Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith

Gilly Smith

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Booking Overview

A food-and-culture podcast where the host uses four “food moments” from celebrated writers’ books to connect cuisine with climate, identity, and politics. It’s a strong platform for authors and creators whose work reframes how we think about food systems—and it tends to attract prominent, A-list food writers and cookbook authors.

Metrics

Episodes: 331

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 140 subscribers

Instagram: 1.5k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Gilly Smith - Presenter/host of Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith and author of Taste and the TV Chef: how storytelling can save the planet. The description also notes award recognition for investigative food w...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established food writers and authors (often cookbook/memoir authors), plus notable food media figures/campaigners whose work ties food to culture and societal issues like climate and politics.
Required Achievements:  
Published books/cookbooks with critical or popular reach, Significant media visibility (e.g., TV or major publishing track record), Awards or recognized contributions to food writing and public conversation

Recent Guest Discussions

Trine Hahnemann - Her Cookbook And How Seasonal/sensory Food Narratives Connect To History, Geography, Culture, And Future-facing Warnings.

Ozlem Warren - Turkish Food, Heritage, And How Her Work Links Writing And Cultural Identity, Framed Through Her Book Istanbul.

Rachel Khoo - Her Memoir Years In Paris, Publishing/authorship Journey, And How A Personal Narrative And Values Connect To Food Moments.

Recent Topics

Food, Climate, Cookbooks, Food Systems, Sustainability

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith
:

Trine Hanhnemann: Midnight Sun

July 09, 2026

This week we're with Danish food writer, restaurateur and campaigner, Trine Hahnemann and her latest cookbook, Midnight Sun.This is a book about long lazy summer days - cycling to the beach, stopping off to buy strawberries from a local stall, peeling shrimps to eat with homemade mayo and bread.. But under the haze of a Scandanavian sun, food for Trine is about much more than a picnic. It’s about history, time, geography and culture, a sum of the past and a warning about the future. Gil...

Ozlem Warren: Istanbul

July 02, 2026

This week, we’re with the WORD on Turkish food and heritage, Ozlem Warren to dig into her latest book, Istanbul.We’ve followed Ozlem on Cooking the Books through her writing career, from Ozlem’s Turkish Table which inspired a fund raising supper club for the earthquake in 2023 at Gilly’s house, through vegetarian Turkish in Sebze, and now to Istanbul, her most confidant work yet, and her warmest welcome to her homeland.If you'd like to support CTB which is advertising and sponsorship free, co...

Rachel Khoo: The Smallest Restaurant in Paris

June 25, 2026

 This week, Gilly is with the author of The Smallest Restaurant in Paris, Rachel KhooNow, you may know her as the author of The Little Paris Kitchen and the star of the BBC’s cooler original version of Emily in Paris - without the haute couture or the PR job, a young Brit abroad, feeling her way through being in Paris and cooking in her tiny kitchen.Now she’s written a memoir about those years, and – whisper it - published it herself. A self-published book by someone ...

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