Desert Island Dishes

My guest today is Dr Rupy Aujila You may know him as the Doctors Kitchen, he is a medical doctor working as a GP in the NHS. In 2011 he helped himself overcome a pretty serious medial condition by overhauling his lifestyle and the food he ate. This was a lightbulb moment as he realised that a lot of patients would benefit from a holistic approach to both the body and the mind. The Doctors Kitchen has gone from strength to strength with best selling cookbooks and hes also created the UK first Culinary Mecicine course. Through which he now trains other medics on the foundations of nutrition and how to cook. Thank you to Sweaty Betty for sponsoring this episode - there is a very generous 20% for you to use online using the code “Desertislanddishes” – that’s all one word. Thank you for listening. Don’t forget you can find me on instagram, www.instagram.com/margienomura. If you haven’t yet left a 5* rating now is your moment! And your good deed for the week could be recommending Desert Island Dishes to your

My guest today is Rozanna Purcell Roz is a best selling cookery author, presenter and entrepreneur. She grew up on a farm in Tipperary and has travelled the world as a model and as a beauty queen winning Miss Universe Ireland in 2010. Having developed an unhealthy relationship with food during her modelling years - her blog Natural Born Feeder and her subsequent cookbooks were born out of a change in her lifestyle and falling back in love with cooking. She now does triathlons, iron women competitions, organises group hikes and is a regular face on Irish TV. Don’t forget that you can rate review and subscribe to the podcast on itunes and it really does make such a difference, it boost sthe show in the charts and helps others to find it which is great and means I can keep bringing it to you each week. If you don’t already, come and follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/margienomura and you can sign up for the newsletter and find a whole host of different recipes at www.desertislanddishes.co Thank you very

My guest today is Adam Byatt. Adam is a chef, restaurateur, food writer, TV presenter, judge and mentor. He has been described as one of London’s most exciting chef-restaurateurs. He owned his first restaurant at the tender age of 26 and now has 3 award winning restaurants in London’s Clapham including a coveted Michelin star. When asked about his motto for life he said it’s got to be “ the harder you work, the luckier you get”. Thank you to S. Pellegrino for sponsoring this episode of Desert island Dishes. If you or anyone you know wants to get the chance to cook for some of the world’s most acclaimed chefs, head to www.sanpellegrinoyoungchef.com/en/application Don’t forget that you can rate review and subscribe to the podcast on itunes and it really does make such a difference, it boost sthe show in the charts and helps others to find it which is great and means I can keep bringing it to you each week. If you don’t already, come and follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/margienomura and you can sign up

My guest today is Monica Galetti. Monica is a chef, a restaurant owner, Masterchef The Professionals Judge, and TV presenter for which she travels the world along with food critic Giles Coren for the program Amazing Hotels. She has recently opened her first restaurant Mere with her husband David. Before that she was senior sous chef at two Michelin starred restaurant Le Gavroche with Michel Roux Jr. Importantly she was the first woman to hold such a senior position at the restaurant. Thank you to S. Pellegrino for sponsoring this episode of Desert island Dishes. If you or anyone you know wants to get the chance to cook for some of the world’s most acclaimed chefs, head to www.sanpellegrinoyoungchef.com/en/application Don’t forget that you can rate review and subscribe to the podcast on itunes and it really does make such a difference, it boost sthe show in the charts and helps others to find it which is great and means I can keep bringing it to you each week. If you don’t already, come and follow me on Insta

My guest today is Stanley Tucci. Stanley is a multi award winning actor, director, writer and producer. You may know him from films such as Big Night, Julie and Julia, Lucky Number Slevin, Conspiracy, Devil Wears Prada, The Lovely Bones or The Hunger Games to really just name a few. His other great love in life is food and it has even been said of Stanley that he is a food connoisseur who also happens to act and direct. Whilst reminiscing on his childhood, he has said: “Food has become a kind of obsession with me, but it is more than that: it is another limb or organ, it is part of who I am.” Thank you so much for the amazing reviews you’ve been leaving on Itunes recently – they really do make my day and give the show a little boost and help others to find out about the show! If you haven’t yet left a 5* rating now is your moment! So there we have it – another delicious day of Desert Island Dishes! Don’t forget you can find me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/margienomura) and you can sign up for the

My guest today is Chris Smalling. Chris is a Manchester United and England International footballer. He’s been playing professional football for the last 8 years having played more than 300 games for Man United. He talks to me about turning his dream to become a footballer into reality and what it’s like to represent your country on the pitch. In January 2018 Chris made the decision to turn vegan for a number of different reasons which we discuss. He is a pioneer of plant based eating in sport and is part of a growing list of vegan sports stars – including formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, boxing champion David Haye and tennis star Venus Williams. I cant quite believe it but Chris is the first professional sportsman we’ve had on Desert Island Dishes and although it may come as a bit of a surprise to a lot of you - I am a big football fan, I love watching it and my husband is a huge Manchester united fan so we made a day trip of it and went to the Man U training ground to meet with Chris. I hope you enjoy!

My guest today is Isaac Carew Isaac is a chef, Instagram sensation and has also been working as a model for the last decade modelling for some of the world’s biggest fashion brands. He’s been described a chef-turned-model-turned-chef again He trained at culinary school for two years and received his big break in 2007 cooking alongside Angela Hartnett at The Connaught before being scouted as a model at the age of 22. He is one half of an impossibly cool and glamarous duo – with his girlfriend being the music superstar Dua Lipa. In 2018, Evening Standard named him as one of London's most influential people in the Tastemakers: Eat and Drink category. Hope you’re all well and that you’ve had a lovely week. If you haven’t yet left a 5* rating for desert island dishes and you’ve been enjoying listening – then consider it your good deed of the day – I read all of them and it genuinely does make a big difference, so thank you. My first newsletter went out last week – and now I hope its going to be a weekly occurre

My guest today is Jason Atherton Jason started cooking at a very young age in the seaside hotel run by his family. At 16 he ran away to London and got a job at a Michelin-starred restaurant -- all while living in a youth hostel. After years of working under esteemed chefs such as Pierre Koffmann, Nico Ladenis, Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay, he began building his own global restaurant empire just seven years ago. First in London with the award winning Pollen Street Social and now in Hong Kong, Shanghai, The Phillippines, Dubai, Sydney and New York. He has 17 restaurants so far and counting. He has been described as a world class culinary alchemist and Marco Pierre Whie is on the record having said of Jason: “Jason is a realist not a fantasist. He has turned his dreams into reality” Hope you’re all well and that you’ve had a lovely week. If you haven’t yet left a 5* rating now is your moment! And your good deed for the week could be recommending Desert Island Dishes to your friends and colleagues. I l

My guest today is Joe Wicks. Otherwise known as The Body Coach - Joe has taken the fitness world by storm in just 5 years he has gone from personal trainer doing bootcamps in the park that sometimes people wouldn’t show up for – to a bonafide fitness guru with his own empire. He has written 7 cookbooks and is a multi million best selling author having sold 3 million copies to date. His first book was the second best selling cookbook on record and he’s even been named the second most influential person in food in the UK. He boasts millions of followers across social media and has had the kind of success most people only dream of but through it all he says his mission has remained the same from day one and that’s "to get the world off diets, become more active and to eat proper food” Joe has recently become an investor in the meal delivery company (https://www.gousto.co.uk) which is another really exciting step in his career. He walked away from a huge deal with a supermarket in order to work with Gousto and w

My guest today is Chetna Makan. You may remember Chetna from The Great British Bake Off Season 5 where she made it through to the semi-finals and really stood out for her exciting use of flavour, creativity with her dishes and the fact that many of these dishes were completely new to her. She has gone on to write three cookbooks all showcasing the food of India in different and exciting ways. She has her own successful Youtube Channel “Food with Chetna” where she shares her love of cooking all inspired by Indian cuisine. Of Indian food Chetna says: Many people still think of Indian food as unhealthy takeaways or elaborate tedious recipes to prepare. I want to show that everyday Indian food, as I cook in my own kitchen, can be extremely delicious while being easy to prepare and healthy”. Hope you’re all well and that you’ve had a lovely week. If you haven’t yet left a 5* rating now is your moment! It makes such a difference and I really love reading your reviews! This was the first episode we have recorded

My guest today is Clodagh McKenna Clodagh is a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and a broadcaster. Originally from Ireland, she’s been cooking professionally for 20 years. She is the author of 7 cookbooks – her latest one Clodagh’s Suppers came out at the start of this year and is really brilliant. In Spring 2018 she became the weekly food columnist for the Evening Standard and she has regular slots on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch in the UK, The Today Show and the Rachael Ray show in America plus several more in Canada. Her most recent TV show, Clodagh's Irish Food Trails gained more than 15 million viewers on PBS in America and has really helped to establish her in America. I only recently met Clodagh after following her career from afar when I got to go to the most delicious dinner party at her house. She really is the hostess with the mostess – there was dancing between each course and the most delicious food. As it’s Valentines day today – whether you are celebrating that – or galentines - or palen

My guest today is Madeleine Shaw. Madeleine is a bestselling cookery writer, a nutritional therapist and leading wellness blogger. She was really at the forefront of blogging when it all took off and has been a pioneer in the world of wellness. She’s written 3 best selling cookbooks, launched an app, amassed a huge following online, trained as a yoga teacher – had a baby and has just released The Good Gut Guide. It’s not for nothing she’s regularly called a guru. I was so happy to not only get Madeleine on the podcast but also to have her as the guest on our first live recording of Desert Island Dishes. It was so much fun. I was really nervous which I think you may be able to hear in my voice at the beginning but we had so many people there and everyone was so lovely and they all seemed to enjoy it so that made it even better and so now we can get planning some more. If you might be interested then go to the website desertislanddishes.co and sign up for the newsletter which at the moment is very sporadic but

My guest today is Georgina Hayden. Georgie, otherwise known as "Georgie Pudding n Pie" to her hoardes of loyal followers and fans on Instagram. She is a hugely successful cook, Food writer and stylist from North London. Growing up above her grandparents’ Greek Cypriot taverna in Tufnell Park, Georgie developed a passion for cooking. She studied Fine Art at university, but after graduating – she landed a job as a food writer and stylist on Delicious magazine. She went on to join Jamie Oliver’s food team where she worked for nearly 12 years. She writes, develops and styles for magazine features, books, television projects and campaigns. She published her first cookbook Stirring Slowly a few years ago and we are now only a mere few months away from the publication of her new book - Taverna. Preorder Georgie’s new book here: (https://amzn.to/2DJFAq4)Get your hands on Stirring Slow here: (https://amzn.to/2DIGuTE) Thank you for all the lovely reviews you’ve been leaving – genuinely I read all of them – cool per

My guest today is Ainsley Harriott. Ainsley is a chef, a TV presenter, a business man and cookbook author. He has sold more than 2 million cookbooks worldwide and he now has his own range of supermarket foods, including couscous, risotto, soups and cereal bars. He won the heart of the nation during his time presenting Ready Steady Cook and became one of the most recognised TV personalities – he is back on our screens with a new series called Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen – Sunday’s on ITV at 11.30am if you fancy tuning in. Such is Ainley’s popularity that back in 2015 there was a petition to get him on the new £20 note and it gained more than 25,000 signatures. Hope you enjoy today’s episode! The link to get tickets to the live event next weekend where I will be interviewing Madeleine Shaw is here: (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/desert-island-dishes-live-with-margie-nomura-and-madeleine-shaw-tickets-54533277501?aff=ebdssbdestsearch) Thank you to Robert Welch for sponsoring this episode of Desert Island Dishes

My guest today is Tom Kerridge. Tom is a 3 star Michelin chef – his pub the Hand and Flowers in Marlow was the first pub to be awarded 2 Michelin stars. He’s been in the business for 27 years and my goodness has he done a lot of things. His second pub in Marlow, The Coach also has a Michelin star - he has a butchers / pub and last year he opened his first London restaurant – Kerridge’s Bar and Grill at the Corinthia Hotel London. As if this wasn’t enough, Tom has written best selling cookbooks, appeared on and hosted many TV shows, he started a food festival and has a catering business. The cherry on the top is that The Sun describes him as “The culinary master”, Metro has said he is a “national treasure” and GQ says he is a “human sunbeam”. You can find Tom’s book here: (https://amzn.to/2RMGtWQ) Thank you to Robert Welch for sponsoring today’s episode. Don’t forget to use the code DISHES10 at checkout on (www.robertwelch.com) for an extra 10% off their sale of Campden Cookware. Also if you would like t

My guest today is Amelia Freer Amelia is a one of the leading nutritional therapist in the U.K. She has treated hundreds of clients through her private practice and clients rave about her approach to nutirion which is motivational, extreremely knowdeleable and done in a way which makes incporpating healthy food into every day life, enjoyable. Her client list is very impressive as some of her clients have included Victoria Beckham, Sam Smith, Boy George and James Corden. She is also the author of 3 best selling books. Amelia divides her time between her busy practice in central London and her home in Wiltshire, where she says you will most likely find her pottering around in her vegetable garden. So this is a lovely episode that I’ve been looking forwards to for a long time! I’m a big fan of Amelia, and she was kind enough to invite my sausage dog Digby along. He was obviously delighted but as predicted he wasn’t the most helpful co-host – so apologies if you can hear him. If you haven’t yet left a 5* rati

My guest today is Laura Jackson Laura is a TV presenter, a designer of clothes and homewares. In fact she has been described by Work Work Work - as a creative polymath with a career spanning food, fashion and TV. Since 2014 she has started a supperclub with her work wife – the other half of Jackson and Levine - Radio 1’s DJ Alice Levine. The pair brought out their gorgeous cookbook last year in 2017 and have since gone on to design several ranges for Habitat. So this is a lovely episode – we recorded in Laura’s dreamy house – which I’ve seen many pictures of but its even better in the flesh and her gorgeous whippet Barry sat with his head on my lap the entire recording which made it even better. We talk everything from cooking disasters, the best restaurants in London, the joy of cake batter and why we love bread. You can find Laura’s book here: (https://amzn.to/2zH2Our) If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a 5* review – please do as it really does give the show a little boost and is genuinely very

My guest today is Felicity Cloake. Felicity is an award winning freelance journalist and writer. You may know her from her infamous Guardian column How to Make the Perfect:” or perhaps from her column in the New Statesman or perhaps from her many other writing features. She has written 5 books – with more in the pipeline. Her writing and recipe testing is meticulous and has made Felicity one of the biggest names in food writing today with her recipes being some of the most trustworthy around. I was so excited to sit down with Felicity this week and when I described her as one of the biggest names in food writing I could see her immediately recoil at that because she’s very modest but it’s true and I stand by it. To back up my statement I can tell you that she has been crowned the “Nation’s Taster in Chief” and Jan Moir says: “She oozes trustworthiness the way a figgy pudding oozes spicy fumes” which both Felicity and I decided was a pretty impressive accolade. There’s all sorts in this one – from dishwaher

My guest today is Gino D’Acampo Born into a large family in Napoli in the South of Italy – he came to London at the age of 19 back in 1995. You may know him from his regular appearances on This Morning where he cooks up a storm, or perhaps from his early days on Ready Steady Cook. He’s a TV regular, a best selling author and a successful restaurauteur. He has written over 16 cookbooks, holds six Guiness world records (one of them is for walking on custard) and he was crowned King of the Jungle in the 9th series of I’m a Celebrity Get me out of here. Gino is often described as the UK’s favourite Italian chef. He has over 40 restaurants in the UK and he’s currently got 3 television series on our screens at the moment alone. He’s just published a new book Gino’s Italian Adriatic Escape. I thought I knew Gino from watching him cook on TV but I learnt so much about him in this episode and finding out about how he got to where he is today was so much fun, not least discovering that he was George Michael's privat

My guest today is Ed Smith. You may know him by his pen name – Rocket and Squash. Ed gave up a high flying career in law around 6 years ago to pursue a career in food and I think this is a good listen for anyone thinking about changing career whether into the world of food or beyond. Ed is the author of the hugely popular and award winning website Rocket and Squash – which is sort of a smorgasbord of delicious things from recipes, to restaurant reviews and cookery news. He has now written 2 cookbooks to much acclaim and regularly writes for a multitude of publications. And in 2015 Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards named him ‘Best Online Restaurant Writer’ and shortlisted him for ‘Best Cookery Writer’. Which is all pretty impressive! You can find Ed's first book here (https://amzn.to/2PqAAya) You can find his second book all about Borough Market here (https://amzn.to/2Thia1h) If you’re listening and you haven’t yet left a review – now’s your chance! It really is quick to do. I know people bang on abo