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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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 -
S8, Ep4: Leila Farzad, Actor
Actor Leila Farzad joins Grace for another serving of Comfort Eating -
S8, Ep3: Stanley Tucci, Actor
Award winning actor Stanley Tucci joins Grace to share his love of Italian food -
S8, Ep2: Maisie Adam, comedian
Comedian Maisie Adam joins Grace to share the food that fuels her funny bones -
S8, Ep1: Rag’n’Bone Man, singer
The Sussex-born platinum selling singer, Rag’n’Bone Man, joins Grace to share what he eats to sooth his gravelly vocals -
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent is back for a new season
Season eight of Comfort Eating with Grace Dent will kick off on Tuesday 24 September. Join Grace and her celebrity guests, including Richard E Grant, Rag’N’Bone Man and Vanessa Feltz, as they delve into what they love to eat when nobody is watching.
