Donal Skehan: TV Chef and Food Writer

Desert Island Dishes

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Donal Skehan.

Donal is blogger turned TV chef, cook book author and general star of the food scene.

He has written no less than 8 cookbooks, has nearly 250,000 followers on Instagram, 750,000 on his Youtube channel and has done countless TV shows. He is known for his simple no nonsense approach to home cooking and is adamant he is a cook rather than a chef.

Even with the release of his first cookbook way back when, he was dubbed Irelands answer to Jamie Oliver.

Head to the website www.desertislanddishes.co for more information about Jack's choices, and to find the recipe inspired by this week's episode.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Margie and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
0:07.0	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.
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0:18.0	the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they
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0:28.2	to listen to Desert Island dishes. I know that sounded a bit like the announcement you get on
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0:44.7	make the world of difference and helps me to keep bringing the podcast to you every week?
0:49.7	Today's guest is every bit as lovely as you think he might be. So without further ado, here is today's
0:56.3	episode. My guest today is Donal Skihan. Donal is blogger turned TV chef, cookbook author and
1:06.8	general star of the food scene. He has written no less than eight cookbooks, has nearly
1:12.5	250,000 followers on Instagram, 750,000 on his YouTube channel, and has done countless TV shows.
1:20.9	He is known for his simple, no-nonsense approach to home cooking and is adamant he is a cook
1:25.9	rather than a chef. Even with the release of his first
1:29.2	cookbook way back when, he was dubbed Ireland's answer to Jamie Oliver. Welcome Donal. Thank you very
1:35.2	much. So let's talk a bit about that. What to you as a distinction between a chef and a cook?
1:41.0	I think, I mean, there's so much of this, you know, certainly when I started out my
1:44.2	career, you know, I think there was a little bit confusion that I was trying to pretend to be a chef,
1:48.2	but, you know, I'm a food writer. That's what my job is. And, you know, I think my job is very
1:53.4	specific because I'm writing recipes for home cooks and they need to be functional ones that
1:57.9	most families can make at the drop of a hat when you come in the door from work or for school or whatever it is. And I think, you know, I think there is a
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