The Go To Food Podcast

Today we're joined by one of the most recognisable faces in the country in multi-award winning; chef, food writer, TV star, restaurateur & now social media star Gizzi Erskine. Gizzi takes us through her incredible career which has taken in so many twists and turns along the way; from working in some of Londons top restaurants having been inspired by her mother's incredible food, to winning national competitions across the board for her culinary creations, to becoming the most famous lady on TV alongside Nigella, to starting restaurants with her Rock N Roll friends in Pro Green and Libertines singer Carl Barat, to losing her money in failed foodie ventures, to being at the forefront of the pop up movement, to getting abused by famous chefs and much more... ---------- Order award winning meats direct to your door from Swaledale Butchers - https://swaledale.co.uk/ Head to www.delli.market and discover the thousands of creative products dropping daily and use the code GOTODELLI for 25% off everything from us. Check out Square's an all-in-one restaurant tech solution here - www.square.com Please subscribe and leave us a comment, and if you enjoy the podcast please listen to our audio only podcast that we bring out each Thursday whereby we interview the top chefs in the UK and beyond - https://link.chtbl.com/Vg8g3qpb Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter here - https://open.substack.com/pub/thegoto...

What an honour it is to be sat at the Rotunda interviewing the man who's restaurant's just been crowned the best restaurant in the whole of the country in Endo Kazutoshi. In this interview he opens up like never before talking us through;  How He was nearly disowned by his family in Japan.  The Brutality & Hierarchy of the Japanese kitchen.  Why Chef's need to start working harder in this country if they want to be successful.  How a chance encounter with Rose Gray (River Cafe Co-Founder) changed his life forever. The importance of local produce but also why he imports mineral water from Japan.  Why he was disgusted by Noma upon his first visit.  How he's changed the face of Japanese food in this country.  Why he wishes diners would stop being so picky and judgemental and just live in the moment.  The secrets behind his award winning dishes and much much more..... ---------- Download The Appetite app now and track your fav spots or places that you're dying to check out and book them easily all through the app - download it now. https://shorturl.at/yFXyK

Today we're delighted to be joined by award-winning food writer and critic the wonderful Tom Parker-Bowles, to celebrate his incredibly colourful career and his new book 'Cooking & The Crown'. From getting set up by the Fake Sheikh in Cannes for a cocaine deal, to his raving days in the warehouses to his days working for the 'terrifying' and 'horrible' Mohamed Al-Fayed it's all uncovered in this fascinating interview. We of course mostly talk about food and his love of it from a very early age, including his memories of his mother (The Queen's) cooking, his local chippie, his addiction to chilli aka 'Culinary Cocaine', his favourite restaurants, his books, his travels, the joys of his job as a food critic, the royal families foodie secrets and so much more..... ------------ Order award winning meats direct to your door from Swaledale Butchers - https://swaledale.co.uk/ Head to www.delli.market and discover the thousands of creative products dropping daily and use the code GOTODELLI for 25% off everything from us. Check out Square's an all-in-one restaurant tech solution here - www.square.com Order a copy of Tom's incredible book here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooking-Crown-recipes-Victoria-Charles/dp/1783256060 Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter here - https://open.substack.com/pub/thegoto...

Today we're joined by one of London's most exciting young chefs in Ben Murphy, who was crowned National Chef of the Year 2022 by the Craft Guild & who's worked under some of the most iconic chefs in the world including; Pierre Koffmann, Michel Guérard, Éric Fréchon & Thomas Keller. Ben has worked his way through some of the most famous restaurants in the world from London to Paris to New York and today reveals the reality of being an Englishman in a foreign kitchen. From language barriers, to bullying, to dodgy bosses, crazy hours and everything in between. He then went off to set up his own restaurant 'Woodford' at just 24 which won Evening Standards restaurant of the year and received a rare 5 star review from the legendary A.A Gill, but ultimately ended up closing, when it turned out his investors were dodgier than he could have ever imagined. He's recently been Chef Patron at the award winning  Launceston Place, but has now left to pursue an incredibly exciting new opportunity! --------- Download The Appetite app now and track your fav spots or places that you're dying to check out and book them easily all through the app - download it now. https://shorturl.at/yFXyK