Vicky Bennison: Creator of Pasta Grannies

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Vicky Bennison.

Vicky is the mastermind behind the viral sensation Pasta Grannies. Pasta Grannies is the most gorgeous concept of Italian nonnas sharing their pasta recipes and it started life as a Youtube channel 5 years ago and now has over 400,000 hugely engaged subscribers, 431,000 Instagram followers and a myriad of celebrity fans.

Vicky has travelled all over Italy filming the pasta grannies and every week she releases a video of a different granny cooking a different pasta recipe. It’s a celebration of these women and in her own words it’s a kind of Noah's Ark of handmade pasta techniques.

She released the first Pasta Grannies cookbook last year which won a coveted James Beard award and unveils the secrets of Italy’s best home cooks.

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0:00.0	This episode of Desert Island Dishes is brought to you in partnership with Kalinko.
0:04.5	Kalinko is a homeware company all the way from Sunny Burma.
0:07.9	They work with small family workshops all over the country to make gorgeous things for your home
0:12.5	and are the perfect place for you to find something a little bit different,
0:16.3	seriously special and wonderfully warming for your loved ones this Christmas.
0:20.5	We've all had a bit of a weird year.
0:22.3	So if you want to give a very grounding gift this Christmas, Kalingo can help.
0:26.6	They work directly with the people who make their products.
0:29.2	And every time you buy something from them, they reorder a replacement from the makers
0:33.5	straight away.
0:34.6	This keeps money flowing into the pockets that really need it and talented people
0:38.4	in skilled work. So head over to clinco.com to choose something that's been handmade very
0:43.8	slowly from natural materials by somebody who really cares about each piece they make. Pick from
0:49.8	gorgeous rat-ant trays, exquisite lacquer bowls, and stunning recycled glassware.
0:55.3	There's something for everyone, from batty aunts to awkward in-laws, and each order comes
0:59.9	with a bonus helping of the feel-good factor. And even better, they've given you a 15%
1:05.0	off discount code to get you going. It's Desert Island Dishes. That's all one word, and the website
1:10.6	is kilinko.com. That's
1:12.6	K-A-L-I-N-K-O. Thank you, Kalinko.
1:21.8	Hi, I'm Margie and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
1:28.2	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.
1:33.9	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,
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