Welcome to Life in Food with Laura Price – inspiring stories in bite-sized pieces. 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.
In season three, we meet some of the world's best chefs and restaurateurs, giving you a behind-the-scene glimpse into both their minds and their kitchens and uncovering the things that haven't gone right on their paths to success.
Laura Price is an international food writer, 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 @LifeinFoodPod and Laura at @LauraPriceWrites or visit Laura's website.
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Welcome to Life in Food with Laura Price – inspiring stories in bite-sized pieces. 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.
In season three, we meet some of the world's best chefs and restaurateurs, giving you a behind-the-scene glimpse into both their minds and their kitchens and uncovering the things that haven't gone right on their paths to success.
Laura Price is an international food writer, 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 @LifeinFoodPod and Laura at @LauraPriceWrites or visit Laura's website.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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.
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.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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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.
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.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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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.*
Check out Gaggan's restaurant recommendations:
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.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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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.
Check out Roberta's restaurant recommendations:
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.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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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.
Restaurants mentioned in the episode:
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.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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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.
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.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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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.
Restaurants mentioned in the episode:
Other references from the episode:
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.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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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.
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.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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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.
Restaurants mention in the episode:
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.
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:
The 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.
In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I discuss Food and Passion with Sophie Haydock, author of The Flames, a novel about the four muses who posed for the artist Egon Schiele in Vienna more than 100 years ago. Sophie and I talk about the links between food, passion and art, the passion that runs through the women in her novel, and her passion for writing. She also talks about her time working with the late Sunday Times food critic AA Gill, and shares an exclusive extract from one of the articles he dictated to her, about mushrooms.
About Sophie Haydock: Sophie is an award-winning journalist who worked for The Sunday Times and has interviewed authors from Bernardine Evaristo to Sally Rooney, as well as being a judge for various literary competitions. The Flames is her debut novel.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and War with Alissa Timoshkina, who co-founded the Cook for Ukraine fundraising initiative with her friend Olia Hercules. In the episode, we talk about her campaign to fight conflict and violence with food and love, what she has learned from Russia's war on Ukraine, and how her Jewish-Ukrainian grandmother taught her that the human spirit cannot be extinguished through war.
Restaurants mention in the episode:
About Alissa Timoshkina: Alissa is a writer, historian and chef who published her first book, Salt and Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen, in 2019, and who hosts the podcast Motherfood. She founded the supper club KinoVino, pairing dishes with films, and has now extended Motherfood into a food service for new mothers.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Fashion with Lauren Bravo, author of the upcoming novel Preloved. In the episode, we discuss the fashion of food, whether it’s okay to follow the trends when it comes to restaurants and ingredients, and whether retro foods like baked potatoes and spam are due a comeback. We also touch on eating disorders, dieting and pregnancy.
Restaurants mentioned in the episode:
About Lauren Bravo: Lauren is a freelance journalist who writes about fashion, popular culture, food, travel and feminism for publications including Stylist, Cosmopolitan and Sunday Times Style. Her books include How to Break Up with Fast Fashion, What Would the Spice Girls Do?, and Preloved.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Death with Dr Kathryn Mannix, a former palliative care consultant and bestselling author of two books: With the End in Mind, and Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations. In the episode, we talk about the link between food and death – what happens to our appetites as we die, how to celebrate a loved one through food, and what on earth is a Death Café.
About Dr Kathryn Mannix: Dr Kathryn Mannix is a former palliative care consultant who now writes books and speaks publicly to help people gain a better understanding of what happens when we die. She is the author of With the End in Mind, a series of stories from her years in palliative care, which aims to help people not feel quite so scared about death and dying, and Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations, a guidebook for communicating with others.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Identity with Daniela Soto-Innes, former chef-partner of Cosme in New York and winner of the World's Best Female Chef Award 2019. In the episode, we talk about how Daniela found her own identity as a Mexican immigrant in the US, how she built a kitchen culture that champions diversity and particularly Latinos, and what happened to her personal identity when she left the restaurant to which she'd dedicated her twenties. Daniela also gives us exclusive news about her brand new restaurant, Rubra, in Nayarit, Mexico.
About Daniela Soto-Innes: Daniela grew up in Mexico City and moved to Texas at the age of 12, where she was a competitive swimmer until she was 20. But the women in her family gave her a taste for cooking, and at the age of 14 she started working in a restaurant in Houston, then in Mexico City and eventually moving to New York to open Cosme, which entered The World's 50 Best Restaurants list under her leadership. Daniela won the prestigious James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year Award aged just 25, then The World's Best Female Chef Award at 30, and has even cooked for Barack and Michelle Obama. She opens Rubra in Nayarit, Mexico, in 2023.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Menopause with Dani Binnington, host of the Menopause and Cancer podcast. Dani is a wellness expert and yoga teacher who pivoted after a cancer diagnosis when she was 33, and now helps women as they navigate menopause and perimenopause. In the episode, we talk about weight gain and adapting the way we eat, as well as exercising as our bodies change, genetic mutations and keeping our gut microbiomes happy. Dani also talks about wiener schnitzel, salami sandwiches and her love of chia seeds.
About Dani Binnington: Dani is a podcast host, wellness expert, yoga teacher and founder of the Superfood Supper Club. She runs the website Healthy Whole Me, where you can find recipes and book her yoga workshops. Dani was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 33 and was thrown into a surgical menopause when she was 39, so she created a community to talk about the problems and side effects of menopause.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I talk about Food and Social Media with Sara Tasker, a podcaster, photographer and social media expert with a specialism in Instagram. Having built a hugely successful career around Instagram, Sara talks about the pros and cons of the platform, how to build and authentic brand - and how she started out posting pictures of sausages. In the episode, we talk about body image, diet and body positivity, as well as finding a balance between social media and reality, and how Instagram changed Sara's life.
About Sara Tasker: Sara hosts the Hashtag Authentic podcast and runs coaching courses including her very own Insta Retreat. She describes herself on her website as 40% photographer, 40% writer, 40% coach and 10% cake. (She admits she's also terrible at maths.) Sara's book, Hashtag Authentic, was published in 2019.
Mentioned in this episode:
Listen to Investing in yourself with Kimberly Espinel in the Hashtag Authentic podcast
And here's a recipe for Betty Turpin's Lancashire hotpot
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I speak about Food and Disability with Chloe Timms, a novelist, podcaster and campaigner who lives with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Chloe is the author of the feminist dystopian novel The Seawomen, as well as the host of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, a brilliant podcast where she interviews first-time authors like myself about their writing process. In the episode, we talk about how Chloe's disability affects her relationship with food, how restaurants can better serve disabled customers, and how fiction can allow us to escape the restrictions of everyday life.
About Chloe Timms: Chloe Timms is a writer from the Kent coast. After a career in teaching, Chloe studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Kent and won a scholarship for the Faber Academy where she completed their six-month novel writing course. Chloe is passionate about disability rights, having been diagnosed with the condition Spinal Muscular Atrophy at 18 months old, and has campaigned on a number of crucial issues. The Seawomen is her first novel.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I speak to Charmaine Wilkerson, author of the New York Times bestselling novel Black Cake, about Food and Roots. Black Cake covers California, the Caribbean and the UK, and Charmaine lives in Rome, so she has plenty to say about how food shapes our experiences of settings and helps us to form memories. In the episode, we talk about how food can anchor us and shape our experience of a place, as well as the foods that make us most nostalgic, and the healing power of apple pie.
About Charmaine Wilkerson: Charmaine is from New York, has lived in Jamaica, and does much of her writing in Italy. Her debut novel Black Cake is a New York Times bestseller and a #ReadWithJenna book club pick. A screen series based on the novel is currently under development for Hulu. Charmaine is a former US news and communication professional whose award-winning short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and magazines. Black Cake featured in Barack Obama's 2022 summer reading list.
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I speak to Claire Powell, author of the brilliant 2022 debut novel At the Table. Centred around the Maguire family over a series of meals, At the Table follows Nicole and Jamie as they find out their parents are separating and their lives begin to unravel. In the episode, we talk about the politics of family meals, eating during fertility treatment and the joys of a long, boozy lunch (though not at the same time).
About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. 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, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.
Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price.
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