
The Filling with Anna Barnett
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Join me, Anna Barnett, as I head into the kitchens of celebrity guests to swoon over the styling, discuss their career highs, and lows, and get stuck in to some serious food chat. Each weekly episode ends with our guest showing us their strongest sandwich game - and very possibly the contents of their fridge!
The Filling with Anna Barnett
3M ago
Today’s guest brings me to an achingly picturesque country pile in Oxfordshire. An enormously celebrated hotel, housing the renowned two Michelin starred restaurant Maison aux quat’saison which has retained its stars for 40 years and celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
Raymond's infectious passion, drive and attention to detail has seen many a great chef pass through his kitchens and go on to in turn to reach dizzy heights within the world of food.
Landing on British soil in 1972, his 52 years in the industry has seen his aptitude for French gastronomy catapult him to f ..read more
The Filling with Anna Barnett
4M ago
Dominic Hamdy started out by whipping up the best scotch egg in town, from market stalls to a wholesale business with the likes of Selfridges and Wholefoods as clients. Scotchtails didn’t in fact continue to scale but instead morphed into something much broader. First a Nordic inspired coffee shop on the Strand which was sold ahead of launching the enormously successful Crispin in Spitalfields. Think small plates, seasonal produce and an epic wine list of low intervention and natural wines. Many a chef collaboration helped cement its popularity and a further three restaurants have followe ..read more
The Filling with Anna Barnett
4M ago
Danilo Cortellini is one of my favourite Italian exports. Before landing on British soil over fourteen years ago there were stints at the revered San Domenico near Bologna and Perbellini in Verona, both of which hold two Michelin stars. London saw him throw himself into 3 Michelin starred French restaurant Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, a brave move for an Italian chef!
He carved out a career based on discipline, precision and dedication which put him in good stead to take over the role as head chef at the Italian Embassy, an esteemed position which he held for over 9 years. Catering for and ..read more
The Filling with Anna Barnett
4M ago
Queen of all things sweet, Ravneet Gill is a self confessed sugar addict and the ultimate baking critic. The past four years have bought with it 3 books, one being the ultimate baking bible, an actual baby and a tv career to boot! 2021 saw her step into the shoes of Prue Leith as one of the judges on junior bake off. 2023 saw her join Michel Roux Junior and Mike Reid on Ch4’s Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef.
This cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef has worked her way around some of London’s best pastry sections, working for renowned restaurants St John, Wild by tart, Andrew ..read more
The Filling with Anna Barnett
4M ago
Giorgia Goggi arrived amongst the olive trees and arid terrain of southern Italy back in 2017. As Puglia was cementing its place as a destination of choice, so was Pugliese farmhouse Masseria Moroseta where our guest joined as Resident Chef for a modest 6 rooms. She would go on to build Moroseta’s reputation as THE culinary hotspot in the region with an aesthetic and menu well ahead of its time. Led by the seasons and with produce from her organic garden, today’s guest has continued to evolve, channeling her passion through a variety of ventures. Moroseta presents most recently as the com ..read more
The Filling with Anna Barnett
5M ago
From fully fledged lawyer to restauranteur, chef and best selling author; Karan Gokani's growing empire continues to blossom at pace. Responsible for bringing Sri Lankan and South Indian cuisine to the masses; he launched Hoppers back in 2015 to much acclaim.
The much anticipated Hoppers the cookbook, a collection anecdotes, imagery and family style recipes topped many a ‘best cookbook list’.
With an amassed following of just under 600k followers across instagram and views reaching the millions, today’s guest continues to share his passion for recipes with his legions of fans.
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The Filling with Anna Barnett
5M ago
In this week's episode I step into the world of Jeremy Lee, chef proprietor of the iconic Soho restaurant Quo Vadis.
We cook up that renowned Smoked Eel sandwich in the kitchen of Quo Vadis before retiring to his enviable East London apartment (a treasure trove of cookery books and serveware).
We talk about Jeremy's favourite restaurants, people that inspire him and what it was like to work alongside Sir Terrance Conran for almost two decades.
His book, Cooking simply and well, for one or many is out now and I can assure you it's one worth having as part of your cookery book collection.
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The Filling with Anna Barnett
5M ago
I’m finally back with Series 3 of The Filling and we are kicking things off with a bang!
On this episode I’m lucky enough to be joined by an American culinary heavyweight and self-confessed perfectionist Nancy Silverton. The woman responsible for bringing artisan bread first to Los Angeles and then to the rest of America. Described as ‘Goddess of Delicious’, whose brioche bought Julia Child to tears, and amongst those in the know she’s considered in the pantheon of all-time great chefs.
We talk about Nancy’s ever expanding restaurant empire, a collaboration in the making with ‘Somebody Feed Ph ..read more
The Filling with Anna Barnett
4y ago
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
This is an EXCITING ONE! Fresh from a morning gym session and seated in her Spitalfields’ kitchen, 2
Michelin starred chef Angela Hartnett MBE joins host Anna Barnett for this week’s episode of The
Filling podcast where Angela shares stories of growing up in the family fish and chip shop, working
with Gordon Ramsay for 17 years and how it feels to be the only woman in a kitchen of male chefs.
The answer to that may surprise you.
EPISODE NOTES
03:30 – 05:30) Angela admits to working throughout lockdown, and here she details the Cook 19
initiative she developed to supply hospita ..read more
The Filling with Anna Barnett
4y ago
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
Musical husband and wife duo, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Richard Jones, sit down in their London home
with The Filling host Anna Barnett to chat about how they met and Sophie’s chat-up lines, the
importance of music in their lives and how to feed a family of 7 during lockdown. Here’s a clue: lots
of cereal and lots of milk. Also on the table are Sophie on Strictly, falling over on stage, and falling
pregnant 6 weeks into dating.
EPISODE NOTES
06:30 – 08:30) Ever wondered what breakfast time looks like for a house of 7 including 5
boys? Listen here to get the full picture.
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