Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
By The Guardian
From school dinners to sofa snacks – food has a huge part to play in shaping our story - and your favourite celebs have some delicious tales to tell. Join Grace Dent and celebrity guests as she throws the cupboard doors open and chats life through food. Expect to hear from guests (actors from TV, movie, theatre and film; sportspeople, comedians, chefs…) such as: Katie Price, Jamie Laing, Natalie Cassidy, Kathy Burke, Jon Ronson, Shirley Ballas, Nadiya Hussain, James Norton, Graham Norton, Jamie Demetriou, Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Amma Asante, Jay Blades, Michelle DeSwarte, Gaz Coombes, Georgia Pritchett, Fern Brady, Jayde Adams, Adam Kay, Jaime Winstone, Malorie Blackman, Dawn O’Porter, Neneh Cherry, Greg Rutherford, Goldie, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Marian Keyes, Rufus Wainwright, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Big Zuu, Eddie Marsan, Self Esteem, James May, Guy Garvey, Dave Myers, Jo Brand, Craig David, Bernardine Evaristo, Tom Watson, Rosie Jones, Laura Whitmore, Desiree Burch, Russell Tovey, Stephen Fry, Deborah Meaden, Munya Chawawa, Aisling Bea, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Candice Carty-Williams, Lawrence Chaney, Siobhán McSweeney, Scarlett Moffatt, Joanne McNally, Mae Martin, Rafe Spall, Nish Kumar, Bridget Christie, Mary McCartney, Keith Brymer Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Tamsin Greig, Tom Kerridge, Katherine Ryan, Golda Rosheuvel, Suranne Jones and, David Baddiel, Amol Rajan and Russell T Davies. Comfort Eating is a one-to-one interview. In Grace’s kitchen, her guests discuss their lives in the context of food, cooking and cuisine. They talk about comfort food and snack recipes. The tone of the podcast is: warm, comforting, chatty, feel good, cheering, heart warming, comical and amusing. It’s inspiring but also escapism. It’s funny, comedy, laugh out loud / LOL, entertaining, humourous, inspirational, hilarious, illuminating, memorable, uplifting, soothing, reassuring, cheery and entertaining. Expect to hear humour, discussion, gossip and revelation. Grace's new Comfort Eating book, inspired by the podcast, is out now. It’s a wonderfully scrumptious, life-affirming journey through the foods that really mean the most to us.
Latest episode
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A Comfort Eating Christmas
Christmas has arrived at Comfort Eating HQ, so join Grace as she joyfully wallows in her annual Christmas baking session while musing on her favourite Comfort Eating yuletide memories -
S8, E13: Matt Goss, musician
Join Grace for a twinkly helping of festive Comfort Eating, where she is joined by one third of Bros: Matt Goss -
S8, E12: Paterson Joseph, actor and author
One of the UK’s best loved character actors, Paterson Joseph, joins Grace for another serving of Comfort Eating -
S8, E11: Diane Morgan, actor
Actor and comedian Diane Morgan joins Grace for another helping of Comfort Eating -
S8, E10: David Gray, musician
The multi-platinum selling musician David Gray joins Grace his week on Comfort Eating -
S8, Ep9: Monica Dolan, actor
Bafta-award winning actor Monica Dolan shares her ultimate comfort food with Grace -
S8, Ep8: Phil Wang, comedian
Funny guy Phil Wang joins Grace this week for another helping of Comfort Eating -
S8, Ep7: Vanessa Feltz, broadcaster
Broadcaster Vanessa Feltz joins Grace for another serving of Comfort Eating -
S8, Ep6: Richard E Grant, actor
Joining Grace this week on Comfort Eating is actor Richard E Grant -
S8, Ep2: Rob Rinder, barrister and television host
Barrister and TV presenter Rob Rinder joins Grace to share what snack he bites into, with a gavel in one hand and a metaphorical wig perched up top