Desert Island Dishes

My guest today is Clodagh McKenna Clodagh is a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and a broadcaster. Originally from Ireland, she’s been cooking professionally for 20 years. She is the author of 7 cookbooks – her latest one Clodagh’s Suppers came out at the start of this year and is really brilliant. In Spring 2018 she became the weekly food columnist for the Evening Standard and she has regular slots on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch in the UK, The Today Show and the Rachael Ray show in America plus several more in Canada. Her most recent TV show, Clodagh's Irish Food Trails gained more than 15 million viewers on PBS in America and has really helped to establish her in America. I only recently met Clodagh after following her career from afar when I got to go to the most delicious dinner party at her house. She really is the hostess with the mostess – there was dancing between each course and the most delicious food. As it’s Valentines day today – whether you are celebrating that – or galentines - or palentines day – Clodagh has got a delicious menu suggestion for what you should make if you’ve got someone in your life you would like to impress! Find Clodagh's latest book here: (https://amzn.to/2DEp21H) If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a review – please do as it really does give the show a little boost. And you will make my day. Thank you! Thank you so much for listening – don’t forget you can visit the website www.desertislanddishes.co for all the recipes and lots of kitchen tips and tricks and you can find me on Instagram (https://instagram.com/margienomura) x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Madeleine Shaw. Madeleine is a bestselling cookery writer, a nutritional therapist and leading wellness blogger. She was really at the forefront of blogging when it all took off and has been a pioneer in the world of wellness. She’s written 3 best selling cookbooks, launched an app, amassed a huge following online, trained as a yoga teacher – had a baby and has just released The Good Gut Guide. It’s not for nothing she’s regularly called a guru. I was so happy to not only get Madeleine on the podcast but also to have her as the guest on our first live recording of Desert Island Dishes. It was so much fun. I was really nervous which I think you may be able to hear in my voice at the beginning but we had so many people there and everyone was so lovely and they all seemed to enjoy it so that made it even better and so now we can get planning some more. If you might be interested then go to the website desertislanddishes.co and sign up for the newsletter which at the moment is very sporadic but it will be the first place we announce more live events. So we recorded the podcast in the same manner – it’s the same other than the fact its been recorded in front of an audience and I’ve left in a bit of the intro so you can get a feel for what it was like. Madeleine was absolutely lovely and a true professional – so hope you enjoy! And thank you for listening. If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a 5* review – now’s your chance! It really is quick to do I promise and really makes such a big difference and means I can keep making the podcast each week. You can find me on instagram - (https://www.instagram/margienomura) and you can visit the website (https://www.desertislanddishes.co) for the full list of episodes , lots of recipe ideas including the one inspired by Maddie. See you next time! Bye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Georgina Hayden. Georgie, otherwise known as "Georgie Pudding n Pie" to her hoardes of loyal followers and fans on Instagram. She is a hugely successful cook, Food writer and stylist from North London. Growing up above her grandparents’ Greek Cypriot taverna in Tufnell Park, Georgie developed a passion for cooking. She studied Fine Art at university, but after graduating – she landed a job as a food writer and stylist on Delicious magazine. She went on to join Jamie Oliver’s food team where she worked for nearly 12 years. She writes, develops and styles for magazine features, books, television projects and campaigns. She published her first cookbook Stirring Slowly a few years ago and we are now only a mere few months away from the publication of her new book - Taverna. Preorder Georgie’s new book here: (https://amzn.to/2DJFAq4)Get your hands on Stirring Slow here: (https://amzn.to/2DIGuTE) Thank you for all the lovely reviews you’ve been leaving – genuinely I read all of them – cool person that I am – and they really do brighten my day. It’s very quick and easy to do – and it helps others to find the podcast which is brilliant veauce obviously I want to be able to carry on bringing the show to you each week. So if you are enjoying listening – and you felt like doing your good deed of the day – well that would be fab. As Georgie mentions – we did actually record this episode about a year and a half ago – she was one of my first ever guests but we never put it out and I was so happy to be able to re-record and have a bit of a catch up with the lovely Georgie and so many exciting things have happened since then. So grab a cup of tea and maybe a biscuit and settle in for today’s episode. If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a review – now’s your chance! It really is quick to do I promise. Thanks so much for listening! You can find me on instagram - (https://instagram.com/margienomura) and you can visit the website (https://www.desertislanddishes.co) for the full list of episodes , lots of recipe ideas and kitchen tips and tricks See you next time! Bye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Ainsley Harriott. Ainsley is a chef, a TV presenter, a business man and cookbook author. He has sold more than 2 million cookbooks worldwide and he now has his own range of supermarket foods, including couscous, risotto, soups and cereal bars. He won the heart of the nation during his time presenting Ready Steady Cook and became one of the most recognised TV personalities – he is back on our screens with a new series called Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen – Sunday’s on ITV at 11.30am if you fancy tuning in. Such is Ainley’s popularity that back in 2015 there was a petition to get him on the new £20 note and it gained more than 25,000 signatures. Hope you enjoy today’s episode! The link to get tickets to the live event next weekend where I will be interviewing Madeleine Shaw is here: (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/desert-island-dishes-live-with-margie-nomura-and-madeleine-shaw-tickets-54533277501?aff=ebdssbdestsearch) Thank you to Robert Welch for sponsoring this episode of Desert Island Dishes. Don’t forget to use the discount code DISHES10 – to get an extra 10% off the Camden Cookware Range on robertwelch.com. If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a review – now’s your chance! It really is quick to do. And it really helps other people to find out about the podcast which is also great – and I read all of them and they really do brighten up my day – so it could be your good deed of the day! Thanks so much for listening! You can find me on instagram - @margienomura and you can visit the website www.desertislanddishes.co for lots of recipes and kitchen tips and tricks. You can find Ainsley @ainsleyfoods See you next time! Bye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Tom Kerridge. Tom is a 3 star Michelin chef – his pub the Hand and Flowers in Marlow was the first pub to be awarded 2 Michelin stars. He’s been in the business for 27 years and my goodness has he done a lot of things. His second pub in Marlow, The Coach also has a Michelin star - he has a butchers / pub and last year he opened his first London restaurant – Kerridge’s Bar and Grill at the Corinthia Hotel London. As if this wasn’t enough, Tom has written best selling cookbooks, appeared on and hosted many TV shows, he started a food festival and has a catering business. The cherry on the top is that The Sun describes him as “The culinary master”, Metro has said he is a “national treasure” and GQ says he is a “human sunbeam”. You can find Tom’s book here: (https://amzn.to/2RMGtWQ) Thank you to Robert Welch for sponsoring today’s episode. Don’t forget to use the code DISHES10 at checkout on (www.robertwelch.com) for an extra 10% off their sale of Campden Cookware. Also if you would like to come along to Desert Island Dishes live – I will be interviewing Madeleine Shaw on the 2nd February at Mortimer House, London and I would so love to see you there! You can get brunch too – yay! Here is the link for tickets: (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/desert-island-dishes-live-with-margie-nomura-and-madeleine-shaw-tickets-54533277501?aff=ebdssbdestsearch) If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a review – now’s your chance! It really is quick to do. And it really helps other people to find out about the podcast which is also great! Thanks so much for listening! You can find me on instagram - @margienomura (https://www.instagram.com/margienomura) and you can visit the website (www.desertislanddishes.co) for the full list of episodes , lots of recipe ideas and kitchen tips and tricks See you next time! Bye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Amelia Freer Amelia is a one of the leading nutritional therapist in the U.K. She has treated hundreds of clients through her private practice and clients rave about her approach to nutirion which is motivational, extreremely knowdeleable and done in a way which makes incporpating healthy food into every day life, enjoyable. Her client list is very impressive as some of her clients have included Victoria Beckham, Sam Smith, Boy George and James Corden. She is also the author of 3 best selling books. Amelia divides her time between her busy practice in central London and her home in Wiltshire, where she says you will most likely find her pottering around in her vegetable garden. So this is a lovely episode that I’ve been looking forwards to for a long time! I’m a big fan of Amelia, and she was kind enough to invite my sausage dog Digby along. He was obviously delighted but as predicted he wasn’t the most helpful co-host – so apologies if you can hear him. If you haven’t yet left a 5* 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 I really want to carry on doing so and that means we need to spread the word. Find Amelia on instagram here: (https://www.instagram.com/ameliafreer/) Find me on Instagram here: (https://www.instagram.com/margienomura/) And you can buy Amelia's book's here: (https://amzn.to/2A5hwMn) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Laura Jackson Laura is a TV presenter, a designer of clothes and homewares. In fact she has been described by Work Work Work - as a creative polymath with a career spanning food, fashion and TV. Since 2014 she has started a supperclub with her work wife – the other half of Jackson and Levine - Radio 1’s DJ Alice Levine. The pair brought out their gorgeous cookbook last year in 2017 and have since gone on to design several ranges for Habitat. So this is a lovely episode – we recorded in Laura’s dreamy house – which I’ve seen many pictures of but its even better in the flesh and her gorgeous whippet Barry sat with his head on my lap the entire recording which made it even better. We talk everything from cooking disasters, the best restaurants in London, the joy of cake batter and why we love bread. You can find Laura’s book here: (https://amzn.to/2zH2Our) If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a 5* review – please do as it really does give the show a little boost and is genuinely very much appreciated. Thank you so much for listening. Don’t forget to go to the website www.desertislanddishes.co for the full list of episodes plus the recipes I’ve created inspired by each episode and loads more beside that. Come and say on Instagram @margienomura (https://instagram/margienomura) and tell all your friends – the more the merrier. Thanks so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Felicity Cloake. Felicity is an award winning freelance journalist and writer. You may know her from her infamous Guardian column How to Make the Perfect:” or perhaps from her column in the New Statesman or perhaps from her many other writing features. She has written 5 books – with more in the pipeline. Her writing and recipe testing is meticulous and has made Felicity one of the biggest names in food writing today with her recipes being some of the most trustworthy around. I was so excited to sit down with Felicity this week and when I described her as one of the biggest names in food writing I could see her immediately recoil at that because she’s very modest but it’s true and I stand by it. To back up my statement I can tell you that she has been crowned the “Nation’s Taster in Chief” and Jan Moir says: “She oozes trustworthiness the way a figgy pudding oozes spicy fumes” which both Felicity and I decided was a pretty impressive accolade. There’s all sorts in this one – from dishwahers, to chicken kievs, melon ballers, eyeballs and everything in between. On that note: I would love to know where you lot stand on melon ballers? Now I’m not saying they are an essential piece of kit – but who doesn’t love little tiny balls of melon?? You can find Felicity's new book here: (https://amzn.to/2Pan5xL) If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a 5* review – please do as it really does give the show a little boost and is genuinely very much appreciated. Thank you so much for listening. Don’t forget to go to the website www.desertislanddishes.co for the full list of episodes plus the recipes I’ve created inspired by each episode and loads more beside that. Come and say on Instagram @margienomura (https://instagram/margienomura) and tell all your friends – the more the merrier. Thanks so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Gino D’Acampo Born into a large family in Napoli in the South of Italy – he came to London at the age of 19 back in 1995. You may know him from his regular appearances on This Morning where he cooks up a storm, or perhaps from his early days on Ready Steady Cook. He’s a TV regular, a best selling author and a successful restaurauteur. He has written over 16 cookbooks, holds six Guiness world records (one of them is for walking on custard) and he was crowned King of the Jungle in the 9th series of I’m a Celebrity Get me out of here. Gino is often described as the UK’s favourite Italian chef. He has over 40 restaurants in the UK and he’s currently got 3 television series on our screens at the moment alone. He’s just published a new book Gino’s Italian Adriatic Escape. I thought I knew Gino from watching him cook on TV but I learnt so much about him in this episode and finding out about how he got to where he is today was so much fun, not least discovering that he was George Michael's private chef! Which is very cool. Oh and pasta for breakfast is going to be a thing! You heard it here first...The Margie - cannot even tell you how my dreams would come true to have a pasta dish named after me! You can find a copy of Gino’s new book here: (https://amzn.to/2QX1PwW) If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a review – now’s your chance! It really is quick to do. I know people bang on about it a lot but 5* ratings and subscribing to the podcast really does boost it in the rankings and it really does help me out – so thank you! Thank you so much for listening Don’t forget to go to the website (https://www.desertislanddishes.co) for the full list of episodes plus the recipes I’ve created inspired by each episode. Oh and its brand new – so do head over and have a look because it’s taken me an age! Come and say on Instagram @margienomura and other than that, Thanks so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Ed Smith. You may know him by his pen name – Rocket and Squash. Ed gave up a high flying career in law around 6 years ago to pursue a career in food and I think this is a good listen for anyone thinking about changing career whether into the world of food or beyond. Ed is the author of the hugely popular and award winning website Rocket and Squash – which is sort of a smorgasbord of delicious things from recipes, to restaurant reviews and cookery news. He has now written 2 cookbooks to much acclaim and regularly writes for a multitude of publications. And in 2015 Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards named him ‘Best Online Restaurant Writer’ and shortlisted him for ‘Best Cookery Writer’. Which is all pretty impressive! You can find Ed's first book here (https://amzn.to/2PqAAya) You can find his second book all about Borough Market here (https://amzn.to/2Thia1h) If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a review – now’s your chance! It really is quick to do. I know people bang on about it a lot but 5* ratings and subscribing to the podcast really does boost it in the rankings and it really does help me out – so thank you! Thank you so much for listening Don’t forget to go to the website www.desertislanddishes.co for the full list of episodes plus the recipes I’ve created inspired by each episode. Oh and its brand new – so do head over and have a look because it’s taken me an age! Come and say on Instagram @margienomura and other than that, Thanks so much for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.