Sophie Michell: Chef, cookery writer and TV presenter

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Margie's castaway today is Sophie Michelle.

Sophie comes from a long lineage of avid foodies and professional cooks. She decided at the ago of 15 to pursue a career in cooking and at the age of just 19 she was crowned “Young chef of the year”

Sophie has gone on to cook all over the world for a whole host of A list client including Claudia Schiffer and Leonardo Di Caprio, and both Princes William and Harry to name just a few.

Sophie became the UK’s youngest female Executive chef taking over from Mark Hix at Belgraves Hotel in London.

She has her own restaurants, and has also carved out a career as a successful TV presenter and food writer. She’s written 5 cook books, and She was part of Channel 4's smash hit show Cook Yourself Thin, and co-wrote the book of the same name that went on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies.

Desert Island Dish:Starter: Chicken liver pateMain: Roast duckPudding: Big cheese board

Luxury item: a truffle in her pocket and a case of vodka

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Desert Island Dishes with me Margie.
0:07.0	Thank you so much for listening.
0:09.2	If you haven't already, do subscribe to this podcast because, well, why wouldn't you want to?
0:16.1	Something truly lovely happened this week, one of my best friends sent me a message and said that after listening
0:21.9	to all the Desert Island dishes episodes and hearing everyone's childhood memories, she wanted to
0:27.8	really try to learn to cook so that her children might also have lovely memories of her cooking.
0:33.2	How lovely is that? Not going to lie, brought a little tear to my eye. This week I met the wonderful
0:39.7	Sophie, who is just great, a real inspiration. She is one busy lady and I was so happy that she
0:46.8	agreed to be on Desert Island dishes. One of her little kittens plays a starring role in today's
0:53.2	episode and I never considered myself a cat person, but by the end of the interview, I was trying to figure out ways I could smuggle him away in my bag.
1:02.6	He was just so teeny and cute.
1:04.9	And he took a real shine to me, which I have to admit, felt good.
1:08.9	Snacks at the ready for this episode, people. It's full of delicious
1:12.9	things. You have been warned. My castaway today is Sophie Michelle. Sophie comes from a long
1:24.1	lineage of avid foodies and professional cooks. She decided at the age of 15 to pursue
1:29.5	a career in cooking and at the age of just 19, she was crowned young chef of the year. Sophie has gone on
1:35.8	to cook all over the world for a whole host of A-less clients, including Claudia Schiffer,
1:41.7	Leonardo DiCaprio and both Princes William and Harry, to name just a few.
1:46.6	Sophie became the UK's youngest female executive chef, taking over from Mark Hicks at
1:51.7	Belgraves Hotel in London. She has her own restaurants. She's carved out a career as a successful
1:57.1	TV presenter, food writer. She's written seven cookbooks and she was part of Channel 4's
2:03.3	smash hit show, Cook Yourself Thin and co-wrote the book of the same name that went on to sell
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