Empty Plates Bare Kitchen

In this episode we speak Kirk Haworth, an incredibly esteemed chef, mental health activist and a leading voice in plant based food, and most recently as the first plant-based chef to ever compete on the Great British Menu. If you know of plant based food, in London, or pretty much anywhere, you will know of him. He makes vegetables look phenomenal - showing them as the primary on the plate! He has made many of us question whether meat has a place on the menu at all. Kirk has worked...

In this episode we are speaking to Lucy Vincent, Founder of the Food Behind BarsFood Behind bars is the UK’s only charity dedicated to transforming prison food. Improving the lives of the people eating it, supporting the people making it. The charity is focused on positively impacting the health and wellbeing of prisoners, by delivering practical food-based education, promoting healthy eating and designing radical food initiatives across the UK’s HM prison network.Lucy is a trained jour...

In this episode we speak to Shilo Shiv Suleman, a multi disciplinary South Asian artist, activist, visionary and mystical general warrior. Shilo Shiv Suleman is an Indian contemporary artist. Her work encompasses illustration and installation art. Shilo's practice focuses on the intersection of magical realism, art for social change and technology. She is the founder and director of the Fearless Collective, a South Asia based public arts organisation. Fearless Collective is a Sout...

In this weeks we speak to Chanda Vyas as the UK’s first Hindu female priest. She plays multiple roles as a mother, daughter, wife, grandmother, neighbour, feminist, LGBTQ advocate. Chanda breaks the glass ceiling of what it means to be a female community leader. She continues to creatively adapt and evolve ancient wisdom, making it accessible and understandable to everyone. She enables the youth to understand their spirituality, empowers marginalised communities to use ...

How do you know what you cannot see? A short essay about our hidden internal experiences that subconsciously shape our everyday. #Thoughtsonfood

In this episode Anjli speaks to none other than Carolyn Steel. Carolyn Steel is a leading thinker on food and cities. Her first book, Hungry City, received international acclaim, establishing her as an influential voice in a wide variety of fields across academia, industry and the arts. A London-based architect, academic and writer, Carolyn has lectures across prestigious institutions and organisations. Her most recent book Sitopa - How Food can save the world is is an excavation ...