Food and Guts with Tommy Banks, The Black Swan (S3 E5)

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I discuss Food and Addiction with Jackson Boxer, chef-owner of restaurants Dove and Brunswick House in London. Now six years sober, Jackson has been incredibly open in sharing his addiction issues with drugs and alcohol and the impact they've had on his career in hospitality. In the episode, we talk about how he got into cooking, the effect of sobriety on his work as a chef and how being free from addiction has helped him to find his renewed love of life. Follow Jackson on Instagram @jackson_boxer.Visit Dove's website.Visit Brunswick House's website.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk to Pichaya Soontornyanakij, otherwise known as Chef Pam, about Food and Heritage and the story behind her award-winning restaurant Potong. We delve into family history, Thai-Chinese food culture and the ancestral recipes that inspired some of her dishes at Potong in Bangkok's Chinatown. We also discuss Chef Pam's experience of becoming a first-time mother while renovating a century-old building to open a restaurant and balancing parenthood with work. In the run-up to Chinese or Lunar New Year, we also celebrate the Year of the Snake, and find out about Chef Pam's brand new restaurant, Khao San Sek.Follow Chef Pam on Instagram @chef.pam.Visit Potong's website.Visit Khao San Sek's website.Read my interview with Chef Pam for The World's 50 Best Restaurants.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk to Indian chef and restaurateur Gaggan Anand about Food, Fame and Failure. Having moved from Kolkata to Bangkok in 2007, Gaggan opened his eponymous restaurant in Bangkok in 2010 and went on to win the title of Asia's Best Restaurant in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he fell out with his business partners and closed the restaurant, separating from his wife at the same time. Then came the global pandemic. Now Gaggan is back and ready for new levels of success, with the 2.0 version of his restaurant winning all the accolades. In the episode we talk about fatherhood, failure and the pressures of fame, and what Gaggan has learned from the challenges he's been through. *Warning: This episode also touches on the theme of suicide.*Follow Gaggan on Instagram @gaggan_anand.Visit Gaggan's website.Check out Gaggan's restaurant recommendations:El Celler de Can Roca in Girona.Tickets in Barcelona (now closed).Central in Lima. About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk to Scottish chef Roberta Hall-McCarron about Food and Home. As chef-owner of The Little Chartroom, Ardfern and Eleanore in Edinburgh, Roberta spends much of her time in restaurants, but what is life like at home? We talk about living and working with her husband Shaun, becoming a mother and managing the balance between home and work, as well as discussing her comfort foods. We also delve into Roberta's childhood memories of sailing holidays in Scotland, which inspired her brand-new cookbook The Changing Tides, full of gorgeous seasonal dishes like cullen skink and haggis sausage roll.Follow Roberta on Instagram @chef_roberta_hall.Buy The Changing Tides cookbook.Visit Ardfern's website.Visit The Little Chartroom's website.Visit Eleanore's website.Check out Roberta's restaurant recommendations:Morchella, London.Dorian, London.The Ledbury, London.DaTerra, London.AngloThai, London.Noto, Edinburgh.Lyla, Edinburgh.Skof, Manchester.L'Enclume, Lake District.Geranium, Copenhagen.Kadeau, Copenhagen.Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, New York.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk to chef and restaurateur Tommy Banks about Food and Guts, a threefold topic that incorporates Tommy's diagnosis of ulcerative colitis at age 18, then having the guts to begin a career as a chef, and later developing an interest in gut health and fermented foods. In the episode, we talk about everything from illness and imposter syndrome to ultra-processed foods and Tommy's love of Yorkshire puddings and Sunday roasts.Follow Tommy on Instagram @tommybanks.Visit The Black Swan's website.Visit The Abbey Inn's website.Visit Roots's website.Visit Saltmoore's website.Read Roots.Explore Made in Oldstead's food boxes.Restaurants mentioned in the episode:The Dunkirk in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Nurture with Lara Gilmore, co-owner of Osteria Francescana and Casa Maria Luigia in Modena, Italy, and co-founder of the Food for Soul and Tortellante social projects. Together with chef Massimo Bottura, Lara is also mother of two children – her daughter, Alexa, and son Charlie, who was born with a genetic syndrome that causes developmental difficulties. We talk about the power of food to nurture and heal communities and how it’s possible to transform lives with something as simple as pasta.Follow Lara on Instagram @laratgilmore.Visit Osteria Francescana's website.Visit Casa Maria Luigia's website.Visit Food for Soul's website.Visit Tortellante's website.Read Slow Food Fast Cars.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Neurodiversity with Douglas McMaster, chef-owner of Silo, the world's first zero-waste restaurant. We discuss Doug's transition from someone who didn’t fit in at school to becoming one of the world’s best chefs and how he has turned dyslexia and ADHD into creative superpowers.Follow Doug on Instagram @mcmasterchef.Follow Silo on Instagram @silolondon.Visit Silo's website.Read Doug's book, Silo: The Zero Waste Blueprint.Listen to Doug on The Hidden 20% Podcast.Discover Baldio in Mexico City @baldio.mx.Restaurants mentioned in the episode:St. John restaurant in London.James Lowe's restaurant, Lyle's in London.Som Saa in London.Noma in Copenhagen.Other references from the episode:Subscribe to The Hidden 20% Podcast.Follow Joost Bakker on Instagram @joostbakker.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Feminism with Sally Abé, chef-consultant of British fine dining restaurant The Pem in West London. Sally talks about her newly published memoir, A Woman’s Place is in the Kitchen, where she recounts her experiences as a young woman working her way up through some of the UK’s top Michelin-starred kitchens. We also discuss whether food can be gendered, what it’s like to work in a male-dominated industry and whether a woman’s place is, indeed, in the kitchen.Follow Sally on Instagram @littlechefsally.Follow The Pem on Instagram @thepemrestaurant.Visit The Pem's website.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Childhood with Santiago Lastra, chef-owner of two of London's hottest Mexican restaurants: Kol, the highest-ranked restaurant on The World's 50 Best Restaurants list, and newly opened Fonda. We talk about the family-owned eateries of Santiago's childhood that inspired Fonda, as well as the most nostalgic dishes from his early years, learning to cook with his brother, Eduardo, and the moments that inspired the young Santiago to travel the world learning about Mexican food.Follow Santiago on Instagram @santiagolas.Follow Fonda on Instagram @fondarestaurant.Follow Kol on Instagram @kol.restaurant.Visit Fonda's website.Visit Kol's website.Read Laura's interview with Santiago for The World's 50 Best Restaurants.Restaurants mention in the episode:Koya - recommended by Santiago and Laura for udon noodlesAbout the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, telling powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Follow Life in Food on Instagram @lifeinfoodpod.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Read Laura's Substack newsletter, Doughnuts for Breakfast.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Life in Food with Laura Price, a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the minds of the world's best chefs and restaurateurs. Each week, we speak to a different guest about their life through a culinary lens, covering everything from Food and Friendship to Food and Feminism, Food and Childhood and even Food and Addiction.While seasons one and two featured novelists, activists, charity founders and the occasional chef, season three focuses entirely on chefs and restaurateurs. Episodes include:Food and Childhood with Santiago Lastra, chef-owner of Mexican restaurants Fonda and Kol, currently the top-ranked UK restaurant in The World's 50 Best Restaurants listFood and Feminism with Sally Abé, chef of The Pem and author of A Woman's Place is in the KitchenFood and Neurodiversity with Doug McMaster, chef-owner of Silo, the world's first zero-waste restaurant, and author of Silo: The Zero Waste BlueprintThe series will also include episodes on Food and Addiction, Food and Nurture, Food and Failure and so much more!Laura Price is an international food journalist, broadcaster, translator and novelist. Her debut novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of breast cancer. She also hosts The Breast Cancer Now Podcast.Life in Food is produced and edited by Laura Price. Follow the podcast @LauraPriceEats and Laura at @LauraPriceWrites or visit Laura's website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.