Food and Addiction with Jackson Boxer, Dove and Brunswick House (S3 E9)
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02/12/25 • 64 min
In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I discuss Food and Addiction with Jackson Boxer, chef-owner of restaurants Dove and Brunswick House in London. Now six years sober, Jackson has been incredibly open in sharing his addiction issues with drugs and alcohol and the impact they've had on his career in hospitality. In the episode, we talk about how he got into cooking, the effect of sobriety on his work as a chef and how being free from addiction has helped him to find his renewed love of life.
- Follow Jackson on Instagram @jackson_boxer.
- Visit Dove's website.
- Visit Brunswick House's website.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
- Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.
- Buy Single Bald Female.
- Visit Laura's website.
- Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.
- Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.
- Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I discuss Food and Addiction with Jackson Boxer, chef-owner of restaurants Dove and Brunswick House in London. Now six years sober, Jackson has been incredibly open in sharing his addiction issues with drugs and alcohol and the impact they've had on his career in hospitality. In the episode, we talk about how he got into cooking, the effect of sobriety on his work as a chef and how being free from addiction has helped him to find his renewed love of life.
- Follow Jackson on Instagram @jackson_boxer.
- Visit Dove's website.
- Visit Brunswick House's website.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
- Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.
- Buy Single Bald Female.
- Visit Laura's website.
- Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.
- Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.
- Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Food and Heritage with Chef Pam, Potong (S3 E8)
In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk to Pichaya Soontornyanakij, otherwise known as Chef Pam, about Food and Heritage and the story behind her award-winning restaurant Potong. We delve into family history, Thai-Chinese food culture and the ancestral recipes that inspired some of her dishes at Potong in Bangkok's Chinatown. We also discuss Chef Pam's experience of becoming a first-time mother while renovating a century-old building to open a restaurant and balancing parenthood with work. In the run-up to Chinese or Lunar New Year, we also celebrate the Year of the Snake, and find out about Chef Pam's brand new restaurant, Khao San Sek.
- Follow Chef Pam on Instagram @chef.pam.
- Visit Potong's website.
- Visit Khao San Sek's website.
- Read my interview with Chef Pam for The World's 50 Best Restaurants.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
- Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.
- Buy Single Bald Female.
- Visit Laura's website.
- Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.
- Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.
- Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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