Keep It Quirky podcast
75 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn the Keep It Quirky podcast, Katie Quinn talks to creators living their dreams and navigating success and failure along the way. Katie Q is a food & travel video creator, popular YouTuber and cookbook author. Passion begets passion, so let's do this!
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Episodes
On the Strategies to Start a Business with Sarah Pettegree, the Queen of Savory Pies
September 05, 2018 07:00 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MBSarah Pettegree, aka the Pork Pie Queen, is the founder of the successful artisan savory pie business Bray’s Cottage Pork Pies. Based in Norfolk, England, she has elevated the classic pork pie by using local seasonal ingredients (she personally forages for wild garlic in spring) and by adjusting the traditional recipe to appeal to what she likes best...which just so happens to appeal to the modern palate, like omitting the squishy aspic jelly. [Good call, Sarah]. In this episode, Sarah tells ...
On Changing the Law to Make Gin Cool Again with Sam Galsworthy of Sipsmith Gin
August 01, 2018 19:21 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBSam Galsworthy is co-founder of Sipsmith, producers of classic London dry gin. In order to do so, though, he and he co-founder Fairfax first had to change a 200-year-old law. They did reverse it, and therefore gave life to the beverage landscape in the UK. In this episode, Sam and I talk about what’s behind making things by hand/small batch, how Sipsmith changed the gin game -- a 'ginaissance,' as he calls it -- the different phases of entrepreneurialism, and not riding the trends, but rather...
From Banker to Social Media Baller with Siobhan Ferguson
July 25, 2018 11:51 - 33 minutes - 46 MBSiobhan Ferguson used to be a banker. Now, she's a huge presence on Instagram with her feed @siobhaise and founder/curator of @prettycitylondon and @prettycities, as well as author of the newly published book "Pretty City London." Her whole ethos is encouraging people to experience the beauty of a place and to discover hidden gems. In today's interview, you'll hear why and how she made the transition from a banker (hint: life circumstances helped, motherhood in particular). We hear how the pl...
Personalized, Shoppable & Guided: Recipes Are Not Dead - Smart Kitchen Summit Panel [LIVE]
July 18, 2018 17:06 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBToday’s episode is a little different than the norm: it’s the panel I moderated in Dublin, Ireland a few weeks ago at the Smart Kitchen Summit Europe. The Smart Kitchen Summit is a conference that looks at the food + technology Venn diagram. What is the evolving role technology plays in our kitchens, and what are the implications of that? This panel that I moderated had the panelists Lulu Grimes of BBC Good Food, Kishan Visani of DishQ, and Jon Jenkins of Hestan Cue. The title of our panel wa...
On Having More to Unite Us than to Divide Us with Yasmin Khan
July 11, 2018 04:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MB"Food is a bit like music, theater, or good literature — it connects you to your heart. It drops into empathy." -Yasmin Khan Yasmin Khan is the best-selling author of "The Saffron Tales," and her newest book "Zaitoun," will be released the day after this episode publishes, on July 12! (Go get it, it's incredible). She has a background of campaigning for human rights and transitioned into food writing and sharing stories from cultures around the world 5 years ago. In this episode, we talk abou...
On Evolving from Artist to Businesswoman with Kylee Newton
July 04, 2018 16:08 - 37 minutes - 50.8 MBToday’s episode is a conversation with Kylee Newton, owner and founder of Newton & Pott, making homemade chutneys, jams & preserves. We talk about preserving food AND preserving your sanity! Kylee's slogan could be the well-known saying, "Waste not, want not." She embodies these values, and she has a fascinating path to her success as a food businesswoman! After going to university for Fine Arts in New Zealand (she's a Kiwi!), she moved to London and worked for a famous photographer for a dec...
On Being Successful With Friends & Defying All Odds with Sorted Food's Ben Ebbrell & Barry Taylor
June 27, 2018 19:21 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBSorted Food is a group friends who make recipe videos together. With nearly 2 million subscribers on YouTube and a massively loyal community of eaters all around the world, the Sorted Food guys are creative entrepreneurs who are succeeding and constantly innovating. Their videos are accessible, inclusive and usually a riot! They source a lot of recipes from their global audience. As Ben points out in the episode, "Everyone has a story to tell around food." Now with over 1500 videos and a team...
On Imposter Syndrome & Baking Your Butt Off with Martha Collison
June 20, 2018 20:44 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBThis episode features cookbook author and recipe writer Martha Collison, whose career launched years ago on Great British Bake Off and who continues to be a baking rockstar. There's also a cameo by the wonderful Rachel Khoo at the top of the episode! Martha was recommended to me by one of YOU (hi!) to be a guest during my author series of interviews. Martha is awesome. At 17 years old, she was the youngest person ever to compete on the Great British Bake Off - and not only compete, but she wa...
On Trading 'Blogger' for 'Instagrammer' with Izy Hossack
June 13, 2018 22:56 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBIzy Hossack is a twice-published cookbook author, her blog (Top With Cinnamon) was groundbreaking in the UK, and she's killin' it on Instagram (with over 220k followers!)- @izyhossack - redefining what the intersection of food, social media and nutrition can look like into the future. Izy first gained international attention with her blog Top With Cinnamon when she was just 15 years old! Now, just about to graduate from university with a Food Science and Nutrition degree, she’s poised to take...
On Embracing the Multi-Hyphenated Career Path & Listening to Your Gut with Emma Gannon
June 06, 2018 10:50 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBEmma Gannon is my definition of a rockstar. She’s a writer and broadcaster, and each of those descriptors are umbrellas under which she does many things. Her podcast, Ctrl Alt Delete (named after her first book), is one of my absolute favorite podcasts. She’s an insightful conversationalist, an incredible listener, unapologetically opinionated and each step of her career proves just how adaptable she is. She’s also a regular on BBC Woman’s Hour and she was selected as one of Forbes 30 under 3...
The Fight for Real Cheese with Bronwen Percival
May 31, 2018 00:10 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBThere can be no doubt that Bronwen Percival has found her calling, and her passion for cheese is downright infectious. The reach of cheese is massive: historical, scientific, cultural, economical, agricultural. We talk about all these aspects of cheese, and more. Bronwen is the co-author of the book "Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes and the Fight for Real Cheese." She gives us her top tips for getting your hands on real cheese and how to nudge the industry in the right direction. I also ...
On the Food Journey with Venetia Falconer of Talking Tastebuds
May 23, 2018 19:20 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBVenetia Falconer is the host of the podcast Talking Tastebuds, where she talks with people about their relationship with food. Venetia is also a presenter and producer. In this episode, we talk about her journey with food and when the significant shifts have happened in her life; from having a disordered relationship with food to having it be something she enjoys most in life. She also talks about her decision to be vegan and how she handles the potentially awkward social elements of that, as...
The Magic of Audio Storytelling with Hester Cant, feat. Brian Quinn
May 16, 2018 20:26 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBThis episode is all about audio. “The idea that you can have something completely conjured by just closing your eyes is really special," Hester Cant told me as we talked about why she chose her career path. Hester and I talk about the intersection of food, culture and audio storytelling, and how what you wanted to do when you were 12 years old says a lot about what you should be doing with your life. I also talk with my brother an incredibly talented & successful professional musician, who ju...
On The REAL Meaning of "Food Made With Love" with Niki Kopcke
May 09, 2018 20:11 - 37 minutesNiki Kopcke is the founder of Mazí Mas, a catering company and roaming restaurant in London that employs and trains migrant and refugee women. Mazí Mas is all about bringing the most unique part of a culture's cuisine to you while transforming the misperception of migrant and refugee women. Niki's work at the moment is focused on getting people to see migrant and refugee women as skilled professionals (which is exactly what they are). Niki is both a passionate creative -- she loves food and c...
On Creating an Indie Travel Magazine with Milly Kenny-Ryder
May 02, 2018 17:43 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBIn this episode I talk with Milly Kenny-Ryder about how and why she launched the beautiful design-inspired indie travel guidebooks Weekend Journals, and the steep learning curve she and her partners faced in bringing all the various aspects together (choosing the paper stock, how to get a barcode, deciding which venues made it in the book). Where there’s a will, there a way... Milly explains why they published without any investors in order to maintain creative control (they got a bank loan)....
On Selling a 'Weird' Product with Adam Vanni of Jarr Kombucha
April 25, 2018 08:19 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBIn this episode I talk to Adam Vanni, director and co-founder of Jarr Kombucha. He gives me a tour of Jarr's production facilities in East London and we talk about how they launched this product in a market where people didn’t understand what kombucha was. We consider how much luck may have to do with beginning a company from scratch, and the importance of community to make an idea reality. We talk a bit about the science behind kombucha and we touch on the health benefits, as well as how it ...
On the Era of Reluctant Entrepreneurs with Ed Levine, founder of Serious Eats
April 18, 2018 21:29 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBEd Levine is the founder of the popular website Serious Eats, a food site that now has over 10 million unique visits a month. Prior to founding Serious Eats, he had written about food for the New York Times, had written some books, and he wanted to create "a place online that was like a clubhouse for food enthusiasts -- for people who wanted to share their passion." That's exactly what he's done with Serious Eats and the SE community. In this episode, we talk about how he founded his company ...
On Baking Without Borders with Henrietta Inman, "The Natural Baker"
April 11, 2018 16:57 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBThis episode is with Henrietta Inman, pastry chef and cookbook author, talks with me about WHY she loves using untraditional baking ingredients (it's not just to be "healthy") and she also talks me through how her love of gardening and hosting people at her home has influenced her career. I learn the term "eaty-talky," she makes Zoolander references and we agree that social media somehow seems even more of a double-edged sword when you're self-employed. She talks us through her experiences wr...
On Creating Connection with Graham Garvie
April 04, 2018 16:52 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MB"We have a lot more in common than we think we do." This is one of my favorite quotes from this episode, and it gets at the heart of why I create this podcast and also why Graham began Bring Your Own Story (BYOS), a supper club that puts the emphasis on human connection around the table rather than the food on the table. Highlights of this episode include Graham describing how he forms community, both in his business and in his personal life, how he gets out of his own head when he hits a cre...
On Making a Name for Iraqi Cuisine with Philip Juma
March 28, 2018 13:14 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBChef Philip Juma is a self-trained chef in London. Born to an Iraqi dad and Irish mom, he worked in finance until he had the realization that "doing what you love is more important than any paycheck." Fast-forward a little less than a decade later, Phil owns a business that does popups and catering called Juma Kitchen, he writes a regular column on Iraqi cuisine for the London Evening Standard, and he does food demos at locations like London's iconic Borough Market. Always a fan of London's f...
On Creating A Business from Scratch with Maxine Thompson
March 21, 2018 11:07 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBAustralian-born Maxine Thompson attended culinary school in NYC and launched a business in London. Talk about a worldly woman! She has grown Polka Pants, her business of bespoke chef's trousers for women, into a recognized brand that's getting much deserved attention. I begin this episode with an introduction to March being Women's History Month and give a hat-tip to just a few of the many amazing women in my life. Maxine is perfect to have on this episode acknowledging women because she's a ...
On Doing What You Love with Edd Kimber, "The Boy Who Bakes"
March 14, 2018 23:38 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBEdd Kimber is a professional baker -- he was the first winner of the Great British Bake Off! He's also a food photographer, food writer, podcaster and YouTuber. When it comes to running a cohesive brand, Edd does it all. In this episode of Keep It Quirky, Edd tells me about his journey from a dead-end, unsatisfying job to finding fulfilling work that he loves to do every day. He talks about balancing passion projects with projects that pay well, and he also gives us an inside look behind the ...
On Traveling the World As a Woman of Color with Oneika Raymond
March 07, 2018 14:07 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MBThis week I'm excited to have Oneika Raymond on the show. She is the woman behind Oneika the Traveller, a blog & Instagram platform that tackles issues of travel, race, gender and all the cross-sections of those topics. She's also a video host personality, and I snagged some time with her for this interview amid a video shoot I was co-hosting with her for the Travel Channel. In this episode, we talk about traveling alone as a woman, and further, as a woman of color. She opens up about why she...
How To "Eat Happy" & Living a Creative, Confident Life with Melissa Hemsley
February 28, 2018 12:26 - 32 minutesMelissa Hemsley is a cookbook author who has helped to revolutionize modern healthy home cooking, along with her sister Jasmine. Melissa has had a TV show on BBC Radio Four, she hosts a podcast called Life.Live.Better, and she just released a new cookbook called "Eat Happy: 30 minute feel good food." Melissa talks with us about her interest in what makes people tick and her passion for helping anyone get "kitchen confident." We're also joined by a pop-in guest, Venetia Falconer, of the Talkin...
The Creative Process with Julie Nolke of Feeling Peckish
February 16, 2018 20:46 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBThis is the pilot episode for the Keep It Quirky podcast! Julie Nolke, the personality of the Feeling Peckish YouTube channel, shares her creative process, what makes her tick and the struggles of being a multi-hyphenated career woman in the entertainment space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.