Crazy Sexy Food

This week I have a true Italian food maestro, Gennaro Contaldo. He’s been on our screens, pairing up with his late, dear friend and another Italian food leader, Antonio Carluccio. He’s the man who taught Jamie Oliver the secret of Italian cooking and he’s the author of several cookbooks and the face of many a TV show. 

His new cookbook, out now, Gennaro’s Cucina, focuses on the heart and soul of Italian cookery; the basics, the simple yet classic dishes, and really highlights food waste and how to cook with all ingredients and all parts of the fruit, veg, meat and fish.

Gennaro was an absolute delight to interview, and came with his Italian charm and humour. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

@gennarocontaldo

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am so excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 9 of the Crazy Sexy Food podcast!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MMCSF9. Don’t forget to download the Magimix app, which is full of recipes, tips and tricks!

Make it with Magimix.

*Valid on all full price products and accessories on magimix.co.uk. Discount cannot be combined with other offers (including price reduction). Offer ends 18.07.23.

This week, New York is in the house!!! I have the King of the Slurp, Ivan Orkin, over to chat all things ramen, Japan, Chef’s Table and what a proper noodle slurp actually is.

Ivan found himself in Japan, as a New Yorker and did the thing most of us wouldn’t; he went and opened a ramen joint in Tokyo. Ramen and especially noodles are a Japanese delicacy. I wanted to find out the challenges he faced, the reception he received and how it overcame judgement to eventually win the locals over.

We touch on his time on Chef’s Table, which allowed him to become a global face of ramen and the plans he has for the future.

Don’t forget to catch some separate teasers on Instagram and TikTok of Ivan showing me how to do the slurp with a rather well known UK noodle brand! Not to be missed.

@ramenjunkie

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am so excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 9 of the Crazy Sexy Food podcast!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MMCSF9. Don’t forget to download the Magimix app, which is full of recipes, tips and tricks!

Make it with Magimix.

*Valid on all full price products and accessories on magimix.co.uk. Discount cannot be combined with other offers (including price reduction). Offer ends 18.07.23.

This week I am so excited to have Paul McKenna on the podcast! The worldwide renowned, celebrity hypnotist is known for helping some of the most successful people in the world overcome habits, addictions and phobias. 

He has had a hugely successful TV career as well as selling over 10 million copies of his books. In fact his book, I Can Make You Thin is the best-selling self-help book of all time! 

There is a huge link to hypnosis and food; from eating disorders, unhealthy relationships to food and doomed dieting. I ask Paul the deep questions we all want to know about why diets don’t work, how hypnosis can change a mindset, and why we develop bad habits in the first place.

Thank you, Paul for coming on and giving us a snippet of your incredible knowledge of how our minds work and how we can change a mindset!

Follow me on Instagram and TikTok to see Paul perform hypnosis on me… it’s truly mindblowing!!!

@iampaulmckenna

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am so excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 9 of the Crazy Sexy Food podcast!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MMCSF9. Don’t forget to download the Magimix app, which is full of recipes, tips and tricks!

Make it with Magimix.

*Valid on all full price products and accessories on magimix.co.uk. Discount cannot be combined with other offers (including price reduction). Offer ends 18.07.23.

Welcome back to the Crazy Sexy Food podcast SEASON 9!!! I cannot believe we’re into the 9th season, and I’m back bigger and better than ever.

What better way to kick things off than with Nancy Silverton; the queen of bread, the sandwich making maestro, the pizzaiola extraordinaire. Since opening La Brea Bakery in LA, Nancy brought artisanal breads and pastries to America. She’s won a James Beard Foundation award, owns restaurants around the world, including Pizzeria Mozza at Treehouse London, has written 9 cookbooks and was the star of Netflix’s Chef’s Table in Season 3.

She’s a force to be reckoned with, a true boss lady, a woman who came into my home, complimented my interiors and homemade biscuits and opened up to me about her life in food. I want to be her when I grow up please! She’s also the most stylish lady I’ve met and rocks a hairclip like no other!

@nancysilverton

@pizzeriamozzalondon

@staytreehouse

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am so excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 9 of the Crazy Sexy Food podcast!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MMCSF9. Don’t forget to download the Magimix app, which is full of recipes, tips and tricks!

Make it with Magimix.

*Valid on all full price products and accessories on magimix.co.uk. Discount cannot be combined with other offers (including price reduction). Offer ends 18.07.23.

This week I am joined by one of the funniest women alive, Ronni Ancona. Best known for her time on the BBC’s The Big Impression starring alongside Alistair McGowan, Ronni’s impressions of some of the most famous faces in pop culture has made her a bit of a national treasure!

I thought it would be a brilliant, lighthearted episode to end the season with, as she talks about her childhood growing up in Scotland, breaking into the comedy world and why she has soooo much to thank Yotam Ottolenghi for!

She gives us a very performance of some of her best impersonations…. Wait until the end for the best of them all!

Thank you for tuning in this season, and for watching it too! Message me on Instagram about all your thoughts and feelings, and I will be back on your airwaves with more of the good stuff early next year. Until next time, Hannah xx

@ronni_ancona

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am beyond excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 8 of Crazy Sexy Food!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MAGIMIXCSF.

Make it with Magimix.

I am finally joined by Hollywood royalty!! It only took 8 seasons to get there! Paul Feig popped over for a chat, and a couple cocktails to talk all about directing Bridesmaids (my fav film ever!), what the life of a director is really like and why he prefers his martinis stirred NOT shaken.

Paul Feig has been a main player in the entertainment industry for years, and has put his hand to the likes of the aforementioned film, the Ghostbusters remake, The Heat, Spy and Freaks and Geeks to name but a few. He is also a master cocktail maker and recently released his first cocktail book; Paul Feig’s Cocktail Time.

Throughout the episode, Paul made me a couple cocktails and I subsequently got drunk. Success all round! Enjoy this episode, it’s a really fun chat!

@paulfeig

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am beyond excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 8 of Crazy Sexy Food!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MAGIMIXCSF.

Make it with Magimix.

I am incredibly honoured to bring you a very special episode this week. I’d like to highlight that this is a very emotional and sensitive conversation between myself and Olia Hercules and Alissa Timoshkina, the ladies behind #CookForUkraine; the global movement of supper clubs, restaurants and chefs supporting the people of Ukraine, since the atrocities began earlier this year.

It was a privilege to sit down with these incredible ladies and hear not only about the platform and what they’ve been doing to raise money; but also hear about their life stories and the different cultures they have both come from.

I urge anyone, however small or big, to donate to #CookForUkraine or even host a supperclub in its honour. Follow them on Instagram and go to https://www.cookforukraine.org to find out more.

@cookforukraine

@oliahercules

@alissatimoshkina

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am beyond excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 8 of Crazy Sexy Food!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MAGIMIXCSF.

Make it with Magimix.

This week the powerhouse that is Clare Smyth MBE, joins me in my humble kitchen to talk all about being a Michelin starred chef, running 2 restaurants on opposite sides of the world and what it’s really like for a female chef in the restaurant industry.

This was a real honour for me and I was definitely fan girl-ing! Clare is the only female chef in the UK with 3 Michelin stars and is a fierce, fabulous woman in what has been a very male dominated industry.

It was so interesting getting into the mind of a chef; how she approaches her work, how she supports her staff and the food she creates.

I was incredibly lucky to get to her restaurant, Core, after filming this episode and I can honestly tell you it was one of the most memorable and delicious food experiences of my entire life. The woman is a maestro and I am a huge fan!

@chefclaresmyth

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am beyond excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 8 of Crazy Sexy Food!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MAGIMIXCSF.

Make it with Magimix.

This week, Lerato Umah-Shaylor joins me to talk all about the beauty of African cooking. Her new cookbook, Africana, takes us on a journey from north to south, east to west; celebrating all that the continent has to offer.

We discuss the politics of jollof rice, and I blow her away with my own jollof rice, which she loved! She opens up about her incredibly interesting childhood both here in the UK and in West Africa, and she explains to me why African food in general is finally having a moment.

@leratofoods

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am beyond excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 8 of Crazy Sexy Food!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MAGIMIXCSF.

Make it with Magimix.

What a gorgeous woman Maimie McCoy is! The British actress came over for a chat about her childhood growing up in a restaurant in Yorkshire, her nostalgic memories of both our childhood restaurant San Lorenzo, and how she learns her lines for each production she’s on.

We talk about her brilliant career, working on productions such as ITV’s Van der Valk, the BBC’s The Muskateers and the film The Virgin Territories. We bond over our love of Adam Garcia, and what it was like to act and dance alongside him on their latest project. And of course, we talk all things food; her brother’s former restaurant, Ducksoup, in London, her favourite crisps and which country has the best catering on set!

@maimie69

@crazysexyfood

@hannahharley

www.crazysexyfood.com

Music by @casnova____

I am beyond excited to announce that I have partnered with Magimix for Season 8 of Crazy Sexy Food!

Magimix is a family owned business that has the amazing reputation as makers of quality kitchen appliances that are adored by chefs and home cooks alike.

I remember growing up and always seeing my mum's beloved Magimix on her counter top, and the utter ease of how she used it. With their 30-year motor guarantee these machines have always been built to last.

They continue to be relevant as ever in the busy kitchen and make fantastic food processors that make your food go further and reduce food wastage. They are a God-send when it comes to batch cooking and using up leftovers. I use my Magimix every day!

If you’re ready to step into the world of Magimix with a new food processor, blender, ice cream maker or any other bit of kit, then simply pop over to their website and use my exclusive code at check-out for a 15% discount. The code is MAGIMIXCSF.

Make it with Magimix.