S10, Ep1: Joy Crookes, musician

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

The Guardian

Arts, Food

4.5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Musician Joy Crookes joins Grace to kick off a brand new season of Comfort Eating. Born and raised in south London, Joy’s rich, punchy and intimate songs means her music is everywhere. With Bangladeshi and Irish heritage, Joy writes music that’s rich in politics, identity and a lot of raw feeling. Her debut album, Skin, was an intimate patchwork of heartbreak, protest and pride, earning her not just accolades and a Brit award nomination, but a passionate and loyal fanbase. A rollercoaster of success was interrupted by her mental health struggles, which led to a hiatus. But she’s back with a new single out now and a big European tour getting underway later this year

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:07.6	I'm Grace Dent and this is comfort eating from The Guardian.
0:13.6	A podcast where we pay homage to the lesser celebrated foods in life.
0:19.5	Because even as a restaurant critic,
0:21.8	I believe the food that matters most
0:24.1	is often that snack you cobble together
0:26.8	when you're curled upon the sofa.
0:29.3	Each week, I ask my guest to lift the lid
0:32.6	on what comfort foods have seen them through their lives.
0:36.0	Because you can tell a lot about a person
0:38.8	from what they eat behind closed doors.
0:43.6	Hello friends, you find me in the garden in my confiest bucket chair, waiting for the
0:51.0	soul start joy crooks to arrive.
0:58.5	She's driving herself here as we speak.
1:02.5	I love it when a celebrity drives themselves here.
1:04.1	Stephen Fry did it?
1:06.7	Joe Brand did it.
1:12.4	There's something about the thought that they've got all their teams and all their fame and all their power and the people that want to do things for them
1:14.2	but they're still getting their car keys
1:16.1	coming here asking for a parking permit
1:19.4	filling it out themselves
1:20.9	it just feels like they've still got their feet on the ground.
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