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.In this episode I’m purposely having a ‘processed’ ‘ready meal’ with amazing nutritionist, therapist and self-declared former wellness-wanker, Pixie Turner. I had a Soulful one pot West African stew which was fucking delicious you know, if not the most photogenic lunch. I picked her beautiful mind and had a laugh whilst I was at it. Everything covered from the necessary rebrand of ‘comfort’ through to the list of people who need a few more orgasms. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksGet over to Instagram and make sure you’re following PIXIENUTRITIONSee her in the brilliant wellness-smashing documentary BAD INFLUENCER: THE GREAT INSTA CONCOME AND SEE POWERHOU

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 the hugely successful ‘queen of gluten free baking’ (according to Nigella no less), Becky Excel. I got my bits on her last book and cooked myself her gluten free courgette and hallumi muffins for lunch and we zoomed between Essex and London and got deep about everything from anorexia through to me spilling a fresh hot coffee all over my tuppence - as is the way on this podcast really. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksMake you’re immediately that you’re following BECKY EXCEL on Instagram, it’s full of fit recipes. And you can preorder her new book HERE and get your hands instantly on her first book HERE. Deliciou

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 episode is a FORCE, so there. I’m hoovering with American strong woman and the absolute genius behind Instagram sensation ‘You Look Like A Man’, Jess Fithen. We zoomed, as she’s in the States and we wolfed gendered MANS FOOD, naturally I devoured a Yorkie. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksGet all over Jess’ blogs and merch right now on the YOU LOOK LIKE A MAN website and on JESS’ OWN INSTAGRAM HERE there’s a link tree to alllll the amazing You Look Like A Man Stuff - and whilst the battle rages to get the epic, iconic Instagram page reinstated, you have to follow VAGINAS IN THE WEIGHTS ROOMCOME TO HOOVERING LIVE WITH JO BRAND AND JAY RA

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 incredibly funny man and almond croissant disciple, Sunil Patel. He’s a banging actor and comedian and all round lovely man. We sat in our garden and pitted our favourite fancy almond croissants off against each other and because we read a tweet saying to just really enjoy ourselves we did actually. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksSunil’s new series for Dave online is called BACK CHAT and I might be playing an absolute horror monster as part of that. He’s also got a brilliant podcast with former Hoovering guest and brilliant comedian HARRIET KEMSLEY called WHY IS HARRIET CRYING And you can, and should

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 pretty fucking special episode I’m Hoovering with none other that hugely acclaimed, award-winning and household-name chef and food writer Anna Jones. Yeah. I fucking know. And meeting this hero was like a dream, as you’ll hear she’s the most funny, lovely, articulate whizz - it was the most gorgeous, easy, enlightening and nourishing (excuse the pun) conversation, all whilst I walloped a bit of double ginger and apple cake from a recipe in her latest book, One. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksIt’s pretty imperative if you’re not already that you follow Anna on INSTAGRAM and TWITTER. You can buy her new book ONE: POT, PAN, PLANET and

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 dragged funny, kind, innovative comedian Joz Norris down to Catford Mews, my local cinema which is full of really delicious independent street food vendors for chicken kareage and corndogs with tater tots. Ooof we had a giggle. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow this lovely man and smashing comedian right now please on TWITTER and INSTAGRAM and I implore you to listen to his RADIO 4 SPECIAL ‘A Small Talk on Small Talk’ thievery second you’ve got a spare half hour please.COME TO HOOVERING LIVE WITH JO BRAND in Soho on 17th July at 5pm. Please. Will you come and SEE ME DOING HENCH ON TOUR? Cool. That’

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 specialist anti-diet yogi Aisha Nash. We met on the Guilty Feminist and I fell in brain love with her grounded attitude and mightily informed chat, then her Instagram started filling my heart and head with all the right kind of education - a voice joy in the middle of the cesspit that the ‘wellness’ industry mainly is- so I stole her for an hour to hoover and turns out she used to be a pastry chef and was up for making me pancakes. Get the fuck in. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow her on INSTAGRAM right away and why not also become her PATRON, please. COME TO HOOVERING LIVE WITH JO BRAND in Soho on 17th Ju

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 in a Hoovering first I’m in an eatery that isn’t even open yet, in the soon to become ‘Peace + Riot’ in Dulwich, a parent and kid friendly cafe, restaurant, support place and work space and I’m hoovering the cakes that they’ll have on sale with the place’s founder Caroline Newte Hardy and her kitchen managers, which is like chefs, levelled up, Hanne & Rachel, the talent behind Butch Salads. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFirst things first you should probably head over to the PEACE + RIOT website, please. And then why not follow them on INSTAGRAM. And while you’re at it - make yourself acquainted with the glorious BUTC

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.Dear listeners, this episode is a golden, bright orange fragrant GIFT because I’m talking to none other than the disarmingly funny comedian Sindhu Vee who is the wisest clown in the universe and did me the absolute kindness of smuggling me the most beautiful mangoes in the universe, Alfonso mangoes, all the way from India. And they have changed me. For the better. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow Sindhu immediately on INSTAGRAM and TWITTERAnd get off your arse to see her ON TOUR as well from September with her show Alphabet. COME TO HOOVERING LIVE WITH JO BRAND in Soho on 17th July at 5pm. Please. Will you come and 

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.There’s no overly complicated way to put this really. In this episode I’m hoovering with the strongest woman in the world. Andrea Thompson. She’s British, she lives near Ipswich and she’s the strongest woman in the whole fucking world. So. We had chilli for lunch because it was what she was having anyway and we got together, for distance reasons, over the zooms. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow Andrea immediately on INSTAGRAMCOME TO HOOVERING LIVE WITH JO BRAND in Soho on 17th July at 5pm. Please. Will you come and see me doing Hench ON TOUR? Cool. I’m on this great site called PATREON where I swap your money for ace podcast

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 brilliant Irish TV presenter and disability campaigner and all round lovely man, Paddy Smyth. We met over the zooms, what with him being in Dublin and we had a mighty chocolate biscuit throwdown, with us both bringing deeply powerful contenders to the fore. Acutally, I think we forgot to even decide you’d won. But you get the gist. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow Paddy now on TWITTER and INSTAGRAMAlso he’s got a PODCAST no less about the show he previously won, C4’s THE CIRCLE I’m on this great site called PATREON where I swap your money for ace podcast related stuff like totally

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’s guest is the brilliant comedian Thanyia Moore. She came round to my garden with a bottle of Asti for the middle of the day and endured a giant whole cauliflower I’d roasted in very sexy spices next to a dollop of homemade tzatziki. There’s a bit of bloody annoying windy gusts from time to time but please - who cares because we were getting to hoover together please. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Emojis: fizz, nuts, carribeean, soup, chilli, eyes, chocolate, coffee, salmon, broccoli, birthday orange, rose,  Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow Thanyia immediately please on TWITTER and INSTAGRAMYou’re already on the internet, immediately click now and 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.This week’s guest is so funny. Lovely comedian, actor, podcaster and one of my silliest friends, Will Duggan. Thrillingly we hoovered IN REAL LIFE. In my blooming garden no less, LEGALLY. We got fancy pants takeaway pizza from my best local pizza place and we were filled with so much joy (and pizza). Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksYou’re already on the internet, immediately click now and follow Will on TWITTER and on INSTAGRAM. Please. I’m on this great site called PATREON where 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 thri

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 releasing a Hoovering I actually recorded a month or two ago but I thought now is the time! As lockdown in the UK eases again and gyms reopen again and the sun starts to (occassionally) shine- it seems that a lot of us, not surprisingly, are feeling a bit weird or anxious or annoyed with themself for caring about their bodies - so I thought it was high time to introduce you to Nicki Hobday, an amazing personal personal trainer and theatre performer. Because if now isn’t the right time to eat a massive sweaty burger followed by a chocolate bar sucked through tea with an official ‘fitness person’, whenever is? Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksMake sure y

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’s guest is the extraordinary Pip Hare - a master Yachtswoman, professional sailor and journalist. She’s one of the very few women to complete the solo yacht race The Vendee Globe, in 95 days no less and we hoovered over zoom, in fun news, hoovering the exact freeze-dried bags of lunch she has to eat when she’s out at sea for months and months - made me feel like a real salty old dog. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFollow Pip immediately please on INSTAGRAM and TWITTER and is obviously brilliant on both - that’s where you’ll find everything she’s up to including links to follow her progress when she’s racing - which believe me, is so i

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’s guest is the extraordinary actor, artist and author, Katy Wix. She’s written a book called Delicacy which is out on 15th April - I had the pleasure of reading a sneak early copy of it and it absolutely set off a bomb in my heart. I don’t want to give anything away but it’s the saddest, funniest most eating-honest book I’ve ever read. Incredible, so we hoover over a lunch of a ‘boring sandwich’ each, and we get right, deep, properly into it all of it. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksYou need to crack on and buy Katy’s seriously outstanding book DELICACY now now now now now please. Katy Wix is on INSTAGRAM and TWITTER and is obvio

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.Well - this week I’m talking to an American superstar, make-up celebrity wizard founder of ‘too-faced cosmetics’ it’s Jerrod Blandino. He’s a US TV baking show man now too so we both rustled up one of his recipes, his first infact, a delish kind of lemon and blueberry scone/ muffin hybrid - phwoar. We talked over the zooms as he’s in the States and I mean, if you want an idea of how snazzy his kitchen is, I initially assumed it was a film set. Hahahahah. Shameless.Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksPlease get on INSTAGRAM and follow Jerrod this instant. Every Saturday afternoon he’s posting up a new bake to inspire you and he’d love to here from 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.I’ve got an absolutely beautiful guest this week, the brilliantly funny, wise owl that is Siobhan McSweeney - host of the recent Sunday night smash hit The Great Pottery Throwdown and star of Derry Girls and The Fall, amongst several other brilliant things. Agh. She’s SO GOOD at the acting and the presenting and the existing. I fucking LOVE her and I think you’re going to too. We took at maximum of £1.50 to our nearest corner shop and saw what we’d come home with to eat. One of us (her) does much better out of it than the other (me). Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksGet yourselves online and make sure please that you’re following Siobhan on TWITTER and on&

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’s show came live, about 5 weeks ago, from the brilliant Leicester Comedy Festival, the 2021, online edition. I was joined over the zooms by a remarkable panel of incredibly talented, roughly Leicester based legends. Leicester’s folk hero Grace Petrie, Black Country born comedian Darren Harriot and the last series of Bake Off’s brilliant Mark Elliot, now based in Cornwall but originally from Leicestershire too. In celebration of Leicester, generally, we all had to ‘bring’ something yellow and blue to the party, to eat. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksFor the latest on what that amazing panel were up to make sure to follow them all on social media, GRA

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 the charming, articulate and insanely talented Rukmini Iyer - chef, food stylist and author of a series of tray bake cookery books that as a collection I’d say I use more than any others. They’re exceptional and full of delicious stuff so I was keen as a sausage to pick her beautiful mind, over lunch (a frittata from one of her recipes), as to how she’s created so much brilliant eating for so many people. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksIf you’re not already then follow Rukmini on Instagram immediately she’s better known on there as MISS MINIFERTHIS IS WHERE YOU CAN BUY ALL HER AMAZING COOKBOOKS and don’t forget to preorder he