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Desert Island Dishes

Jo Elvin: Editor of You Magazine and former editor of Glamour Magazine, Journalist and Podcast Maven

Desert Island Dishes

Desert Island Dishes

Food, Food Interview, Desert Island, Desert Island Dishes, Arts, Food Podcast, Dish, Interview, Society & Culture, Cooking, Chef, Personal Journals

4.8780 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Jo Elvin

Jo was the Editor of Glamour of Magazine for 17 years. With Jo at the helm, Glamour sold more copies in its sector than any other in Europe. Jo has recently become the editor of the Mail on Sunday’s You magazine. Throughout her career, Jo has won many awards including being voted one of the 100 most powerful women in Britain and Jo has been awarded ‘Editor of the Year’ no less than five times by the British Society of Magazine Editors

She is without a doubt one of the most respected editors in the industry today.

Having grown up in Australia, she moved to London in the early 90s and we are very glad she did.

Desert island dish:

Main course: Hamburger with several kind of cheese with a side of sausages

Salted caramel truffles

Pudding: Ultimate rice pudding

Luxury item: space food sticks

Don’t forget to come and find me on Instagram. I’m @madebymargie where I share recipes, more desert island dishes inspired food and I can often be found waffling on Instagram stories and I’d love to see you there.

Thanks for listening!



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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Margie and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.

0:05.3

This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.

0:12.0

These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,

0:16.9

the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat before being

0:23.7

cast off to the desert island don't forget to rate and review the podcast as it really does help

0:29.5

others to find the show which let's be honest is always good and if you haven't already well it can be

0:36.7

your good deed of the day if If you're here in the UK,

0:40.2

what a funny old week we've had. It feels like spring has come and gone, but by the time you're

0:46.6

listening to this, we have been reliably informed that the sun will be making a reappearance.

0:52.2

So fingers crossed, that's true.

0:58.6

I've been eating hot cross buns to try and keep warm, and that needs to stop.

1:01.6

This is a really exciting episode.

1:07.0

I know I say that every week, but genuinely, I can't tell you how much I love doing the podcast,

1:10.3

and it's just so fun that so many of you are listening. Joe is a true inspiration.

1:13.7

She's the definition of success. And yet, she's also unbelievably nice. She's funny and she's

1:20.8

cool, which just goes to show you really can have it all. Enjoy today's episode, whatever you might

1:27.0

be doing. And I will see you on the

1:28.9

other side. My guest today is Joe Elvin. Joe was the editor of Glamour magazine for 17 years,

1:37.3

and with Joe at the helm, Glamour sold more copies in its sector than any other in Europe.

1:42.7

Joe has recently become the editor of the Mail on Sunday's

1:45.4

You magazine. And throughout her career, Joe has won many awards, including being voted one of the

1:51.3

hundred most powerful women in Britain. And Joe has been awarded editor of the year, no less than five

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