Desert Island Dishes

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!

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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:

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

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

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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

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!

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