Season 9: Episode 07: Paul Ainsworth

It was an absolute honour (and somewhat nerve wracking) to have Marcus Wareing join me in my kitchen for a chat this week.He came in, saw my stew bubbling away on the stove, gave me some lifechanging tips and then sat down with a cuppa and spoke to me all about his life growing up in Southport, his boxing days, and his experience coming to London to work at The Savoy and Le Gavroche.He discusses the difference between the chefs of his day to present day and how the training has changed, producing a different kind of chef. And we talk all about receiving his first Michelin star at 26!Marcus released his ninth cookbook last year – Marcus’ Kitchen and has a new TV show starting called Tales from a Kitchen Garden. It’s a new concept for him; all about his place in East Sussex, it’s garden, growing produce and rearing animals and all the bits inbetween!@marcuswareing@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____I am so excited to be partnering up with Gorillas again this season! The original, sexy grocery delivery app is revolutionising online shopping. Fresh food delivered to your door in minutes, catering to all your food needs! Operating in 9 countries around the world, Gorillas supports small businesses as well as local producers to bring your favourite brands to your door. Run out of wine during the dinner party? Gorillas can sort that. Run out of eggs for your Sunday morning pancakes? Gorillas can also sort that!Don’t believe me when I say how great they are?! Then download their app and get £10 off your first order when you spend £20. Use the code SEXY10 at checkout… and thank me later! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Maalis 202246min

It had been a long time coming to get this brilliant woman onto the podcast, and we finally did it after months of planning!Adjoa Andoh has been on our screens and stages for years, and currently plays the incredible Lady Danbury in a little-known show called Bridgerton!She talks about her wonderful upbringing with a real mixture of food and cuisines being around her English mother and Ghanaian father and she dissects what Ghanaian food is and her memories of it. We also had an interesting conversation about the state of the food and farming industry. How bad cheap food (namely meat) and factory farming is.She discusses the different mediums of acting and we obviously touch on Bridgerton; it’s global success, Shonda Rhimes and the character of Lady DanburyI discover the shocking food available on film sets, and she explains how she works around it. But to make a sad story happy, I find out just how much she loves sherry trifle!!@adjoa.andoh@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____I am so excited to be partnering up with Gorillas again this season! The original, sexy grocery delivery app is revolutionising online shopping. Fresh food delivered to your door in minutes, catering to all your food needs! Operating in 9 countries around the world, Gorillas supports small businesses as well as local producers to bring your favourite brands to your door. Run out of wine during the dinner party? Gorillas can sort that. Run out of eggs for your Sunday morning pancakes? Gorillas can also sort that!Don’t believe me when I say how great they are?! Then download their app and get £10 off your first order when you spend £20. Use the code SEXY10 at checkout… and thank me later! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

22 Helmi 20221h 5min

What a special episode this was, getting to sit down with one of my favourite childhood boybands, Five! They’re back with a new album after 20 years and I got to chat to them all about it!The three of them, Scott, Ritchie and Sean, all admitted they’re much healthier than they used to be; in fact, none of them had eaten breakfast as they’re all intermittent fasting!!We cover everything: Scott’s bizarre food phobias, Ritchie’s childhood nickname and Sean’s love of anything spicy!They also reflect on the early days of their career, how lonely it was, the crazy world of fame and how food had very little importance!What a bunch of lovely lads, my younger self was pinching myself during this chat! I even asked them what their favourite Five song was!@itsfiveofficial@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____I am so excited to be partnering up with Gorillas again this season! The original, sexy grocery delivery app is revolutionising online shopping. Fresh food delivered to your door in minutes, catering to all your food needs! Operating in 9 countries around the world, Gorillas supports small businesses as well as local producers to bring your favourite brands to your door. Run out of wine during the dinner party? Gorillas can sort that. Run out of eggs for your Sunday morning pancakes? Gorillas can also sort that!Don’t believe me when I say how great they are?! Then download their app and get £10 off your first order when you spend £20. Use the code SEXY10 at checkout… and thank me later! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Helmi 202259min

I’m back! Season 6 is here!!! I am soooo excited to be back on the airwaves doing what I love. This season is going to be so much fun, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do making it!I’m joined by ex-NFL star, Jason Bell. We thought we’d honour the biggest sporting event in the world – The Super Bowl – which is played this Sunday and what better way that getting the ex-New York Giants, The Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans player on to talk all things American Football, the relationship between food and sport, as well as the effect on players mental health.This was such an interesting, eye opening conversation and I really appreciated Jason’s honesty.We obviously talk all about the Super Bowl – who he predicts will be in the final, and most importantly – what he eats on Super Bowl Weekend!! It’s serious business!!I hope you enjoy the episode and if you’re watching the Super Bowl this weekend, wherever you may be, take note of Jason’s predictions and dedicate a chicken wing to him (and me of course)!!! @jasonbell33@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____I am so excited to be partnering up with Gorillas again this season! The original, sexy grocery delivery app is revolutionising online shopping. Fresh food delivered to your door in minutes, catering to all your food needs! Operating in 9 countries around the world, Gorillas supports small businesses as well as local producers to bring your favourite brands to your door. Run out of wine during the dinner party? Gorillas can sort that. Run out of eggs for your Sunday morning pancakes? Gorillas can also sort that!Don’t believe me when I say how great they are?! Then download their app and get £10 off your first order when you spend £20. Use the code SEXY10 at checkout… and thank me later! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Helmi 202235min

I hate goodbyes!! What a season it’s been, thank you so much for continuing to support and listen to the podcast; I can’t tell you how much joy doing all of this brings me.Before I leave you for a couple months, I sit down with well-known chef and probably one of the most successful Italian imports, Mr Francesco Mazzei.You may recognise him from his many TV stints, or you may have frequented one of this 3 fabulous restaurants in London.We recorded this episode from Sartoria in Mayfair a couple months ago and we were visited by his Truffle Pusher before recording so the aroma whilst recording was sublime!He gave me a delicious tiramisu to eat whilst we recorded and discussed his childhood in Calabria, seasonal cooking, how he made nduja sexy and how he auditions the chefs that want to come and work for him.I left with one of his homemade chilli jams and a new found respect for regional Italian cooking!@chef_francescomazzei@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____This season is sponsored by Gorillas, the sexy grocery delivery app revolutionising online shopping. Fresh food delivered to your door in 10 minutes, catering to all your food-loving needs! Sign. Me. Up.Operating in major cities in the UK and globally, Gorillas supports small businesses as well as local producers to bring your favourite brands to your door. And just to get your juices flowing, they are offering all listeners £10 off your first order when you spend £20. Download the Gorillas app and use the code SEXY10 at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 Joulu 202140min

This is why I LOVE DOING A PODCAST! I have never met Omid Djalili before and within the first few seconds, I found out he knew my Iranian grandfather very well and knows my family! What are the chances?We cover everything in this episode – our favourite Iranian dishes, being pigeon holed as a Middle Eastern man, the comedy world and the fine line between being funny and being cancelledOmid regales his childhood at a very well-known West London school and talks about meeting Mel Smith after a school production where Mel he told him he was funny, which in turn got him to think about a career in comedy.Omid is currently on his Good Times Tour, tickets are available and I urge you to go see him live!@omiddjalili@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____This season is sponsored by Gorillas, the sexy grocery delivery app revolutionising online shopping. Fresh food delivered to your door in 10 minutes, catering to all your food-loving needs! Sign. Me. Up.Operating in major cities in the UK and globally, Gorillas supports small businesses as well as local producers to bring your favourite brands to your door. And just to get your juices flowing, they are offering all listeners £10 off your first order when you spend £20. Download the Gorillas app and use the code SEXY10 at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Joulu 20211h 6min

This week I am joined by the delightful MØ – the Danish singer/songwriter behind some of the hugest tunes namely Lean On featuring Major Lazer and DJ Snake and Coldwater with Justin Bieber!She joins me over video link from Copenhagen and we bonded over our love of the Spice Girls (and both agreeing on our favourite song and video), she explains to me her favourite Danish dishes as well as what she whips up in the kitchen, and she opens up about dealing with burn out pre Covid and why it’s so important to take time out for yourself.She reminisces about her childhood in Denmark and decide we absolutely must meet up when she comes to London on her tour early next year!Her new album, Motordrome, is out end of January and she’s on tour beginning of the year.@momomoyouth@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____This season is sponsored by Gorillas, the sexy grocery delivery app revolutionising online shopping. Fresh food delivered to your door in 10 minutes, catering to all your food-loving needs! Sign. Me. Up.Operating in major cities in the UK and globally, Gorillas supports small businesses as well as local producers to bring your favourite brands to your door. And just to get your juices flowing, they are offering all listeners £10 off your first order when you spend £20. Download the Gorillas app and use the code SEXY10 at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 Marras 202137min

I had to take one for the team this week! I had the gorgeous Bradley Simmonds over to my house, fully clothed (boo) and we bond over football, how to properly have a scone with jam and cream – or is it cream and jam?! The personal trainer to the stars and health and fitness influencer is a big name in the showbiz scene and I had him all to myself for an hour!We discuss his Irish background and how he dealt with his football career dreams collapsing due to injuries and we talk about how mentally strong you have to be as an athlete as well as being physically strong.Bradley’s new app, Get It Done, is a one stop shop for all your training needs and is out now!@bradleysimmonds@crazysexyfood@hannahharleywww.crazysexyfood.comMusic by @casnova____This season is sponsored by Gorillas, the sexy grocery delivery app revolutionising online shopping. Fresh food delivered to your door in 10 minutes, catering to all your food-loving needs! Sign. Me. Up.Operating in major cities in the UK and globally, Gorillas supports small businesses as well as local producers to bring your favourite brands to your door. And just to get your juices flowing, they are offering all listeners £10 off your first order when you spend £20. Download the Gorillas app and use the code SEXY10 at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Marras 202141min