I am so happy I have finally met the man himself, Glyn Fussell. And he came to my house. And he loves my granola! The LGBTQ+ trailblazer joined me to talk all about his epic brand and club night, Sink the Pink, co-founding the festival The Mighty Hoopla, and more recently his new podcast and debut book, Manifesto for Misfits. Glyn grew up in Bristol in a huuuuuge family – he’s one of seven! And it was so interesting to hear about his childhood growing up and the nostalgic dishes that take him...

Clodagh McKenna oozes the most joyful energy, she has the perfect sultry Irish accent, and she came with a signed cookbook for me. What more could you want?! Arriving straight from the This Morning studios, where she’d been whipping up delicious food, the self-proclaimed farmer runs an entire farm at her home in Hampshire. She has it all; animals, fruit and veg and even her own pub! Clodagh reminisces about her idyllic childhood in Ireland running around on the family farm, picking potatoes...

Every now and again I sit down with someone who has a profound effect on me. Jo Malone is one of those people. As the founder of Jo Malone London and Jo Loves, she is the queen of fragrance with her sixth sense of knowing how scents work, and putting different notes together to create some of the best smells in the world. This was an incredibly open and honest conversation, and at times emotional. It was also thought provoking and a lesson into seeing the world in a different way. Jo’s talent...

I sat down with one of my childhood culinary heroes (and my dad’s!), Ken Hom. He recorded from his gorgeous house in France, where he splits his time between there and Thailand. Ken is one of the most celebrated TV chefs of our generation, bringing the flavours of Chinese cooking to our homes. We cover his life in food; how he got into the culinary scene and why he’s still traumatised from his first ever show on the BBC in the 80s! We both bond over the issues with food waste, how much we...

What an honour to have Asma Khan on this week’s podcast. The star – and only British and female chef to be featured on Chef’s Table on Netflix! Asma is a leader in the culinary world; speaking up about women in food, putting women in the kitchen and making space for us! She emotionally opens up to me about writing her new book, Ammu, and how it was a dedication to her mother, the love for her mother but also the acceptance of her mother and how she was loved as a child; through food. She was...

I absolutely loved sitting down with my good friend, Eric Lanlard, the French pâtissier extraordinaire. We recorded from his baking school in South West London, Cake Boy, which is the cake emporium you need to know about! Growing up in North West France, Eric knew what he wanted to do since he was 5 years old and signed up to his local patisserie to make sure he was taken on as an apprentice as a teenager. He regales incredible anecdotes from his time working for the French Navy on the...

It was a pleasure to host Shiza Shahid at my home, the co-founder and owner of Our Place – the cookware brand taking the world by storm. But Our Place is a mere fraction of what this incredible woman stands for. She also co-founded the Malala Fund in 2013, and has fought for women’s rights and the right for education for young girls since she was a teenager.  She is completely in line with my ethos when it comes to food and sharing moments together; the table is for everyone, regardless of...

What better way to bring in episode 2 than with my first ever couple! And they’re not just any couple… Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Richard Jones are the ultimate couple of all couples! They work together; Richard plays base in Sophie’s band, they parent together; they have 5 children (not 3, Hannah!! Listen in to hear my huge mess up!), and they have now written a cookbook together; Love Food Family! Is there anything these 2 can’t do?! We talk all about the new book, how they met each other and...

I’M BACKKKK!!!!! And it feels so good! Thank you for sticking around this long! How are we onto Season 7 already?! I thought I’d treat you all and kick the season off in style, with the sultry tones of Grace Dent, the restaurant critic, broadcaster and author! I have officially given her the title of National Treasure; a name she is beyond excited to receive. She discusses her show with Ainsley Harriott, Best of Britain by the Sea. They had the best time travelling around the country finding...

We’ve come to the fourth and final instalment of the CSF X Taste Special Series! It’s been so wonderful sitting down with some of the amazing chefs that make Taste what it is! This week, I leave you with a real BANGER! I’m joined by the man himself, DJ BBQ. Regarded as somewhat of a celebrity in the BBQ scene, this has to be one of the best and most hilarious conversations I’ve had! What a guy he is! He has a new book out, Fire Feasts which showcases everything from BBQ recipes to his...

This week I am joined by Edson Diaz-Fuentes and his wife Natalie Feary, the duo behind Santo Remedio. The Mexican restaurants, found in London Bridge and Shoreditch, are bringing the real flavours of Mexico to London. This was a conversation about one of – if not my number one – favourite cuisines! Edson remembers queuing up for tamales in Kindergarten; depicting beautiful memories of his childhood in Mexico City. We discuss how far Mexican food has come over the last 10-15 years in London....

Genevieve Taylor is a trooper! She had an injured leg but still went ahead with this recording, opting to lie horizontally throughout the entire episode! I love her! We debate our love for marmite, her idyllic childhood in Cornwall and beyond, and we bond over being inherently greedy women! She gives us some great tips and tricks for BBQing this summer (although we do talk about the fact BBQs aren’t just for summer, but all year round!) Genevieve discusses her bestselling book – Charred, and...

I am so excited to be partnering with Taste of London Festival as their official podcast this year! For the month run up to this year’s festival (15-19th June!) I will be sitting down with some of the famous faces of Taste. This week I am joined by Taste legend, Vivek Singh, who kindly hosted me at The Cinnamon Club in London. He talks all about his childhood growing up in West Bengal, India, his mother cooking 4 meals a day and he dissects the complexity of Indian cuisine, how it differs...

I can’t believe we’ve come to the end of Season 6! Thank you again for joining me on this incredible journey, continuously supporting and listening to me. Don’t worry – I’ll be back sooner than you think for another bigger and better season! To finish things off, I’m joined by Judy Joo, the Korean chef behind shows such as Iron Chef and restaurants JinJuu and Seoul Bird. She opens up about her childhood in New Jersey, growing up in a Korean household with her mum fermenting kimchi in the...

What a character Rosemary Shrager is! Be prepared to laugh your way through this episode with her infectious laugh and wonderful sense of humour! She talks all about her new book – her first novel aptly named The Last Supper and the story behind the story.  We bond over being introverted extroverts (if you can believe that!) and I ask her whether she’s suffered from any prejudice as a self-taught female chef. She opens up about her long-standing friendship with Pierre Koffmann and working...

What a charming chap musician Jack Savoretti is! It had been a long time coming but we finally sat down to talk all about his Italian heritage, childhood family dinners and some of his naughty food vices! He’s currently on tour so we talk all about finally being out there performing live, his new album, Europiana and he opens up about the music industry; the difficulties he overcame, the time he was asked to change his name as it wasn’t “British” enough (!) and he discusses stepping away from...

This week I invite you to listen in on the live recording from my first LIVE event at White City House in London, with the gorgeous Shivi Ramoutar. Following Soho House’s monthly theme of Nourishment, we talk all about how we nourish ourselves from the inside in, eating in moderation and Shivi’s incredible life being born and raised in Trinidad before settling in the UK. She explains the deliciousness of Trinidadian food and how it differs from other West Indian islands. I then opened up to...

When I started Crazy Sexy Food, I wrote a list of dream guests I’d love to have on. If you’d seen it, you would have laughed and told me “Yeah Right!”. So, when I got the call a couple weeks ago that Nobu Matsuhisa was in town to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Nobu London Park Lane, and he was doing a select number of interviews and that CSF was in the running I could not believe it! But here we are. And here I was, in this episode, sitting down with the man himself discussing his life in...

Crystelle Pereira is the rising star we all need to know about. If you’re an avid GBBO then you’ll know exactly who she is!  Not only is she my first ever GBBO contestant, but she came over for baclava and a glass water (!) and gave me in inside scoop of how the show works, what it’s like to film in secret for 6 weeks and her favourite bakes from the season. We touch on her Goan Portuguese heritage where she explains the cuisine - did you know Vindaloo originates from Goa?! Me neither. We...

I am FINALLY joined by my first world champion boxer this week! Lawrence Okolie sat down with me just after retaining his WBO Cruiserweight title (well, not literally straight after, but you know what I mean!). He may have zoomed in from his bed (!), but the champion spoke all about growing up in a Nigerian household and how he STILL doesn’t know how to make jollof rice, his unique success story and his book, Dare to Change Your Life. He opens up about his relationship with food as a child;...

This week I have a true showbiz superstar joining me, Mr Martin Kemp! He’s done it all; music, TV, film and even GBBO! He popped over and talked all about his time in Spandau Ballet, and the huge success they had overnight. He commends his time on Eastenders, where he played bad boy Steve Owen as saving his life after a very traumatic experience with a brain tumour.  The man is still as gorgeous as he was when he first entered the limelight, and is showing no signs of stopping! He discusses...

It was an absolute honour (and somewhat nerve wracking) to have Marcus Wareing join me in my kitchen for a chat this week. He came in, saw my stew bubbling away on the stove, gave me some lifechanging tips and then sat down with a cuppa and spoke to me all about his life growing up in Southport, his boxing days, and his experience coming to London to work at The Savoy and Le Gavroche. He discusses the difference between the chefs of his day to present day and how the training has changed,...

It had been a long time coming to get this brilliant woman onto the podcast, and we finally did it after months of planning! Adjoa Andoh has been on our screens and stages for years, and currently plays the incredible Lady Danbury in a little-known show called Bridgerton! She talks about her wonderful upbringing with a real mixture of food and cuisines being around her English mother and Ghanaian father and she dissects what Ghanaian food is and her memories of it. We also had an interesting...

What a special episode this was, getting to sit down with one of my favourite childhood boybands, Five! They’re back with a new album after 20 years and I got to chat to them all about it! The three of them, Scott, Ritchie and Sean, all admitted they’re much healthier than they used to be; in fact, none of them had eaten breakfast as they’re all intermittent fasting!! We cover everything: Scott’s bizarre food phobias, Ritchie’s childhood nickname and Sean’s love of anything spicy! They also...

I’m back! Season 6 is here!!! I am soooo excited to be back on the airwaves doing what I love. This season is going to be so much fun, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do making it! I’m joined by ex-NFL star, Jason Bell. We thought we’d honour the biggest sporting event in the world – The Super Bowl – which is played this Sunday and what better way that getting the ex-New York Giants, The Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans player on to talk all things American Football, the relationship...