Desert Island Dishes

My guest today is Bettina Campolucci Bordi Bettina is a qualified vegan raw chef having trained at the Matthew Kenny Culinary Institute over in Los Angeles. She was born with a passion for food and cooking she says has remained a constant pleasure in her life. Brought up by a Norwegian father and a Danish-Bulgarian mother Bettina’s food is inspired by the countries she’s lived in. She’s worked in the catering industry for over a decade, has a wildly popular blog filled with fast, fresh, simple, vegan recipes, has amassed an army of followers and she’s just released her very first cook book Happy Food. Ultimately Bettina’s philosophy on food is simple…she believes that food is meant to make you happy. Desert island dish: Large bowl of Asian noodle soup with hearty broth and lots of noodles or rice Vegan salted caramel ice cream Luxury item: notebook and pen and /or a phone Cookbook: Any book by Rene Voltaire Find me on Instagram @madebymargie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Naomi Smart Niomi is a lifestyle blogger and Youtube sensation who aims to help her audience to look, live and feel better. Niomi has garnered a very impressive audience of more than 1.7 million followers on her YouTube channel and 1.8 million followers on her Instagram. She inspired millions of youtube videos with her popular video series ‘What I Eat In A Day’ which in turn inspired Niomi to write her own recipe book ‘Eat Smart’, which was released in September 2016 and which is packed full of plant-based recipes. Desert island dish: Starter: chocolate and beetroot cake Main: Mauritian red curry Luxury item: a puppy Best cookbook: the Happy Pear cookbook Don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review the podcast and do come and say on Instagram @madebymargie And most importantly, thank you for listening! Margie x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Jo Elvin Jo was the Editor of Glamour of Magazine for 17 years. With Jo at the helm, Glamour sold more copies in its sector than any other in Europe. Jo has recently become the editor of the Mail on Sunday’s You magazine. Throughout her career, Jo has won many awards including being voted one of the 100 most powerful women in Britain and Jo has been awarded ‘Editor of the Year’ no less than five times by the British Society of Magazine Editors She is without a doubt one of the most respected editors in the industry today. Having grown up in Australia, she moved to London in the early 90s and we are very glad she did. Desert island dish: Main course: Hamburger with several kind of cheese with a side of sausages Salted caramel truffles Pudding: Ultimate rice pudding Luxury item: space food sticks Don’t forget to come and find me on Instagram. I’m @madebymargie where I share recipes, more desert island dishes inspired food and I can often be found waffling on Instagram stories and I’d love to see you there. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Lucy Williams Lucy is one of the UK’s most successful bloggers. She is a fashion journalist turned style blogger, writer and stylist. She lives in London but travels the world and shares her adventures through her blog Fashion me now. Lucy started out as a fashion assistant at places such as Sheerluxe.com and Instyle Magazine, before working as a assistant fashion editor for Stylus before she took the leap to go freelance and has now amassed over 324,000 followers on instagram alone. Which is just amazing! Desert island dish: Starter: Arancini balls with truffle, smoked salmon blinis Lasagne – classic with really good garlic bread and salad Fish lasagne – her mum’s version. Fish pie mix with lots of dill, layered with lots of cheese and pasta. With loads of garlic bread Pudding: really good gelato with treacle tart Luxury item: kindle full of books and some suncream 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. Come and say on Instagram @madebymargie Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Skye McAlpine Skye is a Venice based food writer, blogger and photographer. She is the author of the successful blog “From my Dining table” and has written for many of the big named publications like The Sunday Times, vanity fair and The Guardian. She spends most of her time in Venice, where she writes, teaches cookery workshops and practices her photography. She has called Venice home since early childhood and with her debut book, “A table in Venice”, she provides over 100 recipes and brings to life the food of Venice in the most romantic, intriguing and just plain wonderful way. Skye has said: As is the way for those who love to eat, my happiest childhood memories are centred on food. Little has changed for me on that front as I;ve grown older. I remain the kind of person who rememebers life through what they ate and how it was cooked. Come and find me on Instagram @madebymargie and head to www.desertislandishes.co for lots of recipes and more details on the full list of episodes. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed the podcast, please do leave a review and don’t forget to subscribe! See you next week x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Don’t forget to treat yourself and any babies you know to some goodies from Willa and the Bear using the special discount code DID25 Thanks for listening and if you haven’t already, do subscribe and leave a review and it can count as your good deed of the day! Come and find me on instagram @madebymargie. See you next time x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Tommy Banks Tommy is a Michelin-starred chef and Great British Menu champion. He is the head chef at his family restaurant – the black swan, in 0ldstead North Yorkshire. He started cooking at the age of 17 and at just 24 he became the youngest chef in Britain at the time to win a Michelin star. Last year Tommy's restaurant The Black Swan was voted #1 Restaurant in the World by Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice Award, the first time since the award launched that a UK restaurant has won. Tommy has just released his first cookbook, entitled Roots, which is they say, perfect for “foodies, foragers and cookbook collectors”. Desert island dish:Really good rib of beef, hollandaise sauce with blue cheese in it –Pudding: lemon tart Luxury item: his dog Penelope Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review, and tell your friends about Desert Island Dishes to spread the word! Thank you for listening x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Tim Anderson. Tim, at the age of just 26 was the youngest ever winner of Masterchef. Since winning back in 2011, Tim has carved out a very impressive career in food working as a chef, a consultant and a food writer. He is, much to my enormous envy and admiration a staple of the Radio 4 food panel show The Kitchen Cabinet. Tim has said his proudest career moment has to be the launch of his first cookery book Nanban: Japanese Soul Food and the opening of his acclaimed restaurant of the same name, in the heart of Brixton. During his time on Masterchef, the judges declared that Tim gave them the ‘best culinary explosion” they had ever seen on the show. Desert Island Dish: Ploughman’s with a good Ale. Pork pie, good onion chutney, many cheeses – sharp cheddar, brie, camembert, pears and lots of good bread. Luxury Item: His cat Baloo Thank you so much for listening. Don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review and importantly….tell your friends! Podcasts grow by word of mouth so if you are enjoying listening, do tell your friends about Desert Island Dishes. Head to www.desertislanddishes.co for the full list of episodes and lots of recipes inspired by the all the guests we’ve sent to the desert island. See you over on Instagram @madebymargie Bye! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Liz Earle MBE Liz is many things. She is a serial entrepreneur – having founded and built the hugely successful company Liz Earle Beauty. More than that she is an author – having written no less than 36 books to date. She is also a TV presenter and a wellness entrepreneur. She is the founder of Liz Earle Wellbeing - a wellness website, You Tube channel, podcast and quarterly magazine. Liz has said: “My working mantra has always been: build it slow to build it strong. Crawl, walk, then run to build a business that will stand the test of time. You must have an absolute passion for what you do, as running a business will consume your life.” Liz Earle is a true inspiration and I am a long time fan so it was amazing to sit down and chat to Liz about the foods that mean the most to her and to find out about how she’s got to where she is. I learnt a whole lot and I’m not kidding when I tell you I’ve been guzzling Kefir – if it makes me look half as good as Liz I will be over the moon. Desert Island Dish: Really good grass fed steak served with fat chips with the skin on and organic Heinz tomato ketchup Luxury item: griddle pan 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. Come and say on Instagram @madebymargie and find Liz at @lizearleme Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Uyen Luu. Uyen Luu is a writer, cook, photographer and food stylist. She runs supper clubs and the UK’s only dedicated Vietnamese cooking classes in her Hackney studio. She writes and blogs about food, recipes and travel. She’s worked with a whole host of amazing people including Raymond Blanc and Jamie Oliver to name just a few. Her cookbook, My Vietnamese Kitchen was a roaring success and you know her food is incredible when there is a tweet from Ottolenghi declaring himself to be the luckiest person alive as he was about to eat her food. We talk everything from escaping to London from war torn Vietnam, the delights of school lunches and spam fritters. We talk about starting a business straight out of school and all the good things that can come from that business not necessarily succeeding. We discuss the changing face of Hackney, pioneering a food movement and the poet who makes the best crème caramel in Vietnam. I’ve been lucky enough to go to Uyen’s supperclubs and they are just amazing and whilst I haven’t managed to go to one of her cooking classes I am going in June – so if you’re keen you should come along too! Her food is beyond amazing and it’s so fun to learn a different type of cuisine. Top tip about using the fish sauce in Italian cooking, I will definitely be trying that. Please can we also take a moment to appreciate the idea of tuna sashimi with chips and wasabi mayonnaise? That sounds like heaven on a plate. Desert Island Dish: Her Grandmother’s soup Luxury item: Really good quality fish sauce Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review - it really does help others to find the podcast which is obviously great! Come and say hello on Instagram @madebymargie and don't forget to check out www.desertislanddishes.co for lots of recipes Thanks for listening! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.