19. Nigel Slater at Christmas

Young Again

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Kirsty Young asks food writer Nigel Slater what advice he would give his younger self.

Nigel Slater began his career working in kitchens across the UK before becoming a food writer, initially for Marie Claire magazine. He has written a regular food column for The Observer newspaper for over three decades in which time he has also written numerous cookbooks. His 2003 autobiography, Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger, detailed a difficult childhood in the West Midlands during the 1960s and was later adapted into a film. He shares memories of Christmases past and last minute tips for making the perfect Christmas dinner in a special festive edition of Young Again.

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0:00.0	Why do some big successful brands go bust?
0:05.0	Toast is back for a new series, taking a look at the decisions that often left investors burnt.
0:11.0	I'm Sean Farrington, a BBC business journalist. I'll be hearing about the hype.
0:15.0	They're going to do the deal that makes them the most money at that point of time.
0:19.0	And I'm picking what went wrong,
0:21.6	talking to owners and employees to ask,
0:24.2	what can we learn?
0:25.4	It was being undercut by similar rivals.
0:28.5	It just couldn't survive.
0:30.3	Toast. Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:34.9	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:42.3	Hello, I'm Kirsty young.
0:43.9	Welcome to a special Christmas edition of Young Again, the podcast, that asks fascinating people,
0:50.2	what advice would you give your younger self?
0:53.3	Today, well, the advice is likely to be a little more
0:56.3	kitchen-based, as I'm joined by a writer whose book Christmas Chronicles is something of a festive
1:02.1	Bible for lots of people, including me, I have to say. He's written loads of others,
1:06.5	and for the past 30 years, a weekly cookery column for The Observer, too.
1:18.4	His deeply affecting memoir, Toast, The Story of a Boy's Hunger, was a bestseller, made into a film and then even a stage show.
1:22.5	In this edition of Young Again, I am joined by Nigel Slater.
1:26.3	And nothing says Christmas to me like Nigel Slater.
1:27.6	I have to tell you, I have a very well-thumbed Christmas Chron Slater. I have to tell you.
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