Hoovering

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m talking to author, climate change academic and comedian Matt Winning about eating, whilst eating up some otherwise waste and all the time keeping it fucking delicious, hopeful, full of incredible wisdom and of course CHRISTMASSY yaaaaay.Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow MATT WINNING on Twitter and immediately snaffle up his amazing new book HOT MESSLove this podcast generally? Thank you. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAMGo to PATREON to see what I swap your money for ace podcast related stuff like totally exclusive content and guest recipes. You can BOOK TICKETS TO MY STAND UP HEREOther things we mentioned:BEYOND MEAT 

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.We’re getting Christmassy this week with ITV’s This Mornings’ resident chef Clodagh McKenna giving some seriously delicious detail when it comes to her Christmas rituals. I made myself an orchciette pumpkin pasta from her new book and luckily had time to scoff it up whilst she was being brilliant at talking. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksClodagh’s new book for quick dinners is called IN MINUTES and all looks pretty delicious. She’s here on INSTAGRAMLove this podcast generally? Thank you. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAMGo to PATREON to see what I swap your money for ace podcast related stuff like totally exclusive content and guest recipe

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m only being taken out to dinner by fucking Uncle Roger - or more accurately by his creator, comedian Nigel Ng. He’s a really good comedian but as if that’s not enough he’s a massive massive foodie and really knows his shit in terms of Asian, especially Malaysian food in London so I let him take the reigns. We ended up in Soho’s Laksamania and oh my fucking god it was one of the most, if not THE most, delicious hoovering I’ve ever ever EVER done on this podcast. Strap in. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksHere’s Nigel’s MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL TOURHe’s on INSTAGRAM and TWITTER and of course, if you’ve lived under a rock the last few

In this delicious episode I’m joined by the utterly brilliant comedian, actor and award winning podcast ‘Poppy Hillstead has entered the chat’, Poppy Hillstead. We both attended our dear mate Amy Gledhill’s surprise birthday party the night previous so we dragged our sorry hangovers to a beautiful Japanese restaurant in Borough called Wawa and we ate our body weight in the most incredibly delicious food. Ummmmmm num nummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm it was so goooooood. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage.Honourable Mentions/ LinksPoppy has got a BRAND NEW WEB SERIES OUT NOW CALLED POPPY - everything she touches she turns funny and this is no exception, get it down your eyes at once.Follow her HERE ON INSTAGRAM and HERE ON TWITTERAnd best listen to her belting podcast POPPY HILLSTEAD HAS ENTERED THE CHATWe ate at the understated and absolutely delicious WAWA in London BridgeLove this podcast generally? Thank you. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAMGo t

I’m hoovering here with absolutely grade-a hilarious, guts hurtingly funny comedian Yuriko Kotani. We froze our tiny autumn tits off in Greenwich market eating extremely delicious doughnuts and coffee. Everything about her slowed me down, she’s so magical and then her answer to my last question was probably my absolute favourite yet, it really swiped me for six, if that’s the phrase. Gorgeous stuff please. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksPress these things and follow her instantly right now please on INSTAGRAM, TWITTER and FACEBOOKAnd here’s where you can find out where to see her live on HER WEBSITE she’s got a WORK-IN-PROGRESS ON 18th NOVEMBER LETS GO!Love this podcast generally? Thank you. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAMGo to PATREON to see what I swap your money for ace podcast related stuff like totally exclusive content and guest recipes. It’ll help me keep the podcast not just

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering a really beautiful lunch that I’m confident will have made me live forever with my old friend, the very talented actor, writer and farter, Jo Bowis. She’s written a stunning Mamoir about her road to motherhood which I’ve read now and is funnier than it is brutal- absolutely joyful I found it and deeply refreshing. Much like the lunch we walloped at Brockley’s trendy pants newish place by the station, Parlez. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksGet over to instagram now and FOLLOW JO immediately And then click on this to buy her amazingly funny book ‘EXPRESS YOURSELF: A MAMOIR’And I found a video here of JO DOING HER FLAT FOOT

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.In this episode I’m hoovering a miso, mushroom risotto with it’s creator, the lovely and brilliant Seema Pankhania - one of the shining stars over at MOB kitchen. We met over zoom because we’d both hurt our ankles which is weird, and also are both busy as absolute fuck. The longer we spoke the funner it got. I really loved the bit where she casually slips in the really long, complicated and uncasual full name of the mobile phone she’s currently working with to promote. Haha. Excellently done, I’d say. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow the absolute socks off of SEEMA PANKHANIA on insta, and here she is on TIKTOK with fuck me, millions of lik

This week I’m hoovering with kids and general TV presenter and now author of a new book for kids as well as everyone all about beautiful stories of sometimes conscious and sometimes accidental acts sustainability when it comes to stuff, the planet and waste. We got on like a mansion on fire whilst we scoffed, remotely, our own impressively sustainable breakfasts. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksGet over to Maddie’s INSTAGRAM right away and order a copy of her glorious sounding new book STUFF: ECO-STORIES OF EVERYDAY STUFFGo to PATREON to see what I swap your money for ace podcast related stuff like totally exclusive content and guest recipes. It’ll help me keep the podcast not just alive, but also thriving. Thanks so so so much if you’ve become a patron recently and/ or stuck with me since the beginning of this. Also - if you’d wanted to donate something as a one-off you can DO THAT HERE&nb

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering with high end, fancy pants Thai inspired food in Shoreditch with the beautiful, funny comedian, presenter, actor and star of celebrity goggle box Babtunde Aleshe. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksWriggle on over to Baba’s TWITTER and his INSTAGRAM - you can catch him doing TOUR SUPPORT for the lovely Mo Gilligan right through to Spring 2022. Keep your ears out for some seriously exciting HUGE venue news coming from him about a currently secret thing happening at the end of the year. Go to PATREON to see what I swap your money for ace podcast related stuff like totally exclusive content and guest re

This is such a riot of an episode with glorious writer, poet and director Molly Naylor. Her new graphic novel about an astronaut is just out now so we had a giggle eating some space food! Official astronaut’s ‘ice cream sandwiches’. Well. The cat liked them. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksGet over to her INSTAGRAM and give her a follow now and then get your mits on her beautiful graphic novel LIGHTS, PLANETS, PEOPLEGo to PATREON to see what I swap your money for ace podcast related stuff like totally exclusive content and guest recipes. It’ll help me keep the podcast not just alive, but also thriving. Thanks so so so much if you’ve become a patron recently and/ or stuck with me since the beginning of this. Also - if you’d wanted to donate something as a one-off you can DO THAT HERE on the Acast Supporter page thing. Other maybe interesting things we mentioned this week were….We a

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering with amazing rising star stand up comedian and self-described ‘Lewisham native’ - the lovely Toussant Douglas. We went swanky and hit up Lewisham’s first ever fine dining restaurant, Sparrow, for lunch. It’s extremely high end food, served beside a massive violent mess of a new roundabout. Everything about it is weirdly brilliant in my book. Sorry neither of us were brave enough to order the pig’s head. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow him quick sharp on TWITTER and check out on youtube, THE TOUSSANT DOUGLAS SHOWWe had lunch at the very fancy SPARROW in Lewisham. Go to PATREON to see what I swap

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering with incredible stand up, musician and actor and food knower abouter, Nick Helm. He’d never had a Taco Bell and I’d not had one since I was a kid on holiday in America visiting my Uncle Bob (pronounced Uncle Baaaab) - so we got one from a central London takeaway hole and took it to beautiful sunny Russell Square to scoff it up amongst the lounging students and passing motorbikes. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow Nick ON INSTAGRAM and get tickets now to see his MASTERWORKS IN PROGRESS at the Soho Theatre in October and November. I’ll be there. I actually will. One night. Not constantly, like a weirdo. We ate, if

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.In this episode I’m hoovering with comedian, clown, performance artist, teacher and person who I became close mates with in the weirdest ever way, she was the much much younger new girlfriend of an ex-boyfriend who’d very very broken my heart so it’s BONKERS that we became friends but we DID. She’s a wild soul, a truly free creative cat and it was an absolute ride taking her for dinner down at Lewisham’s trendy ‘Model Market’Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksHer website is THEELFLYONS dot com and she’s HERE on instagramShe hosts a night called HOUSE OF HORRORS at 2Northdown in Kings Cross, LondonWe ate at Lewishams amazing MODEL MARKET&n

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering with my dear mate, the absolutely astounding comedian and feminist icon frankly, Bridget Christie. I caught her before she goes on a brand new tour of ‘Who Am I?’ And we went for one of the loveliest brunches I’ve ever bloody had actually at Ziggy Green in Piccadilly. Stuff of absolute dreams please. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksGo and book tickets to see Bridget ON TOUR with her incredible new show ‘WHO AM I?’ Right now please. And HER INSTAGRAM is fucking funny too.You can come and see me doing NEW MATERIAL GIGS AND PREVIEWS and all if you want. Also - if you’d wanted to donate something as a one-

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering with WINNER of Bake Off 2019, author of three books no less and absolute brain box about health AND fellow Catford resident, David Atherton. He made me the loveliest afternoon tea I’ve ever had actually lads. In his dreamy home. Which was walking distance from my home. Christ. I’m living the dream. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksJay’s new book CHEWING THE FAT sounds extraordinary - as are, frankly, all his other books. Get it now. And if you don’t follow him already, he’s magical on TWITTER. And probably best you get over to Jo’s INSTAGRAM now too for a laugh, why not! I’ve updated my website with a bunch

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This week I’m hoovering with WINNER of Bake Off 2019, author of three books no less and absolute brain box about health AND fellow Catford resident, David Atherton. He made me the loveliest afternoon tea I’ve ever had actually lads. In his dreamy home. Which was walking distance from my home. Christ. I’m living the dream. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksYou must follow this beautiful man ON INSTAGRAMYou can and should pre-order David’s beautiful sounding and looking new book MY FIRST GREEN COOKBOOK FOR YOUNG COOKS, I’m getting Rudy one. It’s out on 16th September. His other books are MY FIRST COOKBOOK BAKE, MAKE AND LEARN TO COOK and the no

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.Much like last week’s episode this hoovering was also recorded on the road, hence the background music, this week I’m in Bristol talking to none other than queer disabled femme and radical body politician, Imogen Fox, better known from her instagram awesomeness as ‘the feeding of the fox.’ Like a couple of fancy twats we only went and went out for afternoon tea. Yessss please. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksIf you’re not already following Imogen on INSTAGRAM sort that out straight away please and you can support her amazing work by becoming one of her PATREONSI’m on there too lads!To see, click here: PATREON to see what I swap your money f

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.Hoovering’s back on the road, well, I was on tour. So I met up with Glossop based comedian and doer of incredible things mental-health-related, Harriet Dyer. The first time I gigged with Harriet was about 8 or 9 years ago and I remember having to go out of the room and catch my breath from laughing so much, she’s a dreamboat and a whirlwind. We met for lunch in Sheffield at a posh chain place called The Botanist. She’s got a hanging kebab. Hehehe.Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFirst things first BUY HARRIET’S BOOK: BIPOLAR COMEDIANAnd her new community centre with a view to providing support for mental health problems as well as a safe space where anyone is welcom

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.Today I’m hoovering with brilliant new comedian and extraordinarily talented comedy actor and as you’ll hear, absolute fucking legend, Fatiha El Ghorri. I made us lunch at mine, baked feta with tangy tomato salad and spicy Lebanese spuds. Fatiha’s who we’ve all been missing in our lives this last little while. What a treat to have her on the pod. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow her immediately on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK and on TWITTER and make sure to find out where she’s gigging because she’s awesome Will you come and SEE ME DOING HENCH ON TOUR? Cool. I’m on this great site called PATREON where I swap yo

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.In this episode I’m celebrating Hoovering having turned three years old! Our birthday was back in January and that’s when this was recorded and as we, here in the UK, were in lockdown then, this was recorded over the zooms and my guests are some of the most extraordinary people I’d hoovered with during 2020 and future hopeful guests as well. This episode features Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Amanda Bright, Rich Wilson, Ellie and Helen of Scummy Mummies, Rose Ruane and my future wife Stef Smith. If you’re wondering why this is only coming out now - well - these birthday episodes are exclusively for my patrons for the first 6 months of their existence. If you want to be first to the party when we turn four then get your bum over to PATREON and see