Desert Island Dishes

We are back! I'm so happy to be back recording and what a guest to kick off the new season with! My guest today is Dawn O’Porter.   Dawn is an author, broadcaster, writer, podcaster and journalist. Having trained at drama school, Dawn become a TV presenter, rising to fame with her critically acclaimed BBC documentary Super Slim Me. Many more TV shows followed and in 2013 began a new passion for Dawn as she began writing more seriously and started a new chapter of her career. She released her first novel which got shortlisted for the Waterstone’s children book prize, more books followed -  she’s now written 7 and she has continued to have huge writing success as a Sunday Times Bestseller. Dawn lives in Los Angeles with her movie star husband, two young sons and her dog Potato. Dawn has said, "I love food. I realise that’s a basic statement and might not sound like it warrants a whole load of page-time but for me it does. Food is the great passion and pleasure of my life. Reading cookbooks, shopping for ingred