Desert Island Dishes

My guest today is Angela Scanlon. Angela is a TV presenter, Radio host and most recently a podcaster. Originally from Ireland, she moved to London in 2014 and her career has gone from strength to strength. She first made her name as a stylist and fashion journalist before becoming a fixture on Irish television, appearing on the likes of Xposé and Off the Rails, as well as Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch. She’s since been described as the BBC’s golden girl with presenting jobs including Robot Wars, the One Show and her own radio show on BBC radio 2. Vogue has described Angela as being known for her “humour, directness and upbeat cheerfulness” Thank you so much for listening and wishing you all a very happy Christmas wherever you might be and whatever the circumstances – and really hope you enjoy todays episode. Don’t forget that you can rate review and subscribe to the podcast on Itunes – it gives the show a little boost and helps others to find it which is exciting!

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My guest today is Ryan Riley Ryan is a food writer, stylist and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Life Kitchen which offers free cookery classes across the UK to people living with cancer. Life Kitchen devises recipes for those on chemotherapy and teaches them to cook, despite loss of taste. Last year he opened his own phycial cookery school in Sunderland. Ryan has a contacts book that most culinary professionals would give anything for. His friends and supporters include the biggest names from the world of food from Nigella Lawson to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver, all of whom are champions and fierce supporters of Life Kitchen. Ryan has written a book of the same name in which he shares innovative recipes which bring the pleasure of eating back to people living with cancer. This came out earlier this year and now his second cookbook, A Life Kitchen Christmas has been released – with more than 20 recipes both quick and easy to do which is free to order from his website. Ryan has said: “Every one of my culinary heroes are now supporters or friends – it’s a bit bonkers, really. I think it’s because cancer doesn’t discriminate – you can be rich, poor, famous or not and it can get you one way or another. If you’re touched by it – if you have a friend with it, or if you have it yourself – then you understand what it’s like.” Thank you so much for listening.Don’t forget you can find me on instagram @desertislanddishesIf you haven’t yet left a rating now is your moment!And your good deed for the week could be recommending Desert Island Dishes to your friends and colleagues. I love bringing it to you every week and your reviews really do make the world of difference.

Thank you to KALINKO (www.Kalinko.com) for sponsoring this episode.

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My guest today is Marcus Wareing

Marcus is one of the most respected and acclaimed chefs working in Britain today. His contribution to British food and his passion for nurturing the next generation of cookery talent has earned him both respect and accolades.

His career began at the age of 18 and he now has a restaurant empire to his name, 2 Michelin stars, seven cookbooks and a successful television career with his role of judge on Masterchef the Professionals.

When asked to describe his style of cooking, Marcus has said, it’s...'not British cuisine, not French cuisine – it’s Marcus cuisine.'

Thank you to Penguin Random House for sponsoring this episode and I'm excited to get stuck in to Green by Elly Pear. The link to which is just below:

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Thank you!

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My guest today is Clemmie Hooper

Otherwise known as Mother of Daughters, Clemmie is the brains behind the extremely popular blog Gas and Air. She is a trained NHS midwife and her first book, “How to grow a baby and push it out” was unbelievably successful with 3 reprints before it was even published. With it Clemmie has helped thousands of women around the world. She has just released her 2nd book – A journal of how to grow a baby.

She is the mother of 4 daughters and she’s paving the way and flying the flag for a more honest approach to how parenthood is portrayed online.

I do a lot of cooking for new and expectant parents and my weeks are filled with filling their fridges and freezers with delicious things so that they don’t have to think about cooking. As time is in short supply! So I was really excited to speak to this weeks guests about how she juggles being the mother of four with a busy career and lots of exciting things going on work wise and at home.

I love speaking to people from the world of food but I also love speaking to interesting and inspiring people who are out there doing amazing things and finding out about the food that has shaped their lives and how they got to where they are.

Desert island dish:

Really amazing breakfast. Bacon, chorizo, avocado, grilled tomatoes, Portobello mushrooms cooked in garlic butter, white toasted sourdough. With Tabasco. Pot of tea.

Luxury item: A phone filled with podcasts.

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Come and find me on instagram @madebymargie. See you next time x

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My guest today is Mark Hix.

Renowned chef and restaurateur, Mark is widely recognised as the reviver of modern British cuisine and is famous for his focus on a straightforward interpretation of British cooking. He is without a doubt one of London’s most eminent restauranteurs.

Mark launched his first restaurant – Hix Oyster & Chop House in Farringdon, in 2008, after having spent 17 years as chef director at Caprice Holdings. He followed the opening of his first restaurant with Hix at Browns hotel, Hix Soho and the chicken and steak restaurants, Tramshed in Shoreditch and Hixter Bankside.

In February 2016, Mark teamed up with artist Damien Hirst to open Pharmacy 2 at the Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall.

Somehow amongst all of that Mark has written 10 cookbooks, he has a weekly food column and Mark hosts an annual food festival in Lyme Regis, Food Rocks to showcase the best producers and suppliers in Dorset and nearby.

It’s been said about Mark by none other than Tracey Emin, “What’s amazing about his success is how nice he is.’

This is an exciting episode with one of the most famous chefs and restauranteurs in London. We find out about the dishes that have shaped Mark’s life, his business highs and even some lows. We discover he has an usual love of ceramic jugs and we find out which restaurant in the world he likes so much he wishes it were his.

I hope you’ve had a great week, and over indulged suitably. Hope fully this episode can bridge the gap if you are need of a bit of alone time away from the family and you can sneak off or just put your headphones in your ears there and then.

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