Desert Island Dishes

My guest today is Clare Smyth (MBE). Clare is one of the world's most respected chefs. She is the first and only British female chef to be awarded three Michelin stars which she achieved for her restaurant Core by Clare Smyth in Notting Hill. Growing up on a farm in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, her passion for food began at a young age and even inspired some of her most famous dishes from her restaurant. By the time she was 17 she had graduated from culinary school and moved to London to work with and learn from the world best chefs. She went on to train in some of the most celebrated kitchens in the world including with Alain Ducasse and Gordon Ramsay. She would go on to break new ground by becoming Chef Patron of three Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay before going on to open her own restaurant in 2017. It took less than 3 years for her to be awarded her own 3 Michelin stars. Clare has received numerous awards including the title of the World's Best Female Chef 2018 And in 2013 Clare was awarded an MBE for services to the hospitality industry. Thank you so much to the brilliant Maldon Salt for sponsoring this season of Desert Island Dishes. I am a huge fan and long-time genuine customer so to be working with them is a dream come true. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe if you enjoy today's episode and you can find me over on Instagram @Desertislanddishes or over on the website www.desertislanddishes.co. You can also sign up for my newsletter where I send you one easy and delicious weeknight recipe over at www.dinnertonight.substack.comThis episode was produced by Rutherford Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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 about his love for it it too.I know I told you that this was going to just be a little short season for the month of February but already we have come to the last episode of this mini season – it's gone very quickly but fear not as we are already recording the next – so hopefully wont be too long to wait. Another reminder to any one listening – if you haven't yet subscribed to my newsletter Dinner Tonight, please do think about it. It's one easy weeknight recipe, often one pan, mostly 30 minutes or less and I look forwards to writing it every week and it's honestly amazing that there are so many people reading it. Over 22,000 of you now which is amazing but there's always room for more. https://dinnertonight.substack.com/I do hope you enjoy todays episode and thank you for listening. If you don't already, come and follow me on Instagram @desertislandishes and you can sign up for the newsletter and find a whole host of different recipes at www.desertislanddishes.co Thank you again to HG Walter our sponsor for this month of Desert Island Dishes, and thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 you to our sponsor for this month – the brilliant family run butcher HG Walter. www.hgwalter.comI do hope you enjoyed todays episode and make sure you're subscribed to catch all episodes of The Dream Dinner Party and Desert Island Dishes. Thank you so much for listening bye! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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 Yotam Ottolenghi as "the ultimate food scholar" and writes brilliantly about all aspects of our current food culture.She counts Nigella and Diana Henry as friends (and fans) and I so enjoyed getting to chat to her and hear her Desert Island Dishes. I hope you enjoy this one and thank you so much for listening. A huge thank you to our sponsor HG Walter for bringing the podcast to you this month - visit them at www.hgwalter.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 would have given away the answers and potentially ruined your fun. Hope you enjoy listening to the dream dinner party as much as I enjoy bringing it to you and I always want to hear from you the listener about who you would be inviting and what you would be serving!Thank you to our sponsor for this month – the brilliant family run butcher HG Walter. www.hgwalter.comSo there we have it Gennaro's dream dinner party is over, the food has been eaten and the guests have gone home. I do hope you enjoyed todays episode and make sure you're subscribed to catch all episodes of The Dream Dinner Party and Desert lsland Dishes. Thank you so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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 Oliver alone has resulted in book sales of over 30 million copies. You will have looked a David's photographs even if you were unaware of it at the time. Thank you so much to HG Walter for sponsoring this month of Desert Island Dishes. Head to www.hgwalter.com for nationwide delivery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi 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 hear who he would pick. Love that Ricks dinner parties all include a lot of dancing and also some very good tips about the actual art of hosting in this one – ensuring you don't run out of time and that you don't want to be still cooking when people are there, which I very much agree with. Thank you to our sponsor for this month – the brilliant family run butcher HG Walter. www.hgwalter.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We 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 Eastern Food which really cemented Claudia's future as one of the greatest food writers we've ever known. Her book revolutionised Western attitudes to the cuisines of the Middle East. Her books have been loved by not only home cooks but also have laid the foundation for many of the most ambitious professional kitchens, and heavily influenced some of the most well known chefs working today, from the River Café, to Ottolenghi, Alistair Little and Moro to name just a few. Claudia's talent for mixing up the scholarly with the practical is what really has set her apart. Often described as an anthropologist as well as a historian, essayist and poet - her books are as much about culture an anthropology as they are about recipes. But she says she doesn't follow scholarly rules, and didn't go to university, she is a food writer through and through who simply finds a dish and wants to learn all about it. What is clear is that she is the Master of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavours and a hero for the industry and people who love food. Thank you so much to our sponsor HG Walter for helping us to bring the show to you. Find them here: https://www.hgwalter.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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. Despite his successes, Rick describes himself as an accidental restaurateur – who never planned on a career in food. And yet how lucky we are that his dreams of running a nightclub were quashed by the local authorities and led instead to the Stein restaurant empire we know today. He is the man who could pretty much entirely be credited with bringing an appreciation of fish to the UK masses, something he says he didn't set out to do intentionally, it just made sense at the time. Despite his obvious success, Rick has said, “I've definitely got a sense of not being very good at stuff. It's sort of absurd because, you know, I've done really quite well for myself, but I still really doubt myself. It's just the way I am.”Simple Suppers is out now, available at all good bookstores. And don't forget if you want to enter our Fortnum and Mason giveaway with the chance to win one of their Magic of Christmas Hampers worth £300 sign up for the newsletter via the website www.desertislanddishes.co and I will be sending out more information. Thank you to Georgie my producer for all her hard work and thank you for listening!xx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 Dream Dinner Party which i think I describe as amazing many times in this but I just couldn't get over how – well amazing (!) sounded. I do hope you enjoyed today's episode and make sure you're subscribed to catch all episodes of The Dream Dinner Party and Desert Island Dishes. Thank you so much for listening bye! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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 to strength. She has since appeared on Lorraine, has garnered a huge online following and this seems to be just the start.Thank you very much to our sponsor for today's episode, Nestlé Carnation. Head to their website for a whole load of recipe inspiration: https://www.carnation.co.ukDon't forget to sign up for the newsletter Dinner Tonight - you can sign up via the website www.DesertIslandDishes.co and find me on instagram @desertislanddishes.coAnd thank you to my brilliant producer Georgie for all your help as always. https://www.rutherfordproductions.co.ukThank you for listening!Margie x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 lot of dancing, mainly to Tina Turner and so I knew her dream dinner party would be very special. Clodagh has just announced that her Irish Tea Brack has launched - you can order it from her website www.clodaghmckenna.com and it will be delivered 24 hours after it comes out of the oven! Delicious!!Don't forget to leave a review if you havent already. And sign up for the newsletter at www.desertislanddishes.co - there are now over 12,000 of you on the newsletter which is so so exciting to me. THANK YOU!And a huge thanks to my amazing producer Georgie - find her at www.rutherfordproductions.co.uk. She's the best and I'm so grateful for all her help with bringing this to you each week. See you next time for more Desert Island Dishes x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Ed GambleEd 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 his diabetes, which he was diagnosed with as a teenager. He says his humour was honed by a fixation with all things sitcoms and stand up. Ed has been a regular panellist on the BBC panel show Mock the Week , has acted for shows on the BBC and hosted several radio shows. The Off Menu podcast which he hosts with James Acaster has been a phenomenal success which has seen him become somewhat of a household name. When asked what made him get into comedy, Ed replied, The perfect mix of a terrifying ego and an astonishing lack of self-esteem. I can't tell day to day whether I'm arrogant or I hate myself, but I think somewhere in-between is absolutely ideal for a comedian.Do hope you enjoy today's episode. Come and find me on Instagram @desertislanddishes and don't forget to sign up to the newsletter Dinner Tonight by going to the website www.desertislanddishes.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Rachel BelleRachel 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 as possible. On her website Rachel says her relatives invented both the bagel dog and the tube top which are both equally intriguing!To find more of Rachel be sure to check out her podcast Your Last Meal wherever you get your podcasts. And find us at www.desertislanddishes.co and on Instagram @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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 director at Caprice Holdings before opening his first restaurant Polpo. Never one to follow trends, in fact he sets them…it was Russell that started our love affair with small plates, sharing platters and a move away from the fussiness of fine dining. It was also Russell that started the strict no reservation policy that spread like wild fire. Russell has said, "A lot of people fantasise about opening their own restaurant, thinking it is going to be a bit like a dinner party but with a till, but it's a fallacy” The reality is 18 hour days and they would be tired and miserable”. And yet he says for him, the feeling of running a restaurant is as though “someone's plugged into the mains”. Hope you enjoy today's episode. Don't forget Russell's beautiful book Brutto is out now.Thank you very much to Nestlé Carnation for sponsoring this weeks episode. Head to their website www.carnation.co.uk for lots of recipe inspiration and there's even a free downloadable recipe book waiting for you there too.You can find me @desertislanddishes and the website at www.desertislanddishes.coThank you for listening!Margie x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today'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 his secrets but instead I did persuade him to tell us all about his dream dinner party and this is a very fun one. I'm also going to be posting Donal's Little Black Book on instagram which is a new little feature we are trying out and I thought might be fun so keep an eye out for that and show it some love if you like it.You are listening to 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 it's impossible to listen without thinking of your own answers!Thank you for listening!Find us on Instagram @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Sarah WilsonSarah 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-destroying. It felt wrong.' And so in February 2022 she sold off the business and its assets and gave everything to charity. She now donates the money to carefully researched charity projects that target inequality, indigenous issues and the climate crisis.Sarah consumes essentials only, has never owned a handbag and doesn't own a car. Her career has been extraordinary, she became the editor of Cosmopolitan Australia at 29, hosted the most-watched TV series show in the nation's history -the first season of Masterchef Australia – and wrote the international bestseller First, We Make the Beast Beautiful, which Mark Manson described as “the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read”. Her most recent book This One Wild and Precious Life, is also a prize winner and Sarah has been ranked in the top 200 most influential authors in the world (two years in a row).Thank you very much to Nestlé Carnation for sponsoring this weeks episode. Head to their website www.carnation.co.uk for lots of recipe inspiration and there's even a free downloadable recipe book waiting for you there too.You can find me @desertislanddishes and the website at www.desertislanddishes.coThank you for listening!Margie x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 helping me and it's a miracle! But yes, we love a returning guest and I do hope you enjoy hearing about Maddie's dream dinner party. Rowan Atkinson – if you're listening I sincerely apologise for what you're about to hear and please know I am a huge fan and meant no offence. Really hope you enjoy! Follow me on Instagram @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You 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 offenders institute. He said he had two choices: spending 23 hours a day in a cell or signing up for everything he could. He signed up for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and in that moment he changed the entire course of his life.Jon became the first person to ever earn a gold Duke of Edinburgh award whilst in prison receiving the award from Prince Philip himself. Jon went on to work for Jamie Oliver, where his passion for food was really ignited and now 16 years on, he runs a successful food business working as a chef and has just released his first cookbook. Thank you to our sponsor Kru Café for supporting us this episode and helping us to bring the show to you every week. Visit their website here.Don't forget to come and find us on Instagram and Tiktok @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi 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 without thinking of your own answersThis week we have Matt Rodbard who is a critically lauded writer, editor and author of food and culture books s well as the host of the this is taste podcast – a show which features culturally relevant and surprising discussions about food and drink. There's nothing matt doesn't know about restaurants and what's hot – so it was fun to sit down with him and talk all about dinner parties and his dream dinner party. I do hope you enjoyed todays episode and make sure you're subscribed to catch all episodes of The Dream Dinner Party and Desert Island Dishes. Thank you so much for listening, and thank you to Kru Cafe coffee for sponsoring this weeks episode. You can find them online at crukafe.com where you can currently get 50% off their discovery box. And they are also available at Waitrose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Tara WigleyTara 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, including the million-seller, Ottolenghi Simple.. and mother of teen twins and a tween.Her hilarious and often biting ditties on Instagram have won her a new audience which is interested more in her own voice; How to Butter Toast is a recipe book without recipes, a rhyming route through the how-tos of cooking which is both reassuring and entertaining. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 Table Full of Love which explores the connection between food and love and Skye's love language is definitely food which we explore in todays episode. Really hope you enjoy today's episode. Don't forget you can find me on Instagram @desertislanddishes and sign up for the newsletter at www.dinnertonight.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thom 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 a passion for cooking. Through this, he began working with big brands and before long, he had amassed a large and loyal following. That following now sits at close to 3.5 million followers.Heading back to his roots… Thom decided to open the ‘The Flintlock'. His critically acclaimed restaurant, it's a family affair and It's from here he creates all his recipes and videos. He's appeared on The Great British Menu where he was invited to compete to represent Staffordshire. With all this success and yet, it seems like he's only just getting started.Thank you to our sponsor Deliveroo for supporting us this season and helping us to bring the show to you every week.Don't forget to come and find us on Instagram and Tiktok @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi 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 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 Masterchef and as the self-proclaimed Potato Queen, teaches her audience to make all sorts of potato delights as well as a whole host of other lovely recipes that aim to make cooking and food accessible to all audiences.There is no right or wrong way to host a dinner party, whether it's a dream one or not. A casual take away with your very closest friends or a full on affair where you impress people you've never met. The term dinner party can be a bit loaded, but in my mind it encompasses every occasion and every way of doing itSubscribe to the newsletter Dinner Tonight here.Follow us on Instagram @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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 fastest-selling baking book of all time, selling 44,000 copies in its first 3 days after publication. Outselling some of the biggest names out there and she ddid this without the support of a TV show or a huge publicity drive. Pretty impressive stuff from the woman who found her way into baking after ending up in cookery school on a fluke. Her blog attracts 8 million views a month and when asked the secret to her success, Jane has said "I think my selling point is I am a down-to-earth young woman and these recipes are accessible to anyone.” Her second book Jane's Patisserie Celebrate! became an instant Number 1 bestseller and she's just written her third which has just been released! Available from all good book stores. Thank you so much for listening. Find us on instagram @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 enjoyed todays episode and make sure you're subscribed to catch all episodes of The Dream Dinner Party and Desert Island Dishes. Thank you so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fred 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 nerve-wracked daters entering the first dates restaurant.A very successful TV career has come off the back of that and he's become a well-known and in-demand presenter, as the presenter of Remarkable Places to Eat on the BBC, and and he also travels the world with Gordon Ramsay and Gino D'Acampo on ITV's Gordon, Gino and Fred's Road Trip series.Thank you to our sponsor Deliveroo for supporting us this season and helping us to bring the show to you every week.Don't forget to come and find us on Instagram and Tiktok @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi 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 British food bible is out this week and it's a delicious collection of pub classics, with a twist that you can make at home. I've got a copy and it looks fantastic – despite being a Michelin starred chef, Tom's recipes are always so accessible and achieveable.But I do hope you enjoy today's episode and thank you so much or listening to the Dream Dinner Party.Buy Tom's book here. Find me on instagram @desertislanddishesSign up to the newsletter Dinner Tonight here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'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 started writing about food after she had her first child.Through her work with the Telegraph she shares recipes each week for everything from speedy family dinners to special menus that friends will remember for months. She is also a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4, and her journalism and recipe books, including Simple and How to Eat a Peach, are multi-award-winning. A mother of two sons, Diana can satisfy even the fussiest of eaters.Yotam Ottolenghi, has said of her work: “Everything Diana Henry cooks I want to eat.” Whilst Nigella Lawson has said, “She can write a recipe for cucumbers with radishes, cherries and rose petals,” and “With another writer you wouldn't trust it, but with Diana you want to give it a go because it feels both safe and inspiring.”Thank you very much to Deliveroo for sponsoring this episode of Desert Island Dishes. You can find out more about the brilliant work Deliveroo and the Trussell Trust are doing together at https://deliveroofulllife.com/Thank you for listening. If you've like to sign up for my brand new newsletter, here is the link: https://dinnertonight.substack.com Cant wait to see you there! Margie x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 for another episode of Desert Island Dishes. Don't forget you can follow me on instagram @desertislanddishes and you can sign up for the newsletter at www.dinnertonight.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If 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 Masterchef and as the self-proclaimed Potato Queen, teaches her audience to make all sorts of potato delights as well as a whole host of other lovely recipes that aim to make cooking and food accessible to all audiences.She has said “I realized I'm not very fancy. I like very standard food. I like to pretend I like oysters. I don't… I like eating potatoes and cream. That's about it.”Really hope you enjoyed today's episode. Thank you so much to our sponsor Milk and More for making it possible. Don't forget you can get a whopping 30% off your first order by using the code DISH30 at checkout. Head to www.milkandmore.co.uk and get a little bit of doorstep magic today!See you next week!Margie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Millie 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 listen to this and not think about who your own guests would be - I know my own guest list is constantly evolving. This is a lovely episode and I do hope you enjoy!Thank you very much to Milk and More for sponsoring this week's episode of the podcast and don't forget you can get a whopping 30% off your first order by using the code DISH30 at checkout. Head to www.milkandmore.co.uk and get a little bit of doorstep magic today!Thank you for listening and see you next time for more Desert Island Dishes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will 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 of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. He describes himself as just a normal guy whilst people who have worked with him and know him personally describe him as being gritty, calm and deliberate and most of all humble. This can be seen through the fact that Will can still regularly be found to be delivering food orders personally on his bike. Not something many CEO's would be found doing at this stage of their business. In 2022 Deliveroo partnered with the Trussell Trust and togteher they have provided 2 million meals and support to hundreds of thousands of people facing hunger in the UK.I really hope you enjoy today's episode, I loved getting the chance to speak to Will. It's not often you meet someone who is so incredibly successful but also so down to Earth and passionate about what they do. Thank you for listening, see you next week!Margie x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sophia 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 so happy to have her on The Dream Dinner Party.Find Sophia on Instagram @sophiamcoutts Find us on instagram @desertislanddishes. Thank you so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guests todays are Henry Firth and Ian TheasbyBroadcasters, 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 veganism and plant based living,Their debut cookbook has become one of the UK's all time best sellers. Described as a powerful duo famed for their easy to follow recipe videos.Their most popular recipe video was viewed over 50 million times and their videos get over 25 million views a month.They've been called everything from the Bosh Boys, the Bosh Brothers, regardless of all that it is clear they are vegan superstars who have tapped into the culinary zeitgeist and conquered the virtual world.Their new cookbook is out now!Thank you so much for listening, see you next week for more Desert Island Dishes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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 Party. I know so many of your enjoyed his episode of desert island dishes so I'm so happy to share this episode of the side dish with you. David might well be known as the most famous male model on the planet and now entrepreneur with his clothing brand David Gandy Wellwear but he's also a fantastic cook – and loves his food. He is a keen dinner party host when he has the time but if you ever get invited to one of his dinner parties don't linger in the kitchen – unless you happen to be Michelle Pfeiffer - he's a master at work an I do hope you enjoyed today's episode and make sure you're subscribed to catch all episodes of The Dream Dinner Party and Desert Island Dishes. Thank you so much for listening, bye! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Millie MackintoshMillie 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's got a whole new perspective on what healthy means to her. Having amassed well over a million followers on social media, she's had her own fashion and beauty lines, written a book and has her her own podcast.She if often described as a style icon, and was even described in one interview I came across as being a “bit like human berocca” which is quite possibly the best compliment I've ever come across. Thank you so much for listening. Do make sure you're subscribed wherever you listen to your podcasts so you dont miss an episode.See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'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 El-Waylly, Khushbu Shah, Eric Kim, Soleil Ho, Kristen Miglore, Pati Jinich, Yotam Ottolenghi, Stephen Satterfield, and… the list goes on. He draws out the sweet, funny and surprising stories behind their chosen recipes. It's charming, fun and sure to give you lots of inspiration. The episode I'm sharing with you today is with the brilliant Claire Saffitz. She sits down with Jesse this week to discuss her career trajectory, explain why we shouldn't fear “water baths” and take us step by step through her 3-in-1 recipe for Choose-Your-Own-Ending Custards: Crème Brûlèe, Crème Caramel, or Pot De Créme. Claire Saffitz is a cookbook author, recipe developer, and video host, she's really fab and definitely on the list of people I'd love to get on Desert Island Dishes.Find The One Recipe wherever you get your podcasts and check out their Instagram @the.one.recipeWe are back on Thursday with another episode of Desert Island Dishes and The Dream Dinner Party will resume next week!Margie x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimi 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 says the thing he loves most about writing about food is “Food is wordless communication. A way to be creative, clever or reference culture without speaking. I love being a conduit for that, trying to find the words so people can share the experience, almost taste the food.” And when you read his work, this is nothing but the truth with the way he has with words and transporting you to the setting about which he is writing, despite being on the tube or on your sofa.Thank you so much for listening. Thank you to Lloyds Bank for sponsoring us for this season of Desert Island Dishes. Come and find us on Instagram @desertislanddishes and sign up for the newsletter at www.desertislanddishes.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Ravinder BhogalKenyan 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, collecting culinary accolades, such as being placed in the Michelin Guide within its first year as well as collecting regular clients with whom Ravinder and team get to know well – giving the restaurant a real neighbourhood feel.Ravinder's latest book comes from a lockdown idea, where her and her husband began making meals for front-line workers in London, named Comfort & Joy. This book, also named Comfort & Joy, is a glorious collection of vegetarian/vegan recipes that celebrate eating in a vegetable forward way that is easy and accessible to all.Thank you so much for listening, do let us know what you thought of today's episode. Find us on instagram @desertislanddishesAnd dont forget to subscribe to the newsletter at www.desertislanddishes.coThank you to our sponsor Lloyds Bank and thank you so much for listening, See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 Desert Island Dishes wherever you listen to your podcasts so you dont miss an episode of The Dream Dinner Party or Desert Island Dishes.Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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 heading to deepest darkest Shropshire aged 10 for her teenage years. She says she got the cooking bug on a trip to Sydney in her early twenties and then spent her twenties working in restaurants, even setting up her own, the Flinty Red in Bristol with her husband who is also a chef. Hope you love today's episode, let us know what you think. Thank you to Lloyds for sponsoring today's episode. And thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. 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 most delicious collection of sauces under her brand Saucy. These plant-based jars of saucery (yes) are made for dripping, drizzling and frankly smothering over EVERYTHING. There's chilli, oil, chilli sambal, peanut salsa, and as smoked pesto. All available from Nina's website. You can find it here. I love sauces like these are they elevate the every day – you can make something really simple like scrambled egg, drizzle over some sauce and in an instant you've turned it into something really special. I highly recommend.The question is: who would you invite to your Dream Dinner Party and what would you serve them to eat?Thank you so much for listening. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an episode of Desert Island Dishes or the Dream Dinner Party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amelia 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 outlets), Bold Beans are taking the food world by storm. Through targeting and working with influential chefs, cooks and food writers, they're creating a community of bean lovers who are passionate about sharing their products. Supporters include Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, MOB, Melissa Hemsley, Laura Jackson and Joe Woodhouse, and Sheila Dillon interviewed Amelia on Radio 4's The Food Programme as part of a two-episode special on beans.On top of all this, Bold Bean are about to release its first cookbook, which you can buy here! Thank you to our sponsor Lloyds Bank for supporting us this season and helping us to bring the show to you every week.Don't forget to come and find us on Instagram and Tiktok @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 quickly made a name for himself. He worked his way up from a sous chef at Quaglino's and he's had his own hugely successful restaurants, the likes of Smiths and The Luxe.He first appeared on ITV‘s This Morning in 1996 and became a household name as the co-host of Masterchef in 2005 which will enter its 20th season next year. He's written numerous best-selling cookbooks and made a whole host of award-winning TV shows and was honoured in the Queens Birthday Honours in 2022 for outstanding services to food, broadcasting and charity.Don't forget to come and find us on Instagram and Tiktok @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My 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 campaign today, as well as working with the biggest brands and names in the industry, from high fashion to high street. A style icon, family man, vintage car aficionado and now founder of his eponymous brand, David Gandy Wellwear.His university housemate secretly entered a photo of him into a competition on This Morning to win a modelling contract and all these years later, things don't seem to be slowing down for him either. Between modelling being a father of 2 and his own line, he says that he has always treated his career as a business and has learned his biggest lessons from supermodels such as Christy Turlington and Kate Moss.Despite the pressures to be in incredible shape, David has always said he eats a mix of foods and in moderation, staying away from ultra processed foods and he spent lockdown whipping up delicious meals in his mother-in-law's big Le Creuset pot. Thank you so much to our sponsor Lloyds Bank and thank you to you all for listening!Do hope you enjoy todays episode. Dont forget you can find us on Instagram @desertislanddishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julius 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 Farm Table is going to be published on the 28th September, which is so exciting! Preorder your copy of Julius's book here. Run, don't walk, it's going to be spectacular.Thank you for listening and supporting Desert Island Dishes with your reviews, telling your friends and helping to spread the word!See you soon for the next instalment of Desert Island Dishes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You 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 and qualified as a Maternity Care Assistant for the television show series Delivering Babies and now In 2023, Emma continues to present The Voice and and Cooking with the Stars on ITV. Whilst she hasn't made her name in the world of food it has played an important part in her career and food is a real passion of hers. Emma returns to our screen with the next series of Cooking with the Stars on the 4th July at 9pm on ITV.Thank you to our sponsor Llloyds Bank and thank you so much for listening!If you dont already, come and follow us on Instagram and Tiktok @desertislandishes and subscribe to our newsletter at www.desertislanddishes.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We 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 eat better. It's a simple philosophy – delicious hearty meals using accessible and affordable ingredients – encouraging an ethos of zero waste – meaning your budget is put to very good and delicious use.The question is: who would you invite to your Dream Dinner Party and what would you serve them to eat?Thank you so much for listening. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an episode of Desert Island Dishes or the Dream Dinner Party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sophie 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 Head of Food at Mob, the online food magazine. And has since gone on to host supper clubs, a podcast and having amassed a loyal army of followers, she took the leap to go freelance last year.Sophie says her food represents comfort first and foremost…Thank you to our sponsor Lloyds Bank for supporting us this season and helping us to bring the show to you every week.Don't forget to come and find us on Instagram and Tiktok @desertislanddishes and find Sophie @sophiewyburd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When 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 for a 4 course dinner party to completely take the stress out of entertaining. It's brilliant and I highly recommend. Find Rosie on Instagram @rosiemackeanpastaqueenand her substack hereFollow us @desertislanddishesSo exciting to see how many of you are listening to the dream dinner party each week – honestly a game I've aways played with my friends so this is very fun to do with you all too and I'm so happy you're enjoying it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.