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Table Talk

The Spectator

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Health & Fitness

Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 170

Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts interview notable guests about their life, through the food and drink that has come to define it. Lara Prendergast is the Food and Drink Editor of Spectator Life. Olivia Potts is Spectator Life's Vintage Chef.

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Apple Podcasts

🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
30/07/2025
#47
🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
29/07/2025
#73
🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
28/07/2025
#48
🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
27/07/2025
#25
🇨🇦 Canada - food
26/07/2025
#96
🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
26/07/2025
#38
🇨🇦 Canada - food
25/07/2025
#71
🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
25/07/2025
#23
🇩🇪 Germany - food
25/07/2025
#82
🇨🇦 Canada - food
24/07/2025
#40

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With Will Beckett

mardi 27 août 2024 • Duration 29:04

Will Beckett, CEO of Hawksmoor, founded the steakhouse chain with his childhood best friend Huw Gott in 2006. It has since expanded to 13 locations, including three outside the UK, and consistently been ranked one of the best steak restaurants in the world.

On the podcast, Will tells Liv and Lara about his journey from working in a bar to breaking America, how farming is the key to a good steak, and why pasta is actually his favourite food.

With Romy Gill

mardi 13 août 2024 • Duration 31:37

Romy Gill is a British-Indian chef, food-writer and broadcaster who was awarded an MBE in 2016 for her services to hospitality. She is the author of three cookbooks including her newest, Romy Gill's India, which will be published on 12th September.

On the podcast, she tells Liv and Lara about the joys of long train journeys across India, the state of Indian cuisine in the UK and how you can make magic with just cumin and turmeric.

Photo credit: Sam Harris

With Anna Jones

mardi 9 avril 2024 • Duration 24:36

Anna Jones is a food writer, food stylist and author. She is known predominately for her focus on vegetarian cooking, and her new book Easy Wins celebrates a capsule pantry of twelve ingredients.

On the podcast she tells Lara about her way in to becoming a food journalist, cooking vegetarian at home, and her desert island meal.

With Sharmadean Reid

mardi 17 novembre 2020 • Duration 34:39

Sharmadean Reid is an entrepreneur and the founder of Beautystack. On the podcast, she tells Lara and Livvy about her grandfather's allotment, cooking roasts and trying crab for the first time.

With Dan Keeling

mardi 10 novembre 2020 • Duration 22:52

Dan Keeling is a wine writer behind the magazine and restaurant Noble Rot. He tells Lara and Livvy about how he discovered his love of wine; working in the music industry; and how to start a restaurant with zero experience.

Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.

With Olia Hercules

mardi 3 novembre 2020 • Duration 18:45

Olia Hercules is a chef and food writer. On the podcast, she tells Lara and Livvy about growing up in Cyprus; being disappointed by British ingredients; and teaching her son to love Ukrainian cooking.

With Ian Rankin

mardi 27 octobre 2020 • Duration 20:24

Ian Rankin is a bestselling crime writer, most known for his Inspector Rebus novels. On the podcast, he tells Lara and Livvy about living in a motel during his first year at university; how eating curry for the first time was 'a revelation'; and the snacks that keep him going while he writes.

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With Dolly Alderton

mardi 20 octobre 2020 • Duration 44:23

Dolly Alderton is an author, journalist and podcaster who hosts 'The High Low' podcast. On the episode, she talks to Lara and Livvy about campaigning for gender equality (and cooked breakfasts) at her boarding school; how taste in food can make or break the attractiveness of a man; and the importance of planning a desert island dish.

Presented by Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts.

With Annie Gray

lundi 10 août 2020 • Duration 36:59

Annie Gray is a historian, cook and writer who specialises in food from 1600 to present day. On the podcast, she tells Lara and Olivia about a childhood of eating 'frisbee-like' omelettes, why male hares are inedible, and how an episode of Antiques Roadshow nearly jeopardised the release of her new book. Annie Gray's Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook, is out now.

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With Skye McAlpine

lundi 13 juillet 2020 • Duration 29:15

Skye McAlpine is a Sunday Times columnist and the author of two cookbooks. She joins Lara and Olivia down the line from Venice, where she grew up. On the podcast, she talks about moving to the city as a child, her favourite Venetian meals, and why, despite being a dinner party maestro, she doesn't believe in starters.

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