the UK’s most loved chefs - widely known as the man who taught Jamie Oliver everything he knows about cooking and he's going to be sharing his Dream Dinner Party with us. Referred to as everyone’s favourite nonno – he’s written more than a dozen best selling Italian cookbooks including his latest one Cucina which is a cookbook of Italian classics that help you to spend less and...
Sophie Wyburd the cook and recipe developer on landing her dream job, her life after Mob and her love of pies
June 22, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes - 106 MBSophie is a cook and recipe developer. Her passion for food shines through and we love to hear that on Desert Island Dishes. We talk all thing sandwiches, whether it's worth going to cookery school, life in a restaurant and why pies are the greatest. After deciding to embark on a career in food while in her final year at university, she then trained at the world-famous Leith’s before working as a food stylist and as a chef at Quo Vadis. She made a name for herself in the world of food as He...
Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Rosie Mackean (mini episode)
June 20, 2023 04:00 - 19 minutes - 44.9 MBWhen it comes to dinner parties – no one is better equipped to talk to us than Rosie Mackean. Very excited to have Rosie on The Dream Dinner Party. Rosie is a chef, food stylist and pasta and dinner party queen. She is doing a dinner party pop up on the 7th July in London which I wish I could go to as I know it will be delicious and tickets are available so if you're around definitely check that out. And she also writes a brilliant substack newsletter where each month she gives the recipe fo...