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The chart topping podcast for the UK's best food magazine, delicious. magazine, featuring stories and hot topics from the world of food. From small producers to the best chefs in the world, from delightful dishes to the big issues in health, food waste and sustainability, from high-profile interviews to words of wisdom from the country’s most thoughtful food writers, the delicious. podcast explores just about everything that’s on the plate in 21st century Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    • Apr 21, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 161 EPISODES


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    Messaging For Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 21:11


    In a special collaboration with the delicious. podcast, Gilly Smith introduces us to a group of young people, some of whom have experienced first-hand food poverty, to explore how to make the food system fairer. All four episodes of the delicious. podcast have been produced in partnership with the Food Foundation and the Right2Food podcast.Ever wondered if advertising healthy food to kids on TV could change the way they snack? In the final episode in the series, we look at some extraordinary examples of positive messaging that could reduce obesity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Unravelling The Food Chain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 25:40


    In a special collaboration with the delicious. podcast, Gilly Smith introduces us to a group of young people, some of whom have experienced first-hand food poverty, to explore how to make the food system fairer. All four episodes of the delicious. podcast have been produced in partnership with the Food Foundation and the Right2Food podcast.In this week's episode, we start to unpack the food system in order to explore how carbon labelling and a local food economy could change the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Food banks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 34:47


    In a special collaboration with the delicious. podcast, Gilly Smith introduces us to a group of young people, some of whom have experienced first-hand food poverty, to explore how to make the food system fairer. All four episodes of the delicious. podcast have been produced in partnership with the Food Foundation and the Right2Food podcast.In the second episode of the series, delicious. podcast presenter Gilly Smith takes a look at the role that food banks and membership clubs have played during the pandemic and whose responsibility it is to feed our poorest families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Food Influencers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 23:02


    In a special collaboration with the delicious. podcast, Gilly Smith introduces us to a group of young people, some of whom have experienced first-hand food poverty, to explore how to make the food system fairer. All four episodes of the delicious. podcast have been produced in partnership with the Food Foundation and the Right2Food podcast.Listen to Dame Emma Thompson, Marcus Rashford and a host of young ambassadors discussing the issues of food poverty, and the ways in which people, no matter their status, can make their voice be heard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Can cooking together boost your confidence?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 27:47


    Join us for a very special episode this month in which Gilly Smith looks at the connection between cooking and health. She discovers how a community cooking initiative has changed the lives of a group of older men by bringing them together over the things they love most – connection, learning new skills and eating delicious food!With an advertisement from W.K. Kellogg No Added Sugar Granola Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Be a Better Cook: Marco Pierre White

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 35:24


    delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith talks to one of the most controversial figures in British food – gastropunk and bad boy of the kitchen, Marco Pierre White. As he reflects on his place in the story of modern cooking, Marco reveals what he thinks of modern chefs, the move from classicism to the trend for tasting menus and the most important recipe of his life: his mother's. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Be a Better Cook: Steven Edwards

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 30:05


    delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith hones her cooking skills with chef Steven Edwards, who shows how to prepare a globe artichoke and turn a favourite childhood breakfast into a fine-dining experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Be a Better Cook: food writer and GBBO star Martha Collison

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 22:20


    In a new series for the new decade, delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith learns how to make a salted caramel sauce for brownies with 2014 Great British Bake Off quarter-finalist Martha Collison. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Be a Better Cook: Top chef Simon Rogan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 21:05


    A new series for the new decade: delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith learns how to take cooking skills to the next level with Michelin star chef Simon Rogan, who cooks up a mouthwatering pudding from his book Rogan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without... Rick Stein's sparkling shiraz

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 31:10


    This week, delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith finds out Rick Stein's Christmas tipple and talks about his secret France and the legacy of his late director, fellow bon viveur and friend David Pritchard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without... The Hairy Bikers and all the trimmings

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 29:00


    This week,delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith finds out what Christmas is like at home with The Hairy Bikers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without ... Matt Tebbutt's locally farmed beef

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 28:02


    This week, delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith talks to Matt Tebbutt about how food habits have changed since he's been the host of Saturday Kitchen and Food Unwrapped – and, in this Christmas special, why he's buying the beef for his family's festive feast from his local taxi driver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    It Wouldn't be Christmas Without... A BOSH! Vegan Feast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 31:20


    Gilly Smith is talking about a vegan Christmas with social media superstars Ian Theasby and Henry Firth - better known as BOSH! - whose inspiring recipes are changing the way people eat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It Wouldn't be Christmas Without... Peter Gordon's chilli-roast kumara

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 33:04


    This week, Gilly Smith is at home with one of British food's most influential chefs, New Zealander Peter Gordon, to cook up his must-have Christmas recipe: chilli-roast sweet potatoes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without... a wild turkey

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 24:33


    This week, Gilly Smith is with award-winning turkey farmer Paul Kelly whose slow-grown, wild-ranging birds have been lauded by Delia, Nigella and Jamie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It Wouldn't be Christmas Without... Chinese noodles with Ken Hom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 24:38


    This week, Gilly Smith talks to Ken Hom, the man who brought the wok to British cooking. She chats about his childhood in Chicago's Chinatown and why the festive celebrations wouldn't be complete without a plate of his mother's chicken noodles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without: A wintery walk with Gill Meller

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 28:13


    In the first episode in the Christmas series of the delicious. podcast, Gilly Smith is out foraging for mushrooms with food writer, delicious. columnist and River Cottage chef Gill Meller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Alison Roman cooks steak with a life-changing salsa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 22:11


    delicious.books: In the last of the series sponsored by Hive.co.uk, delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith chats to New York Times and Bon Appetit columnist Alison Roman as she chops her chillies and cooks up a sizzling steak from her latest book Nothing Fancy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver: St John

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 26:09


    This week, Gilly Smith talks to Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver, whose restaurant, St John, a former smokehouse just outside Smithfield Meat market, brought nose-to-tail eating to London when it opened in 1995. We chat about The Book of St John which celebrates 25 years of the restaurant, and we have a rather frank discussion about English wine and sustainable eating. We also hear how Parkinson's has affected Fergus's life as a chef, and he talks about his inspiration – the late, great Anthony Bourdain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Wokstar Ching in a masterclass on wok cooking and the yin and yang of Chinese food.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 28:54


    In episode 7, delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith chats to Chinese cook and food writer Ching He Huang about her latest book, Wok On, about veganism, conscious cooking and, of course, the endless possibilities of cooking with a wok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    GBBO star Kim-Joy on her first book and her magical inner world

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 24:58


    delicious.books: This week, delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith chats to the Great British Bake Off 2018 finalist about her debut book, Baking with Kim-Joy, and her magical inner world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Donal Skehan on plant-based superfood, and the Next Big Thing from America.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 33:14


    delicious. books series: Food writer and YouTuber, Donal Skehan teaches delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith some of the simple tips for a more plant-based diet from his new book Superfood in Minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Jay Rayner on food memories, mortality and jazz

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 29:43


    delicious. books series: Food writer and critic Jay Rayner invites delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith into his kitchen to discuss the themes from his latest book, My Last Supper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Meera Sodha's storecupboard masterclass

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 32:24


    delicious. books series: Meet vegan and vegetarian food writer Meera Sodha as she cooks up a recipe for kimchi pancakes from her new book East and gives delicious. magazine's Gilly Smith a masterclass in Asian storecupboard ingredients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Cerys Matthews on a life of music, travel and food

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 20:22


    delicious. books series: Gilly Smith meets Cerys Matthews, presenter on BBC6 Music and BBC Radio 2's The Blues Show, as she opens a copy of her new book, Where The Wild Cooks Go, for the first time and talks about what inspires her writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Gennaro Contaldo talks pasta

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 31:05


    delicious. books series: Gennaro Contaldo kicks off a brand new series of the delicious. podcast, sponsored by Hive.co.uk, featuring some of the best cookbooks coming out this autumn. Gennaro shows podcast producer Gilly Smith how to cook two recipes from his latest recipe book – Pasta Perfecto – in his traditional Italian outdoor kitchen at his London home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Tastes Like Home with Diana Temperley of Somerset Cider Brandy and author, Veronica Henry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019 13:43


    This week, Gilly Smith is at Burrow Hill Farm in Somerset, home to the Bohemian Temperley family and the UK's first Cider Brandy which was the finale to this year's Royal Wedding. Gilly talks to the mother of the family, Diana Temperley whose entrepreneurial brood and farmhouse business was the inspiration for award winning author, Veronica Henry's latest novel A Home from Home, and asks Veronica why she chose cider as the juice for her plot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Tastes Like Home with Irini Tzortzoglou

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 13:42


    This week Gilly Smith is with this year's MasterChef champion, Irini Tzortzoglou who takes her on a wonderfully nostalgic trip back to her grandmother's kitchen in Crete where nose to tail cooking was an essential part of the culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Tastes Like Home with Nadiya Hussain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 18:33


    On this podcast Nadiya Hussain, the 2015 Great British Bake Off champion, talks about her new brand new book, Time to Eat, panic disorder and being a role model for Muslim women. She also acknowledges (for the first time) the influence her father – a Bangladeshi restaurateur in Britain in the 80s 90s – has had on her cooking and why his lamb dhansak 'Tastes Like Home'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The July Episode with Alison Roman, Raymond Blanc, James Milton and Ben Tish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2019 27:14


    This week, Gilly Smith talks to food writer and social media queen, Alison Roman, rugby captain turned brewer, Alistair Hargreaves of Wolfpack lager, pioneer of New Zealand's biodynamic wines, James Milton, Raymond Blanc on 35 years at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, Christine Cort on the Manchester International Festival and Ben Tish on the legacy of the food of the Moors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    How to Cook Like... Theo Michaels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 17:33


    This week, Gilly Smith learns how to cook a sea bass in vine leaves with heirloom tomatoes and pomegranate and white balsamic dressing like the Greek Cypriot author of Orexi!, Theo Michaels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Tastes Like Home, with Isabella Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 14:00


    This week, Gilly Smith is with Isabella Tree, the author of Wilding, which has been hailed as one of the most important contributions to the debate about where and how we get our food and our relationship with the land. As Isabella tells Gilly about the recipe that Tastes Like Home, she explains why grazing animals are an essential mix in our farmland as we battle the effects of climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    How to Cook Like... MasterChef winner, Kenny Tutt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019 16:56


    This week, Gilly Smith is learning how to cook like MasterChef 2018 winner, Kenny Tutt at his brand new restaurant, Pitch in Worthing, just a few days before it opened at the end of May. He shows her how to do his own version of fish and chips. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The June Episode: English wine, gin and fish, the doctors who cook and Bake Off's Benoit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 28:16


    This week, Gilly Smith is at Bolney vineyard in Sussex to taste the bumper crop from last year's stupendous summer, and where its leftovers inspired a very British gin. She meets the doctors and medical students learning to cook, and the Urban Fishmonger for advice on how to cook fish on the barbecue. Food writer, Selina Periampillai gives us a taste of her Mauritian home, and Bake Off's Benoit Blin takes us to work at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons to find the passion behind the pastries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Tastes Like Home... with Elly Pear

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 17:54


    This week, Gilly Smith is with food writer and instagrammer, Elly Pear at Divertimenti in London's Knightsbridge where she holds her cookery classes, to cook up a recipe from her new book 'Green' that tastes like home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Untitled Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 14:18


    This week, Gilly Smith joins Spanish chef José Pizarro and learns how to make strawberry gazpacho. She also chats to him about his new book 'Andalusia: Recipes from Seville and beyond' which takes readers on a journey through the flavours of Spain's southern coast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Can Veganism Save the Planet?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 13:18


    This week, Gilly Smith asks if veganism can save the planet with a panel of experts including author of 'Wilding' Isabella Tree, Instagram star Fat Gay Vegan and Radio 1 DJ Nesta McGregor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    How to Cook Like.. Emiko Davies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 14:33


    This week, Gilly Smith learns how to cook like Australian food writer Emiko Davies. Her book ‘Tortellini at Midnight' tells the love story of her Italian family and goes with her along a journey from Taranto to Turin before settling in Tuscany. With baby on hip, Emiko cooks polpette di Nonna Anna (meatballs) served with freshly-made orecchiette. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    How to Cook Like Adam Byatt

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 19:59


    On this week's podcast we learn how to cook like Michelin-star chef Adam Byatt from Trinity restaurant. After training at Claridge's restaurant, as a teenager, Adam went on to cook with Philip Howard at The Square before opening his own restaurant in Clapham. In the podcast, he cooks a simple, but stunning, turbot recipe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The May Podcast: the Beyond Meat burger, the Good Life revisited in a Sussex B&B and how to eat with Altzheimer's

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 26:31


    In this week's magazine-style episode, Gilly Smith meets the future foods man who's the first to give the beyond meat burger a home of its own, the B&B owner who's quietly converting her guests to living lightly on the planet and best selling author, Wendy Mitchell, whose memoir about dementia has plenty to teach us about how to enjoy our food. Plus two Masterchef judges from opposite sides of the world, Monica Galetti from the UK and Thailand's most famous TV chef, Ian Kittichai. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Pete Brown and a patriotic look at British food

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 15:04


    This week, Gilly Smith talks to food writer and broadcaster, Pete Brown about his new book 'Pie Fidelity', and finds an unusually patriotic take on British food. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    How to Cook Like... Zoe Adjonyoh

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 19:01


    This week, Gilly Smith learns how to cook like Zoe Adjonyoh whose journey through food into her own Ghanaian heritage has led to a new movement in West African cuisine. Here she cooks akara fritters, a vegetarian feast of black eyed beans with salsa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    On the Road to the Thai Home of Kay Plunkett-Hogge

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 18:45


    This week, Gilly Smith goes way off the beaten track in Thailand with Thai-born food writer, Kay Plunkett-Hogge in search of the food of Kay's childhood in the roadside cafes and markets of Bangkok, Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Easter Episode: With Steven Lamb, Dan Saladino and the food lovers who've found their happy place.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 25:50


    This week, Gilly Smith meets Steven Lamb of River Cottage, the winner of this year's Jane Grigson Trust award for new food writer, Dan Saladino, and finds out how to be a nomadic chef. Plus the woman who left a life of high finance to make her Susana and Daughters kefir, the wine producer who's winning awards for leaving the least impact on the planet, and Sophie from the food team with 25 seconds on Marmite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    How to Cook Like... Andy Oliver of Som Saa

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019 18:42


    This week, Gilly Smith is at Spitalfields' super cool Thai restaurant, Som Saa learning how to make the popular papaya salad, Som Tam with chef and owner Andy Oliver. Andy tells her how he learned to cook with Thai food hero, David Thompson at his legendary Thai restaurant Nahm, and what he thinks now about the twitter storm last year which resulted in him sacking one of his own chefs for a racist slur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Darina Allen, the grande dame of Irish artisanal food, celebrates St Patrick's Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 14:35


    This week, Gilly Smith is celebrating all things Irish for St Patrick's Day with the doyenne of Irish slow food and artisanal produce, Darina Allen of the Ballymaloe Cookery School. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    How to Cook Like... Gill Meller

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 14:42


    This week, Gilly Smith is on a wild beach off Lyme Regis with food writer and River Cottage chef, Gill Meller, who's showing her how to cook a simple lunch of fresh mackerel over an open fire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    James Martin tells us why Great Britain really is great

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2019 26:15


    In the March bumper episode of the monthly magazine-style podcast, Gilly Smith meets; delicious. magazine columnist Debora Robertson who tells us how to feed our dogs, TV chef James Martin who tells us about his Great British adventure and she tunnels under the streets of London to find the world's first sustainable farm. Food historian Angela Clutton gives us the 'who knew' on vinegar and, as Brexit looms, we hear from an Iranian refugee on how food humanises the people behind the headlines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Zest Quest Asia; the search for the best young chefs in Asian cuisine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 20:58


    In this week's special delicious. podcast, sponsored by Hope & Glory Tea, Gilly Smith meets the six teams of catering students who have made the finals of Zest Quest Asia. The competition, founded by Cyrus Todiwala – chef patron/owner of Café Spice Namaste & Mr Todiwala's Kitchen – and his wife Pervin, is designed to encourage the next generation of chefs to bring excellence to Asian cuisine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Caroline Eden talks about her award winning book, The Black Sea

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 14:50


    This week, Gilly Smith meets author, Caroline Eden, whose book The Black Sea has received high praise across the food world, only last week winning her a special commendation at the prestigious Andre Simon Awards – and it was delicious deputy editor, Susan Low's favourite book of last year. You can hear Gilly and Susan discuss their favourite books of 2108 here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    How to cook like... Ramael Scully

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 22:54


    This week, in the second of the new series of How to Cook Like....Gilly Smith joins Ramael Scully in the kitchen of his restaurant in St James' Market, London. Scully, as he's known, grew up in Malaysia and Sydney with a mixed heritage of Chinese/Indian, Irish and Balinese before becoming Ottolenghi's head chef at Nopi, and shows Gilly how to cook a staff lunch of salmon in soy, garlic and ginger sauce. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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