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Nick and Angela kick off season 5 with the inimitable Claudia Winkleman Claudia Winkleman studied Art History at Cambridge but soon decided a career in Art was simply too quiet for her. She left the gallery and wandered into television, appearing on shows like Holiday on the BBC, This Morning on ITV and Liquid News on BBC three in the nineties. Her big break came in 2004, when she began presenting...

Nick and Angela welcome their final guest of season 4 to Dish HQ. Amol Rajan was born in Kolkata and raised in south London. As a boy he dreamt of becoming a cricketer and would watch tapes of Shane Warne on repeat. He studied English at the University of Cambridge before beginning a career in journalism, becoming one of the youngest ever UK editors of a national newspaper, the Independent, in 201...

Nick and Angela welcome an OG Derry girl to Dish HQ. Saoirse-Monica Jackson grew up in Northern Ireland and studied acting at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. She is best known and loved for her portrayal of Erin Quinn in the Emmy award-winning series Derry Girls. Over three seasons the 90s-set comedy became the most popular show on Channel 4 and is now a hit with a global audience on Ne...

Nick and Angela welcome an author and charity co-founder to Dish HQ. Dawn O’Porter was born in Scotland but grew up in Guernsey with her aunt and uncle. She spent three years at the Liverpool School for Performing Arts but decided that acting wasn’t for her and got into TV instead. Dawn made her name making documentaries, which explored topics like dieting, dating, pregnancy and polyamory. She mov...

Nick and Angela welcome one of the world’s favourite actors to Christmas dinner at Casa Grimshaw. Florence Pugh comes from a family of performers and cooks, so it’s no surprise that she has mastered both. Her first big role came in 2016, when she played Katherine in Lady Macbeth and by 2020 she was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress as Amy March in Little Women. In 2023 Florence st...

Nick and Angela welcome the world’s number 1 chef to Dish HQ. Massimo Bottura hails from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, the nation’s food capital. A renowned restaurateur, hotelier and contemporary art aficionado, Massimo established Osteria Francescana, his three-Michelin-star restaurant in Modena, in 1995. The eatery was voted the world's best restaurant in 2016 and 2018 and features in the...

Nick and Angela welcome the UK’s favourite PE teacher to Dish HQ. The Body Coach began his career as a personal trainer in south-west London in 2012. Joe Wicks harnessed the power of social media and soon thousands of people were following his food and fitness content. During the Covid pandemic, he launched PE with Joe and live-streamed daily workouts for kids stuck at home, which became a global...

Nick and Angela welcome a wine expert to Dish HQ. Helen McGinn is an award-winning author, drinks writer and TV wine presenter. Having cut her teeth as a supermarket wine buyer, she went on to found a blog, The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club, which has since become a best-selling book. Helen is the much-loved wine expert on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen and writes a monthly wine column for Waitrose Food M...

Nick and Angela welcome a professional stargazer to Dish HQ. Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a renowned space and science educator and a prominent figure in the field of astronomy. She began watching the skies from her council flat in North London as a child and went on to study physics and mechanical engineering at Imperial College London. It is Maggie’s ambition to go to space one day and last y...

Nick and Angela welcome their most anticipated guest so far to Dish HQ. Miriam Margolyes OBE is renowned for her acting career spanning over five decades, but it is her inimitable sense of humour that has earned her a special place in the hearts of audiences worldwide. Miriam was the voice of the Cadbury’s caramel bunny in 1990, won a BAFTA for her role in The Age of Innocence in 1994 and portraye...

Nick and Angela welcome the UK’s favourite gardener to DISH HQ. Monty Don OBE is a horticulturist, broadcaster and writer. He made his TV debut on the gardening segment on This Morning, which led to further work with the BBC and Channel 4. In 2002, he was announced as the new lead presenter on Gardeners’ World, taking over from Alan Titchmarsh, and was the first self-taught horticulturist/presente...

Nick and Angela welcome broadcasting royalty to DISH HQ. Kirsty Young began her career at BBC Radio Scotland. From there, she went into television news, presenting the flagship programmes on Channel 5 and ITV. In 2006, Kirsty was announced as Sue Lawley’s replacement on BBC Radio 4’s iconic show Desert Island Discs. Over a 12-year tenure, she interviewed the likes of David Beckham, David Attenboro...

Nick and Angela welcome a TV and radio broadcaster to DISH HQ. Sara Cox is a proud northern lass from Bolton and began her career as a model in her teens. With the chops for more, Sara auditioned for The Girlie Show on Channel 4 and didn’t take no for an answer. From there, work on the wireless beckoned and she became the host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show in the year 2000. Among other shows, Sara...

Nick and Angela welcome a BAFTA-nominated actor, writer and comedian to DISH HQ. Rose Matafeo was born in Auckland and began doing stand-up at 15. She moved to the UK in 2015 and three years later her debut show Horndog won the Best Comedy show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Having conquered the stage, Rose turned her attention to TV writing and, while on a long-haul flight, created the s...

Nick and Angela welcome two chefs to DISH HQ Richard Corrigan is an Irish chef and restaurateur who has had an illustrious career in food. Over the years he has gained Michelin stars and cooked for the Queen and Barack Obama. He runs four restaurants in London - Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill, Corrigan’s Mayfair and Daffodil Mulligan - and has recently opened The Portrait Restaurant atop the Nationa...

Nick and Angela welcome a comedian and podcaster to DISH HQ. Joanne McNally has been touring her record-breaking stand up show The Prosecco Express for the last two years and is about to embark on the US leg of the tour. It’s clear her star is on the rise as Variety has recently named her one of their Top 10 comedians to watch in 2023. When she’s not on stage, Joanne co-hosts her super successful...

Nick and Angela welcome the new hosts of Big Brother to DISH HQ AJ Odudu and Will Best are HUGE Big Brother fans and both have previous when it comes to the original reality TV show. AJ presented Big Brother's Bit on the Side, alongside Emma Willis and Rylan Clark in 2013, with Will appearing as a regular panellist over the years. AJ co-hosted a one-off revival of The Big Breakfast alongside Mo Gi...

Nick and Angela welcome Michael and Hilary Whitehall to DISH HQ. Before making his name as Jack Whitehall’s TV travel companion, Michael Whitehall had an illustrious career as a theatrical agent and producer. His clients included Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender. He and Hilary met while she was in search of new representation, while he, she says, was looking for a w...

Season 4 kicks off as Nick and Angela welcome Gordon Ramsay to DISH HQ. Gordon Ramsay OBE is arguably the most famous chef in the world. His global restaurant empire has been awarded 17 Michelin stars; he has hosted some of the biggest shows on UK and US TV, including Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares; and he has a string of bestselling books. The internet loves Gordon Ramsay and over 60 milli...

Nick and Angela welcome an author and podcaster to DISH HQ for the final episode of series 3. Candice Brathwaite is a critically acclaimed writer, journalist and TV presenter. A self-confessed fashion and beauty addict, Candice often appears on ITV's Lorraine and has designed a bestselling handbag collection with the sustainable accessories label, Been. Her first book, I Am Not Your Baby Mother, m...

Nick and Angela welcome their first siblings to DISH HQ. Stephen Mangan is an actor, writer and presenter known for his roles in Green Wing with Olivia Colman, I’m Alan Partridge and The Split opposite Nicola Walker. He currently presents Portrait Artist of the Year with Joan Bakewell. Anita Mangan is an illustrator who has designed over 70 cookbooks including Kelis' My Life on a Plate, Gizzi Ersk...

Nick and Angela welcome radio royalty to DISH HQ. Clara Amfo is an award-winning broadcaster, podcaster and television presenter best known for her work on BBC Radio 1, where she now presents Future Sounds. Clara has interviewed some of the biggest names in music including Jay-Z,  Kendrick Lemar, Sir Elton John, and Billie Eilish who personally requested Clara for her LA Special. On her podcast Th...

Nick and Angela welcome a bestselling author and journalist to DISH HQ. Caitlin Moran grew up in Wolverhampton in a family of eight kids and spent most of her time reading books at the local library instead of attending school. Unsurprisingly, Caitlin had written her first novel by the time she was 13. She  moved to London at 16 and began writing for Melody Maker where she met her husband, Pete Pa...

Nick and Angela welcome their first Grammy-nominated guest to DISH HQ. Writer, actor and composer Tim Minchin was born in the UK and raised in Perth, Western Australia. He gained notoriety when he won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2005 and his (unplanned) career in comedy took off.  These days, Tim MInchin is busy collecting accolades for his theatre shows, wi...

Nick and Angela are overjoyed to welcome their biggest fan to DISH HQ. In 1983 a young lad from Warrington began his professional career on Piccadilly Radio in Manchester. Forty years on and Chris Evans is a legend of TV and Radio broadcasting, with the Big Breakfast, the Radio 1 Breakfast Show and TFI Friday  garnering cult status. Chris has also found time to pen some books on his incredible lif...