Pasta Grannies

Happy Holidays from the Pasta Grannies team! This is the last podcast episode of Season 1. Thank you for listening and we will return with a brand new Season 2 of the podcast in 2025. In this special Holiday episode, we went to visit Canadian-born concert pianist, Hershey Felder at his Tuscan home in Florence, Italy. We visited Hershey in the height of summer so hopefully this episode brings you s...

On the penultimate episode of Season 1 of the Pasta Grannies podcast, we have the lovely Rosie Mackean (aka RosieMackeanPastaQueen on Instagram!) as our guest. She is a trained chef, food stylist, home economist and recipe developer. After spending two years working in professional kitchens in London, UK, Rosie left that behind to turn her lifelong obsession for cookery books and TV shows into a c...

The Alberti Twins aka Double Trouble, John and Tony, are TV chefs, ex-dating show reality TV contestants, food content creators and have just released their second cookbook ‘Irresistibly Italian: Cooking Through the Seasons’. They grew up in Manchester in the North of England, but they have stayed close to their Italian roots through food! John and Tony have chosen to make Neda and Renata’s lunghe...

Anissa Helou is a chef and food writer with so many highly renowned cookbooks under her belt, it's hard to keep count! She was born in Beirut to a Syrian father and a Lebanese mother. At 21-years-old, she moved to London and became an expert in antiques, working for Sotheby's and spending decades adding to her own weird and wonderful personal collection. She eventually sold it ALL and moved into a...

Ben Lippett is a chef, food writer, recipe developer and content creator. In case he wasn't busy enough, he also has his own hot honey called Dr Sting's Hot Honey and a Viennese-style beer called Weiner Dog. His Instagram account, @dinnerbyben, is full to the brim of delicious looking recipes using seasonal produce, and his Substack, 'How I Cook', has recipes, chef tips and even music playlists to...

Luca Dusi is from Verona, and is a wine expert. He has his own wine bar called Passione Vino in Shoreditch in London, UK, and imports Italian wines. As well as being a loving dad and food lover, his own mum is one of our Pasta Grannies! You can watch Luca's mum, Angelina, in action here making papparelle: https://youtu.be/lRhOixYnMZw?si=ZxyUUF43gRpEwqzm which we actually chose not to recreate this...

Meliz Berg is a self-taught cook, recipe developer, TV presenter and content creator. She grew up in London, England and is of Turkish-Cypriot decent which is reflected in her delicious food. Meliz has just released her second cookbook, called Dinner Tonight. On today's episode, Meliz has chosen to make Rina's orecchioni, a ravioli stuffed with a 3 cheese and chard filling, although Meli...

Angelo Coassin grew up in North East Italy but has lived in America and now lives in the UK. Angelo is a professional dancer and an actor, but he is best known as the creator of the successful Instagram channel @cookingwithbello where he shows off his passion for Italian cooking. He's just brought out his first cookbook ‘ Cook Like A Real Italian ’ which is full to the brim with Italian...

Chetna Makan is a wonderful cook and baker who takes inspiration from her upbringing in Central India. Having started out in fashion, she found a love for food after moving to the UK and appearing on the BBC's television series The Great British Bake Off . Her career has since gone from strength to strength and she has 8 cookbooks to her name, with a 9th one being released in 2025. In this episode...

Jordon Ezra King is a chef who has worked in kitchens in London, Paris and Italy. He now concentrates on food writing and content creation. In this episode, Jordon shares with Vicky how years ago, he ditched a career in marketing after walking past a pizza restaurant - he bravely decided to go in and ask for a chef job despite having no kitchen experience, kicking off his career in food! He also c...

Sophie Wyburd is a cook, recipe writer and presenter from South London. She has just released her debut cookbook, Tucking In , which Sophie describes as an ode to comfort food, and it features plenty of pasta! In this episode, Sophie tells Vicky about her lifelong obsession with food, and they get into the all-important debate, are garlic peelers good or bad? Watch the video of Marica from Tuscany...

Judy Joo is an American-Korean chef, cookbook author, restauranteur and TV host. She grew up in New Jersey in The States, and now lives in London, UK. On today's episode, Judy has chosen to recreate Peppa's pici pasta with a tasty garlic and tomato sauce. As they cook, Judy chats to Vicky about growing up in a home filled with her mum's pots and jars of fermenting foods, and shares why she left fi...

Eleanor Wilkinson is a 28-year-old content creator who's just released her debut cookbook One Pot One Portion . On today's episode, Eleanor has chosen to recreate Maria's delicious raschiatelli pasta with a tomato and vegetable pepper sauce. While they cook, Eleanor talks to Vicky about leaving her job to pursue a career in food and how it led to her hugely popular instagram, and now a bestselling...

Come join us on the Pasta Grannies podcast, to chat with food influencers and celebrity guests while they cook some of our favourite Pasta Grannies recipes with host Vicky Bennison. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.