Ainsley Harriott
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.5 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This week, I’m joined by a bit of a national treasure. He’s a chef, an author, a presenter - most notably of one of my childhood favourites - Ready Steady Cook. It’s Ainsley Harriott.
Ainsley first trained as a chef in London, but it might surprise you that before becoming a TV star, he was part of pop duo The Calypso Twins, releasing a hit record in the nineties. He soon started presenting Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook and Ready Steady Cook, and spin-off shows around the world. His numerous cookbooks have sold over 2 million copies globally, and he continues to light up our TV screens today - this time with his new ITV series, Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen.
Destination recap:
- Jamaica, Caribbean
- Kew Gardens, London, England
- Niederau, Austria
- Interrailing in Europe
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Wimbledon Common, London, England
- Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, England
- Dominica, Caribbean
Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen, Delicious Feelgood Cooking from the Sunshine Islands is out now.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries. Thank you for being here. I'm Holly Rubinstein. I'm a travel and entertainment journalist and here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about their adventures around the world and the travel experiences and destinations |
| 0:22.4 | that have shaped their lives. This week, I'm joined by a bit of a national treasure. He's a chef, |
| 0:29.5 | an author, a presenter, most notably of one of my childhood favorites, Ready, Steady Cook. You guessed it, |
| 0:36.3 | it's Ainsley Harriet. Now, if you've watched Ainsley |
| 0:39.5 | on one of his cooking shows or even when he was recently a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, |
| 0:44.2 | you'll know he's a larger than life personality and on that he doesn't disappoint today. |
| 0:50.5 | We sing, we laugh and we chat about the colourful cuisine of the Caribbean. |
| 0:56.3 | All that and more coming up on The Travel Diaries. |
| 1:07.6 | Aisley Harriet, welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. Thank you so much for being here. How are you? |
| 1:13.1 | I'm delighted. I'm really well, actually. I was doing a bit of research for our chat and I have to admit I had no idea about your other career before becoming the TV chef that we know and love as a pop star. |
| 1:26.7 | Oh, pop star. |
| 1:27.9 | World party. |
| 1:30.0 | I mean, it sounds like it really should be the new theme tune for my podcast, The Travel |
| 1:34.8 | Diaries. |
| 1:35.6 | That's brilliant, yeah. |
| 1:36.6 | Get out of the streets for having a world party. |
| 1:39.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:40.5 | You can dance with your lover. |
| 1:42.9 | She don't have to go home. |
| 1:44.5 | Get out of the streets, isn't it? |
| 1:46.0 | Wonderful. |
| 1:46.7 | Okay, I think we should just basically re-record it. |
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