The Filling with Anna Barnett
Food & Cooking Podcasts
We all know the kitchen is where stuff happens. It’s there that we chew the fat, make life’s big decisions and, when no one’s watching, slurp straight from the tin. 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!
Location:
United Kingdom
Genres:
Food & Cooking Podcasts
Description:
We all know the kitchen is where stuff happens. It’s there that we chew the fat, make life’s big decisions and, when no one’s watching, slurp straight from the tin. 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!
Language:
English
Contact:
07771311562
Website:
https://thefilling.podbean.com/
Email:
thefillingpod@gmail.com
Episodes
Angela Hartnett Discusses her Welsh-Italian Ancestry, Gordon Ramsay's Ambition and Supplying the Queen with Pasta
5/29/2021
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...
Duration:00:57:55
From their Kitchen Disco Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Richard Jones Discuss Combining their Music Careers with Feeding their Five Sons
5/22/2021
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...
Duration:01:28:30
Luke Holder Asserts his Passion for Produce led Cooking and Perfecting the Tastiest Foccacia
5/15/2021
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
Buckle up podcast listeners as this week we’ll be taking a worldwide culinary tour with effervescent
chef Luke Holder. We’re heading to the Middle East, China, Thailand, Italy and landing in the New
Forrest where our lucky host Anna Barnett meets Luke in the beautiful grounds of the Lime Wood
Hotel where, with Angela Hartnett, he heads up the Hotel’s restaurant ‘Hartnett, Holder and Co’.
EPISODE NOTES
03:15 – 04:50) Luke affirms his commitment to local produce and how...
Duration:01:08:28
Rejina Pyo and Jordan Bourke Discuss Blending their Korean and Irish Cultures in the Fashion and Food Industry
5/8/2021
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
“ANNYEONG!” Have you eaten? If not, don’t worry because this week’s episode of The Filling
podcast comes to you from the home of Rejina Pyo and Jourdan Bourke, the fashion designer and
chef powerhouse couple behind the award-winning cookbook, ‘Our Korean Kitchen’. Host Anna
Barnett discovers how South Korea and Ireland share some surprising cultural similarities: drinking
and dancing mainly. They also discuss sustainability in fashion, one dish restaurants, and...
Duration:01:10:59
Anna Jones Confesses to Owning a Thousand Cookbooks and Discusses Working with Jamie Oliver and her Commitment to Vegetarianism
5/1/2021
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
It’s the meeting of the two Annas today as Barnett meets Jones in the new episode of The Filling
podcast. Speaking from her newly renovated Hackney home, chef, food writer and stylist Anna Jones
weaves her journey from an Economics degree to chef training and working at Jamie Oliver’s 15
restaurant, to writing her first published recipes and cookbooks incorporating her commitment to
vegetarianism. A prolific recipe writer (as well as cookbook and ceramics collector)...
Duration:01:13:48
Merlin Labron-Johnson Confesses his Love for French Cooking, the Challenges of a No-Menu and How to Spot a Michelin Star Inspector
4/24/2021
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
Beautiful Bruton in Somerset is the destination for this week’s The Filling podcast as Anna Barnett
joins chef and restaurateur Merlin Labron-Johnson in his 15 th Century home to chat about his
illustrious career beginning with his training in classical French cuisine, to his successful return to
London and opening 3 restaurants in 5 years (including a Michelin star), and his eventual move to
Somerset where he now runs The Old Pharmacy, a French style épicerie, and...
Duration:01:12:08
Donna Hay Chats Zero to Sourdough, Human Connection through Food and Being the Condiment Queen
4/17/2021
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
Joining host Anna Barnett on this week’s episode of the Filling podcast is cook, food stylist, presenter, and author of 30 award-winning cookbooks Donna Hay. Zooming in from her oceanside Sydney home (swoon) Donna recounts her early days as a fledging food stylist and recipe developer through to managing her current food and cooking empire which incorporates writing, TV, her eponymous magazine and online store, and not forgetting hosting live cookalongs for over 4000 people...
Duration:01:08:41
Ravinder Bhogal Chats Food Without Borders, Butter Love, and Swearing Parrots
4/10/2021
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
For Ravinder Bhogal, cook, writer & restaurant owner, food storytelling is an integral part of her
work ethos and what drives the flavour combinations that make it to her menus. In this inspiring
episode of The Filling podcast, Ravinder explains to Anna Barnett that restaurants are spaces for
humanity where you see the spectrum of emotions, and if you can understand someone’s food you
can understand their culture. Ravinder’s is a life story packed with exploration,...
Duration:01:32:06
Kelly Osbourne chats lockdown pets, TV projects, and her love for British food (Including Chicken Cottage)
4/3/2021
Deep in lockdown on both sides of the Atlantic, rock ‘n’ roll enfant terrible Kelly Osbourne Zooms in from LA to join Anna Barnett in London for a raucous, insightful, and poignant episode of The Filling podcast.
It’s boss and former employee reunited (did you know that back in the day Anna was Kelly’s assistant?) where they examine lifestyle transformations, new TV projects (EXCLUSIVE!), Sharon’s lack of cooking skills, and Kelly’s much treasured Chicken Cottage keyring. Serious question:...
Duration:00:41:08
Rachel Khoo Discusses the Joys of Swedish Fika, Diversity in TV Production, and Giant Bourbon Biscuits
3/27/2021
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
When chef and food writer Rachel Khoo isn’t running in -12 degrees Stockholm, she is creating TV
shows, writing cookbooks, judging The Great British Menu, and being a mum (not necessarily in that
order). In other words, she’s a force of creative nature intent on using 2021 for self-improvement
and developing a whole host of new work projects. In this episode of The Filling with Anna Barnett
podcast, Zooming in from her home in the Swedish capital, Rachel shares her...
Duration:01:23:08
Tomos Parry chats Michelin stars, Basque cooking, and east end strip-clubs
3/20/2021
EPISODE SYNOPSIS
Founder and head chef of Brat restaurant, Tomos Parry, talks to Anna Barnett about converting a former east end strip club into his Michelin starred restaurant, the influence of Basque cooking on his menu, and the transportive power of food and eating, in this episode of The Filling podcast. Mid lockdown, Anna and Tomos discuss the need for hospitality side projects in a struggling industry, and how creating a convivial working culture is beneficial for team and customer....
Duration:01:23:37
Dan Gillespie-Sells Makes an Italian Open Sandwich (And Plays Piano Really Fast)
2/13/2021
Singer, song writer, activist, and Anna’s former landlord, Dan Gillespie-Sells, is the guest on this
week’s The Filling with Anna Barnett. Catching-up in Dan’s Victorian pub home in east London, the
old friends chat through Dan’s musical journey from attending the Brit School at 16, forming his
band The Feeling, learning his craft performing 10 shows a week in the Alps, and diversifying into
musical theatre. As Dan’s pub is where Anna lived for 10 years, they also remember the many...
Duration:01:18:31
Madeleine Shaw Makes a Hot Salmon Salad on Rye Bread (Or Does She?)
2/6/2021
‘Move, munch, meditate’ is nutritionist and writer Madeleine Shaw’s philosophy for positive lifestyle change. Madeleine is the guest on this week’s episode of The Filling with Anna Barnett. Madeleine and Anna also get to grips with establishing joy in your diet by ‘crowding in, not cutting out’, the importance of vegetable diversity for gut health, Madeleine’s strict Nokia only policy at the weekend (no smartphones here) and topless gyms. Yes, gyms where you work out topless (and...
Duration:01:16:33
Melissa Hemsley Makes a Fridge-Raid Frittata Sandwich
1/30/2021
Anna Barnett today joins Melissa Hemsley in her east London kitchen, resplendent with built-in wok and teppanyaki grill, to discuss the pleasures of dining alone (and not just to chat up the waiters), how the vibrancy of Filipino cuisine is having a moment, reusing leftovers, and the importance of a well-stocked freezer should you find yourself in A&E after a tumble down the stairs. The only thing standing in the way of Anna’s hand-crafted sandwich this week is an uninvited spider Melissa...
Duration:00:58:54
Andi & Miquita Oliver Make a Mackerel Escabeche Open Sandwich
1/23/2021
Anna Barnett visits the north London kitchen of chef and TV presenter Andi Oliver and her daughter, Miquita, in this episode of her podcast, The Filling. Together they explore Andi’s career through music (best friend is Neneh Cherry klaxon!) to food broadcasting, and a certain mother/daughter road trip through Cambodia where the driving definitely was not shared (you do have a license right, Miquita?). Along the way we learn about a new restaurant venture with Fred Sirieix, talk...
Duration:00:58:05
Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley Spiced Cauliflower Fritter Wraps
1/16/2021
We’re in culinary heaven in this week’s episode of Anna Barnett’s podcast, The Filling, as our host is invited to the home of Sami Tamimi, renowned Palestinian chef. They’re joined by Sami’s writing partner Tara Wigley (her journey from publishing to trained cook via the birth of twins is worth a podcast in itself) to discuss being part of the Ottolenghi empire, why the term Middle Eastern cooking needs greater definition, and the difference between right tahini and wrong tahini. Along the...
Duration:00:52:20
Henry Holland & David Hodgson Make Fish Finger Tac
1/9/2021
Get ready for an hilarious, equal parts couple’s therapy, equal parts life coaching session (with a bit of food talk thrown in), as Anna Barnett chats to UK fashion’s power couple, Henry Holland and David Hodgson, for the fourth instalment of her new podcast, The Filling. The conversation weaves us through how they met, their successful career paths, and how being northern keeps them grounded in a capricious industry. What we all really want to know, however, is, just how big was David’s...
Duration:01:04:33
Amelia Freer Makes a Hero Sandwich
1/2/2021
Chatting to Anna this week, for episode 3 of her new podcast The Filling, is nutritionist and best-selling author Amelia Freer. Anna and Amelia bond over a shared ‘cooking as meditation’ philosophy with Amelia explaining how positive nutrition should be about what you include in your diet, and not what you exclude.
Beige foods are also discussed as well as the best hangover meals (tuna mayonnaise and sweetcorn for Amelia). We also learn how a tenure working for Prince Charles shaped a shift...
Duration:01:03:56
Russell Tovey Makes a Banana and Honey Sandwich
12/26/2020
In the second episode of her new podcast series, The Filling, Anna Barnett visits award winning actor, Russell Tovey, in his warehouse flat to learn about lateral living, how Elton John signs off his text messages, his passion and commitment to art and design, as well as his pescatarianism.
Russell also shares with Anna his motivation for acting, including some of his favourite roles, and his ambition for the future. Three questions remain; is that an alien penis in one of the artworks on...
Duration:01:07:40
Nick Grimshaw Makes A Cheese Toasty
12/20/2020
In this opening episode of her brand new podcast, chef and food writer Anna Barnett, sits down with Radio 1 and TV presenter (not forgetting GQ’s Best Dressed Man 2014) Nick Grimshaw to discuss his childhood food memories growing up in Oldham, his after-dinner trumpet playing, how moving to London set him on a course for his dream job, and the contents of his well-stocked fridge. Tomatillo relish, anyone? Oh, and Nick also personally makes Anna his sandwich of choice. What will it be? And,...
Duration:01:08:02