The Go To Food Podcast The Go To Food Podcast

We're kicking off our residency in our new studio with an incredible guest in Angelica Jells who has worked at some of London's finest restaurants from Le Caprice to Sexy Fish and most recently the Michelin Starred 'Behind'. She's also known as a food creator for MOB and now runs her own fantastic page. Angelica takes us through her own crazy experiences of working in professional kitchens and opens up about the harsh realities of the state of some bullying, abuse and nastiness that still lingers on. She also gives us fascinating insights into what one learns in Michelin kitchens, the joys of working for MOB and much much more including of course revealing her 'go-to's'. 
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Today we have a little bonus episode for you, whereby we're celebrating the wonderful bakers of this world and to do so we're joined by Kit Delamain, head baker at the oldest organic bakery in London and an ex employee of the legendary St Johns Bakery. He takes us through his incredible career so far including; the darkness of doing night shifts, working in a 2 Michelin starred restaurant in Lisbon where nobody spoke English, learning from the greats at St Johns Bakery, partying the night away with Fergus Henderson, why bakers are dying out in London, why he's moving to Naples to become a pizza chef, what baking trends make him absolutely livid and a lot more… including of course his 'go-to's'. 
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Today we're joined by one of the hottest chefs in the country, the wonderfully charming and incredibly talented George Williams, who's currently Head Chef at the pub everyone wants to eat at - The Bull in Charlbury. 
George talks us through the craziness of Giles Coren labelling his food 'sensational', the joys of cooking for the likes of the Beckhams each week, the time he was pulled out of his kitchen during service to haggle with Jeremy Clarkson, his incredible food education at Ballymaloe followed by the Michelin starredl; River Cafe & Dorian, his darkest day in the kitchen, his incredibly well thought out hangover cure, his favourite dishes to cook and of course all of his 'go-to' recommendations plus much much more....
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Today we bring you a viral sensation in Fraser Searle aka Sensational Sandwiches, a man who's now cooking for Hollywood stars such as Channing Tatum and hanging out with Gordon Ramsay, but just over a year ago, he was a delivery drive for Asda desperately trying to earn enough cash to keep his fledgling clothing startup alive. He now boasts over 1.2 million followers, is the proud recipient of 'The Best Sandwich In The World 2023' award, hangs out with A list celebrities and is about to launch is very own shop in central London. His story is an incredible one and very much a modern day success story, so sit back, relax and as always enjoy the pod. 
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Today we're joined by one of our favourite ever guests in the legendary and impossibly cool Ruben Dawnay. At only 23 years old, he already has his own restaurant in Brixton Market, is about to open a second location in Peckham and has just won the Conde Naste 'One To Watch' Award at their global awards night. Ruben started smoking and selling meats from his parents garden during Covid and since then he's had a meteoric rise, whereby he's put on some of the most exciting pop ups and residencies across London, become Robin Gill's protege and now runs the best American smokehouse/Jewish Deli restaurant in Brixton Market called 'Ruben Reubens'. Ruben shares with us his incredible life story so far, his cooking inspirations, his favourite places to eat and drink, his plans for the future and the crazy highs and crippling lows he's already experienced as a restaraunter. 
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Today we're bringing you a little Easter bonus special, as we sit down with the wonderful chef and orator Tom Zahir, the brains behind one of the most famous food brands in the country - Decatur! Having fallen in love with New Orleans after touring their several times with his band, he decided to pack in music and become a chef, starting out in New York at several Michelin Star restaurants before finding his calling in the sharing food of the deep south! 

In this episode he tells us the incredible story of how he went from selling the food out of his van to starting the 'pop up' food scene in this country, starting his own restaurant and then converting it to a food delivery service during lockdown, whereby they became the biggest and most sought after thing to eat in the country. He also regales some hilarious tales of; stolen vans, an angry customer who attacked him with tins of seasoning, an elderly lady who didn't understand the concept of what she'd ordered and of course all of his incredible 'go-to's' and his dream long weekend away in San Sebastian. 
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Happy Easter - have a wonderful weekend. 

Freddy and Ben. x