This conversation was first recorded in 2019 and was episode number 66 from season 5 of The 80%. At some point during the years that followed 2020, I got spooked and decided to take all my old podcasts down. But they were only hiding in plain sight because and I decided to put a selection of them back out into the wild. What a gift to the world! It feels weird to be putting something I worked on so long ago back out there but I am doing it anyway because I want to.

But back to Anna...

Earlier in 2025, Anna Haugh was announced as one of the latest hosts of BBC's Masterchef but she has been a TV regular for years. From Ready, Steady, Cook to Saturday Kitchen and even Pointless Celebrities on Channel 4, Anna has done it all. Starting out with Derry Clarke in l’Ecrivain in Dublin, Anna has also worked for the acclaimed Gualtiero Marchesi’s in Paris, Pied à Terre in London, Gordon Ramsey at London House and Bob Bob Ricard. In 2019, Anna opened her first restaurant Myrtle in Chelsea, London and has since gone on to open wine bar Little Sister, right next door which stocks Anna's very own wines.

I chatted to Anna when she was over in Dublin working at food festival after a long day of service. But because she is my friend, I ignored her exhaustion and forced her to talk to me. I’m lucky to know her and I’m sure you will enjoy hearing her story.

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Listen to her brilliant talk on mental health in her Food on the Edge talk here https://foodontheedge.ie/video/anna-haugh/

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