Jon Favreau is impressed by our cacio e pepe gnocchi with broccoli & walnuts

Dish

Cold Glass Productions

Arts, Society & Culture, Comedy, Food

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Yes! Chef! Nick and Angela are joined by Jon Favreau for an episode packed with appreciation for great food, and the creativity and passion that goes into making it. Jon arrives in the kitchen in the middle of a gigantic world press tour to promote his new movie, The Mandalorian and Grogu, the latest adventure in the Star Wars universe. The film, of which Favreau is director, co-writer and producer, is out in cinemas this week and boasts an all-star cast including Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White. Jon is well versed with the culinary world, most notably with his 2014 film Chef, where he played a cook who starts up his own food truck. In order to prepare for the role, he schooled up on a range of cooking techniques with long-term collaborator, the Korean-American chef Roy Choi. Jon’s passion for chef life also extended to him getting his own commercial kitchen fitted and working with Choi on The Chef Show, where he shared meals with celebrity guests including Gwyneth Paltrow and one of our faves, Tom Holland. Add those credentials to his back catalogue of film work, which includes Iron Man, The Jungle Book and Elf, and you have the ingredients for a top quality Dish guest. The episode’s meal is a request from Jon: a simple but perfect Cacio e pepe gnocchi with broccoli & walnuts, a creation he admires from the best spot in the kitchen. The wine pairing is a bottle of Broglia Gavi DOCG. Enjoy this one, food lovers, as Jon shares his joy for food with us all. We get to level up the Fast Food Quiz, hear about DJing for Mark Ronson, find a rare Favreau knowledge gap, and ‘the clean plate club’ is born. You can watch full episodes of Dish on YouTube and on Spotify. All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish If you want to get in touch with us about anything at all, contact dish@waitrose.co.uk Dish from Waitrose is made by Cold Glass Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Will and I'm here to tell you all about PIP Organic, my mum and dad's family business.
0:06.1	We only use organic fruit and veg to make our award-winning drinks, snacks and ice lollies.
0:11.6	With no added sugars, sweeteners, all hidden nasties, making it easier for parents to say yes to little pipsters like me.
0:20.0	From our family to your family, we believe
0:22.4	kindness is cool to the core. Available in selected wait-tray stores and cafes for the whole
0:27.7	family to enjoy pit-pit parade. Dish from Waitrose is a cold glass production. This podcast
0:35.3	may contain some strong language and adult themes.
0:43.6	Hello, welcome to Dish from Waitrose. I am Nick Grimshaw. And I'm Angela Hartnett.
0:47.9	That's right. I'm indeed. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good.
0:52.1	I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. I'm good, I'm good. I'm good, I'm doing an affirmation. No, I'm all right, I'm good. I thought about you the other day because I know it's, well, it was a few weeks ago now, when I got into bed, and obviously I started to bed early for the radio, and I was awoken by the sounds of... Arsenal, so I live quite near Arsenal
1:12.6	So you can hear the games when they're on
1:14.9	and I love that for you.
1:17.5	Love it, like when you can hear it in the kitchen
1:19.4	like Arsenal score
1:20.7	but then it was later
1:22.8	it was at a half 12 or something
1:24.6	and I could hear people singing
1:27.0	because Arsenal were through to the Champions League. Yeah. Indeed, we are. Are you going to go? I would love to go, but unfortunately the tickets are astronomical. But if anyone out there listening to this now, would like to take me. Just give us a call. Just give us a call. Yeah, DM us. If you've got a spare ticket.
1:44.2	No, of course we won.
1:45.2	We beat Athletico Madrid, and it was fantastic. Yeah. Last time I was there was with you, Mish's dad, and Mish, and we watched the game. And you were obsessed with the banging, the drums. The drummer. What was he back? Yeah, he was there. He was there. I love him. Who is he?
2:00.2	I loved him.
2:01.9	He's there.
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