S13 Ep2: Giles Coren: Restaurant Critic, Food Writer and TV Presenter

Desert Island Dishes

Food, Arts, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Giles Coren

Giles is a food writer and TV presenter.

He has been a restaurant critic and columnist for the Times newspaper for the last 17 years. He has been Described as Britains Most Powerful Food Critic.

His career has been rich and illustrious. He has written books, presented TV series, written columns and hosted radio shows.

Most recently alongside chef Monica Galetti he is the presenter of Amazing Hotels Life Beyond the Lobby - a BBC series that sees him travel the globe visiting some of the most amazing hotels and rolling up his sleeves to work alongside their staff.

When asked which he prefers, writing or being on telly? He said “I hate them both and if I had money I wouldn’t do either”

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0:00.0	This season of Desert Island Dishes is brought to you in partnership with Cooks Matches.
0:06.2	Cooks matches have been the mainstay of British kitchens for over 40 years,
0:11.2	and they remain the match for both cooks and chefs to use in the kitchen.
0:17.3	With summer just around the corner, it really does feel that way, we aren't far away from
0:22.9	barbecue season and all those gorgeous summer parties, which means you should have your
0:28.5	cook's matches to hand to take you from lighting the barbecue at lunchtime right through to the
0:33.6	evening when you can get some candles lit in the garden. No kitchen should be complete without a trusty box of these matches.
0:41.8	They are just the easiest and most eco-friendly way to light everything from stoves to barbecues
0:49.2	to candles.
0:50.8	If you're stuck for what to cook this summer, then Cook's Matches loves compiling recipes to show easy, delicious and family-friendly dishes.
1:00.4	Head over to their Instagram page at Cooks Matches and join the Cooks Community.
1:05.9	Find out more online by visiting cooksmatchers.com.uk.
1:10.4	Thank you very much to Cooksmatchers.co.uk. Thank you very much to cook's matches.
1:13.9	Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
1:19.4	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven Desert Island
1:25.0	dishes.
1:26.1	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds
1:29.0	them of their childhood, the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course the last dish they would
1:35.6	choose to eat before being cast off to the desert island. Hi, I hope you're all well and having a
1:42.3	lovely week. Thank you so much for giving me such a warm welcome back with last week's episode. It really is great to be back. I love bringing the podcast to you. And it feels nice to be talking to adults about things that don't involve pepper pig. I didn't know quite what to expect with this week's guest when I popped around to his
2:05.0	house to record this episode, but Giles did not disappoint.
2:09.6	He also recorded a birthday message for my stepmother who really loves him, and that got
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