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Hugh's Joy Of Food

Hugh Smithson-Wright

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Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 21

A bitesize podcast celebrating all that's amazing about everything edible, from the simplest snack to the fanciest feast. Each week, in around 20 minutes, host Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews a restaurant, answers a listener's burning culinary question in Ask Hughgle, and shares something food or drink-related that's been putting a smile on his face in Treat Of The Week.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
02/04/2026
#73

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Roger Hickman's restaurant review, how to avoid getting ripped-off by rising restaurant prices, and garlic, garlic, garlic

Season 2 · Episode 9

vendredi 29 octobre 2021 • Duration 20:05

This episode, Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews his family's favourite restaurant, Roger Hickman's in Norwich; advises a listener who's worried about getting ripped off by rising restaurant prices, in Ask Hughgle; and that awesome allium, gorgeous garlic is Hugh's Treat Of The Week.

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Restaurant review

- Roger Hickman's Restaurant rogerhickmansrestaurant.com
- Bray's Cottage Pork Pies perfectpie.co.uk
- Marsh Pig Charcuterie marshpig.co.uk

Ask Hughgle

- Hot Dinners hot-dinners.com

Treat Of The Week

- The Garlic Farm thegarlicfarm.co.uk
- Garlic, Garlic, Garlic by Linda & Fred Griffith abebooks.co.uk

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Chishuru restaurant review, when - and how - to complain in a restaurant, and Marmite is Treat Of The Week

Season 2 · Episode 8

jeudi 16 septembre 2021 • Duration 24:53

In this episode Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews an exhilarating West African supper, taking in the entire menu at Chishuru in Brixton, south London; answers the thorny question of when and how to complain in a restaurant (including some advice for restaurants on how better to handle complaints); and the nation's favourite savoury spread - pungent, polarising Marmite - is Hugh's Treat Of The Week.

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Restaurant review
- Chishuru chishuru.com

Treat Of The Week
- Marmite marmite.co.uk

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Chapati Club restaurant review, easy ways to eat more vegetables, and restaurant critic Grace Dent's moving memoir Hungry

Season 1 · Episode 11

dimanche 11 avril 2021 • Duration 17:29

This week, Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews a fantastic Indian at-home banquet from Chapati Club; helps a listener who wants to eat more vegetables, but is lacking inspiration - and willpower; and works up an appetite reading restaurant critic Grace Dent's moving memoir, Hungry.

Links:

chapati club
Nigel Slater's 'Greenfeast' (as mentioned in Ask Hughgle)
'Hungry' by Grace Dent

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Lusitania restaurant review, planning the perfect post-pandemic dinner party, and eggs - not just for Easter!

Season 1 · Episode 10

dimanche 4 avril 2021 • Duration 21:26

This week, Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews Portuguese restaurant Lusitania, in London's Little Portugal; helps a listener to plan the menu for her first post-pandemic dinner party; and shares his love of eggs - not the Easter kind!

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Lusitania Restaurant

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Brasserie Zedel restaurant review, how to always order the best thing on the menu, and what to do with wild garlic

Season 1 · Episode 9

samedi 27 mars 2021 • Duration 20:12

This week, Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews a much-visited restaurant that always brings him joy, Brasserie Zedel; takes on two listeners' questions about how to get the best out of any restaurant's menu, in Ask Hughgle; and shares his favourite ways with wild garlic in Treat Of The Week.

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Darby's restaurant review, making cooking for one fun, and Belazu's unusual-yet-indispensable ingredients.

Season 1 · Episode 8

samedi 13 mars 2021 • Duration 19:08

This week, Hugh Smithson-Wright celebrates St Patrick's Day with a review of Irish-owned Darby's in Vauxhall, advises a listener on how to make cooking for one interesting and fun in Ask Hughgle, and shops for unusual-yet-indispensable ingredients by Belazu in Treat Of The Week.

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Bouillon Chartier restaurant review, finding the perfect steak tartare, and retail therapy at Fortnum & Mason

Season 1 · Episode 7

samedi 6 mars 2021 • Duration 19:18

This week, Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews historic Bouillon Chartier in Paris, helps a listener who's on a quest to find the perfect steak tartare, and enjoys a spot of retail therapy in the famous food halls of London's legendary Fortnum & Mason.

Links:

Bouillon Chartier, Paris (English website)
Fortnum & Mason

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JOY At Portobello restaurant review, what to say when trying the wine, and spreading the love of butter

Season 1 · Episode 6

dimanche 28 février 2021 • Duration 19:07

This week Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews Stevie Parle's canal-side west London oasis, the aptly-named JOY; reveals exactly what's expected of you when tasting the wine in a restaurant; and melts as he talks about his one true love, butter.

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SOLA restaurant review; the best non-alcoholic drinks to enjoy with food; and exploring culinary Aladdin's cave, SousChef.

Season 1 · Episode 5

vendredi 19 février 2021 • Duration 17:38

This week Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews a Michelin-starred meal kit from SOLA in Soho; recommends the best non-alcoholic drinks to enjoy with food; and finds every ingredient he could dream of in culinary Aladdin's cave, SousChef.

Links:

SOLA Soho
Wolfe's Shrubs, Twining's Cold Infuse and Vichy Catalan as recommended in Ask Hughgle
£10 off your first order at SousChef [affiliate link]

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Maison Patron restaurant review, beating the queue at no-reservations restaurants and delicious recipes from Syria

Season 1 · Episode 4

vendredi 12 février 2021 • Duration 16:27

This week, Hugh Smithson-Wright reviews the delivery menu from Parisian-style bistro Maison Francois, tells an impatient listener how to beat the queues at no-reservations restaurants, and discovers some wonderful Syrian recipes raising money for good causes.

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