Ms Marmite Lover, Cook and Supper Club Host
Desert Island Dishes
Desert Island Dishes
4.8 • 780 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2017
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Margie's castaway this week is Kerstin Rogers aka Ms Marmite Lover
Kerstin launched the UK’s first underground restaurant back in 2009 when 12 complete strangers paid her to cook for them in her living room. Her underground restaurant became a weekly occasion and since then hundreds of restaurants have followed Kerstins lead – as supperclubs have sprung up all over London and all over the world
As the creator of the multi award winning food blog Ms marmite lover – Kerstin has also written for the Guardian and the independent and is the author of 4 books.
Kerstin set out to do something bigger than just herself - she wanted to start a movement. I wanted to find out about her journey, and what she's up to now . Kerstin is honest, funny and open and lovely to chat to.
Kerstin's desert island dishes are home cooking at it's best and will hopefully give you some inspiration next time you're in the kitchen!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. This week I interview Kirsten Rogers, aka Miss Marmite lover, to find out about her |
| 0:08.2 | desert island dishes. Kirsten launched the UK's first underground restaurant way back in 2009 |
| 0:15.4 | when 12 complete strangers paid her to cook for them in her living room. Her underground restaurant |
| 0:22.6 | became a weekly occasion and since then, hundreds of restaurants have followed Kirsten's |
| 0:28.1 | lead as supper clubs have sprung up all over London and all over the world. As the creator of |
| 0:34.7 | the multi-award winning food blog, Miss Marmite lover, |
| 0:38.8 | Kirsten is also written for The Guardian, The Independent, and she's the author of four books. |
| 0:45.2 | Kirsten is full of energy, and I hope you enjoy her Desert Island dishes. |
| 0:58.7 | So I have to say, I'm really jealous of your Arga. Have you always had that? |
| 1:02.4 | I put it in almost 10 years ago. |
| 1:07.4 | And funnily enough, well, it's the most expensive thing that I've ever bought apart from my mortgage. |
| 1:07.9 | Sure. |
| 1:12.2 | In fact, how I afforded it was I added it to my mortgage. |
| 1:13.0 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:14.0 | Oh, that's a good idea. |
| 1:14.6 | I know. |
| 1:19.0 | Wait, so did you have it before you started the supper clubs? |
| 1:21.6 | I got it just before. |
| 1:25.3 | It was kind of, you know, I think sometimes timing is everything in life. And I'd always wanted N aga because of various, like I had subsidence or subsidence. |
| 1:31.8 | And I had to have my kitchen re-done. |
| 1:34.9 | So I thought, this is the time to fork out the money for an aga. |
| 1:37.9 | I've always wanted one. |
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