Desert Island Dishes

Margie’s castaway this week is Alex Petrides.

Alex is a seriously impressive guy – he was the first employee at Propercorn,the incredibly successful popcorn company and has now gone on to found a company with his brother, Johnathan. The company is called allplants. allplants is a plant based food delivery company which is growing quickly and going from strength to strength.

I really enjoyed chatting to Alex – he’s a really natural entrepreneur. He also definitely taught me something about what it is to be a vegan because

Also listening back to this one was weird for me as I seem to do a dirty old man laugh at one point when we talk about butter….so I’m sorry about that.

How great does that birthday party he threw sound with the piadinas? They sound so good – can’t believe I haven’t heard of them before – slightly embarrassing. Also the aubergine volcano sounds intriguing and as does his avocado and marmite sandwich? It sounds so weird that it could just work – and if Alex says it does then I’m going to trust him!

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And as always you can find me over on Instagram @madebymargie and find out more about the podcast and different episodes over at www.desertislanddishespodcast.com

Margie's castaway this week is Dolly Alderton.

I went round to her gorgeous flat on a rainy Monday morning and we just had a really lovely chinwag. Dolly is friendly, funny and super successful but also charmingly self-deprecating. We discuss a mutual love of all things Nigella, butter, bread and the joy of having a side of carbs when you’re already having carbs.

Dolly has a complicated relationship with shortbread, which we explore as well as the idea of using food to make friends.

I know I am no Kirsty Young and that desert island dishes has a long way to go before we reach the starry heights of desert island discs but I’m so enjoying doing this podcast and I hope you are enjoying listening!

If you are enjoying the podcast, please do leave a review and subscribe as it makes all the difference and really helps the podcast grow, which is brilliant!

Come and find me on Instagram : @madebymargie and search for other episodes of the podcast at www.desertislanddishespodcast.com and tune in next week to hear another exciting episode of desert island dishes.

Margie x

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Margie's castaway this week is Dolly Alderton.

I went round to her gorgeous flat on a rainy Monday morning and we just had a really lovely chinwag. Dolly is friendly, funny and super successful but also charmingly self-deprecating. We discuss a mutual love of all things Nigella, butter, bread and the joy of having a side of carbs when you’re already having carbs.

Dolly has a complicated relationship with shortbread, which we explore as well as the idea of using food to make friends.

I know I am no Kirsty Young and that desert island dishes has a long way to go before we reach the starry heights of desert island discs but I’m so enjoying doing this podcast and I hope you are enjoying listening!

If you are enjoying the podcast, please do leave a review and subscribe as it makes all the difference and really helps the podcast grow, which is brilliant!

Come and find me on Instagram : @madebymargie and search for other episodes of the podcast at www.desertislanddishespodcast.com and tune in next week to hear another exciting episode of desert island dishes.

Margie x

Margie’s castaway this week is Pip McCormac.

Pip is the Lifestyle Director for Red Magazine, he oversees all the food and interiors content in the best-selling women's monthly title in its field. He formerly worked as the Food and Interiors Editor at Sunday Times Style and he has also created a recognisable voice for himself with his popular recipe review blog Pip Cooks The Books.

He has now published 2 beautiful books all about cooking with edible flowers and growing your own herbs.

I wanted to catch up with Pip and find out the inspiration for the books, all about his glamourous job and of course pick his brains about the best places to eat in London.

I don’t know about you but I need to make that delicious sounding 24 hours eating extravagnza in London happen immediately – sounds so good!

What are we all thinking about the unusual combination of peanut butter, tomato, cucumber and mint? There is never any judgement on this podcast and I vow to keep an open mind until I try it!

Thank you for listening and until next time – you can come and find me on instagram @madebymargie and you can read about other episodes at desertislanddishespodcast .com

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Margie’s castaway this week is Pip McCormac.

Pip is the Lifestyle Director for Red Magazine, he oversees all the food and interiors content in the best-selling women's monthly title in its field. He formerly worked as the Food and Interiors Editor at Sunday Times Style and he has also created a recognisable voice for himself with his popular recipe review blog Pip Cooks The Books.

He has now published 2 beautiful books all about cooking with edible flowers and growing your own herbs.

I wanted to catch up with Pip and find out the inspiration for the books, all about his glamourous job and of course pick his brains about the best places to eat in London.

I don’t know about you but I need to make that delicious sounding 24 hours eating extravagnza in London happen immediately – sounds so good!

What are we all thinking about the unusual combination of peanut butter, tomato, cucumber and mint? There is never any judgement on this podcast and I vow to keep an open mind until I try it!

Thank you for listening and until next time – you can come and find me on instagram @madebymargie and you can read about other episodes at desertislanddishespodcast .com

Margie's castaway this week is Milli Taylor.

Milli runs a hugely successful catering company called Milli’s Catering and she just makes the most dribble inducing food – that is to say it’s delicious and she’s ridiculously talented. From large weddings and cocktail parties to hosting small supperclubs in her home, she’s happiest when bringing people together through good food. Milli has cooked for numerous celebrities, from politicians to pop-stars, and has created show stopping cakes that have appeared in Hello and Grazia magazines.

Simply put - Milli knows good food, and her approach to food and cooking is full of passion and flavour. I know Milli could put anything she cooked down infront of me and it would just be delicious.

Milli gave me two slices of the most insanely perfect almond and greengage tart. I think she thought I would give the second slice to my boyfriend…I didn’t.

By now you know what to do listen, subscribe and leave a review– so if you haven’t already subscribed please do – and if you felt like leaving a review I would be so so grateful.

I just love doing this podcast – there are so many amazing people out there like Milli – just killing it – in whatever field they are in and I am just loving getting to meet them and ask them all these questions. I’m very excited for Mill’s new book to come out and I will continue to work hard so that I could maybe persuade her to be my very own private chef.

Thank you for listening! Until next time – keep thinking of what your own desert island dishes would be because you never know when I might ask you!

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Margie's castaway this week is Milli Taylor.

Milli runs a hugely successful catering company called Milli’s Catering and she just makes the most dribble inducing food – that is to say it’s delicious and she’s ridiculously talented. From large weddings and cocktail parties to hosting small supperclubs in her home, she’s happiest when bringing people together through good food. Milli has cooked for numerous celebrities, from politicians to pop-stars, and has created show stopping cakes that have appeared in Hello and Grazia magazines.

Simply put - Milli knows good food, and her approach to food and cooking is full of passion and flavour. I know Milli could put anything she cooked down infront of me and it would just be delicious.

Milli gave me two slices of the most insanely perfect almond and greengage tart. I think she thought I would give the second slice to my boyfriend…I didn’t.

By now you know what to do listen, subscribe and leave a review– so if you haven’t already subscribed please do – and if you felt like leaving a review I would be so so grateful.

I just love doing this podcast – there are so many amazing people out there like Milli – just killing it – in whatever field they are in and I am just loving getting to meet them and ask them all these questions. I’m very excited for Mill’s new book to come out and I will continue to work hard so that I could maybe persuade her to be my very own private chef.

Thank you for listening! Until next time – keep thinking of what your own desert island dishes would be because you never know when I might ask you!

Instagram: @madebymargie

Margie's castaway this week is Frances Quinn.

Frances is the winner of the Great British Bake Off Series 4.

Now, like most people in the UK and probably the world – I am fairly obsessed with the Great British Bake Off, so to meet a winner was a dream come true.

Frances is ridicously talented. She sees food in a way that most just don’t and yet it just comes so naturally to her. She makes the most incredible cakes that all look almost too good to eat. Almost.

So it was generally just lovely to meet Fran and have a chat about all things bake off – I wanted all the goss, as well as all the amazing things shes been up to since the show. I can't stop thinking about her bourbon brownies and she’s also inspired me to cook up some flapjacks this weekend for sure. I might even, if I’m feeling brave give those edible white chocolate candles a go!

Thank you so much for listening. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review in Itunes and I will see you next time!

Margie

Instagram: @madebymargiewebsite: www.desertislanddishespodcast.com

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Margie's castaway this week is Frances Quinn.

Frances is the winner of the Great British Bake Off Series 4.

Now, like most people in the UK and probably the world – I am fairly obsessed with the Great British Bake Off, so to meet a winner was a dream come true.

Frances is ridicously talented. She sees food in a way that most just don’t and yet it just comes so naturally to her. She makes the most incredible cakes that all look almost too good to eat. Almost.

So it was generally just lovely to meet Fran and have a chat about all things bake off – I wanted all the goss, as well as all the amazing things shes been up to since the show. I can't stop thinking about her bourbon brownies and she’s also inspired me to cook up some flapjacks this weekend for sure. I might even, if I’m feeling brave give those edible white chocolate candles a go!

Thank you so much for listening. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review in Itunes and I will see you next time!

Margie

Instagram: @madebymargie

Margie’s castaway this week is Georgia Cummings.

Georgia is the founder of Potage – the healthy home cooked food delivery service. Their goal is to make eating well easy and there’s an emphasis on fresh, quality ingredients.

I went to the bustling kitchens of Potage to meet Georgia and she was so lovely. She is a great example of someone who has built something from the ground up with minimal funds but buckets of passion and hard work and now 5 years later she is running her own little empire and its very inspiring and impressive to see.

So I looked it up and a loaded potato is very much a thing – so I definitely didn’t coin that phrase like I thought I did. More’s the pity. How great is Georgia? She’s so passionate about food and I am so impressed with how hard she worked during all university holidays and she set about getting as much experience as possible which just shows she was destined for big things. That Pret baguette holds a special place in my heart so that gets a big thumbs up from me plus I love that her dads cooked breakfast got a mention.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed it please do subscribe and if you wanted to leave a review that would be just swell.

Thank you and goodbye!

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