Samuel Goldsmith interviews chefs and food writers, closing each chat with Quick Fire Questions.
Good Food is a friendly food-world conversation show built around food voices and the dishes that shaped them. Recent episodes move easily from Malaysian cooking and Silk Roads ingredients to plant-based chilli, chocolate baking, fibre, and crumble.
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Good Food is a primarily interview-format podcast hosted by Samuel Goldsmith, who talks with chefs, cookbook authors, bakers, and food writers about their careers and their personal relationship with food. Most main episodes follow a similar shape: career and life story, a cooking-philosophy discussion tied to the guest's book or work, and recurring segments including My Favourite Dish, Cookery Confessions (kitchen mishap stories), and Quick Fire Questions. Guests in the sample include batch-cooking specialist Suzanne Mulholland (The Batch Lady), Bake Off winner and chocolate-baking author Edd Kimber, food writer Melissa Hemsley, wine communicator Tom Gilbey, food historian Anna Ansari, and Malaysian cookbook author Ranie Saidi. Recurring subject matter includes seasonal and holiday cooking logistics, wine selection and pairing, ultra-processed food and children's nutrition, the historical and cross-cultural origins of dishes and ingredients, and the process of writing a cookbook. Separate shorter bonus episodes, released on Thursdays, present a single cook-along recipe connected to that week's guest, drawing on material from sister publication Olive Magazine. Main interviews run roughly 30 to 50 minutes, while bonus recipe episodes are much shorter, around 5 to 10 minutes. The tone favors warm, conversational interviews over instructional lecture or panel debate, and episodes often move between practical technique and personal material such as food memory, grief, or identity. Home cooks looking for holiday and batch-cooking strategies, and listeners interested in cookbook culture and food history, are the clearest fit for the catalog. Episodes are guest-driven and largely self-contained rather than serialized, so listening order does not matter much.
Made for: Home cooks and food-culture enthusiasts who enjoy long-form chef and cookbook-author interviews alongside practical cooking and holiday-planning tips.
What sets it apart: Pairs cookbook-author interviews with dedicated bonus cook-along recipe episodes and fixed recurring segments like Cookery Confessions and Quick Fire Questions, rather than functioning as a straight recipe or review show.
Join host Samuel Goldsmith every Tuesday as he chats with cooks, chefs, and food lovers. In each episode, Samuel dives into a sparkling conversation about the guest's life, their journey in the food and drink world, and, of course, their passion for food. Expect plenty of laughs, life lessons, and unforgettable stories from the people behind the plates. The fun doesn't stop there! Tune in for sections like My Favourite Dish, where the guest discusses their favourite dishes and how they've made them their own, Cookery Confessions, where guests share their funniest kitchen mishaps and culinary secrets, and Quick Fire Questions, a rapid round of surprises that reveal more about their tastes and…
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Samuel Goldsmith draws practical kitchen thinking and personal food histories from conversations that stay curious, useful and warmly conversational.
Good Food turns the food interview into a generous exchange of kitchen knowledge, personal history and curiosity. Samuel Goldsmith keeps the conversation accessible, asking the practical follow-up that turns a guest's experience into something useful, from choosing unfamiliar…
Wine snobbery drops at the door; your fussy eaters and Christmas leftovers can come too.
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A warm, specific Good Food conversation about Malay cooking, family memory and dishes that get better with time.
Ranie Saidi's Good Food conversation is a warm, unhurried portrait of Malay cooking as memory, family habit and practical know-how. The pleasure is in the small, lived details: coconut used from water to milk to leaves, turmeric rubbed into meat or seafood before cooking, rice…
A practical, forgiving Christmas-kitchen chat for hosts who want the day generous without making it exhausting.
Good Food makes Christmas cooking sound less like a performance and more like a solvable logistics problem. Samuel Goldsmith gives Suzanne Mulholland, aka The Batch Lady, space to talk through the small decisions that save a host from disappearing into the kitchen: making fewer…
A warm Good Food conversation on Silk Roads, family cooking and the slippery comfort of authenticity.
Anna Ansari brings a generous, instinctive cook's eye to food history, following the Silk Roads into the everyday kitchen rather than treating them as a museum map.
A warm Good Food chat about fussy eating, processed food and cooking with less judgment at the table.
Good Food takes on ultra processed foods, fussy eaters and lower judgment sustainability in the only way this show really can: through the kitchen, not the pulpit.
Edd Kimber turns Bake Off afterlife, book launches, and Nigella nostalgia into easy, affectionate food-world gossip.
Good Food brings Edd Kimber into an easy, bakery-adjacent chat that is less about technique than the small social world around British baking.
Tom Gilbey makes wine feel less precious, more useful, and much easier to bring to the table.
Wine, in Tom Gilbey's hands, is less a status object than something to put on the table and enjoy. With Samuel Goldsmith, he makes a warm case for drinking a little more bravely: trust a good sommelier, say what you want to spend, and stop treating the same supermarket bottle as…
Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway answer listener voicemails about pandemic-era pantry cooking.
Kitchen answers, food stories, sharp curiosity.
Plain cooking lessons that make dinner less mysterious.
Food stories from the working kitchen.
Cookbook craft from the kitchen side.
Host Samuel Goldsmith presents a bonus recipe episode of the Good Food Podcast featuring Edd Kimber's hot cross bun cookies, adapted from olivemagazine.com.
Wine should make us laugh.
Apples get nicely tangled here.
Melissa Hemsley joins Samuel Goldsmith.
Bake Off Central is real, at least in this chat.
The guest starts with leftovers, which is a very Good Food way into the episode.
This bonus episode of the Good Food podcast shares a five-star plant-based chilli recipe, including ingredients and cooking instructions.
This episode features an interview with Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, the creators behind BOSH, discussing their mission to make plant-based eating accessible, exciting, and delicious through recipes, books, videos, and new ready meal ranges.
This bonus episode of the Good Food podcast features Edd Kimber sharing his hot cross bun cookie recipe, discussing chocolate baking, and promoting his new book.
Ed Kimber discusses chocolate baking, his experiences on Bake Off, and shares a personal story about making a mushroom lasagna.
Host Samuel Goldsmith shares a bonus episode featuring a detailed recipe for Iranian chicken and rice dish Tashin from food writer Anna Ansari.
Host Samuel Goldsmith interviews Anna Ansari about her new book Silk Roads, exploring food as memory, comfort, and connection through personal stories and cooking.
A bonus episode featuring a nutritionist's recipe for a fiber-rich fruit crumble.
A nutritionist discusses the importance of fiber, shares practical tips for eating more of it, and debunks common nutrition myths.
This bonus episode features a recipe for lemon tart from baker Matt Adlard's new book, The Science of Baking.
Host Samuel Goldsmith interviews baker Matt Adlard about his new book 'The Science of Baking' and shares baking tips.
Samuel Goldsmith shares a coconut chicken curry recipe from Monica Gawadan's cookbook, with tips on spices and cooking techniques.
Host Samuel Goldsmith interviews chef Monika Gowadhan about her Indian cooking roots, seafood traditions, and favorite dishes.
Tom Gilbey discusses his approach to making wine accessible and fun, sharing insights from his new book 'Thirsty' and his experiences in the wine industry.
Samuel Goldsmith interviews chef Susie Lee about her journey, cooking philosophy, and a quick dumpling recipe.
Host Samuel Goldsmith interviews a guest about their journey in food and drink, discussing creativity in cooking and cocktail making, with a segment on favorite dishes.
Host Samuel Goldsmith interviews chef Bettina Campaluzzi about her culinary journey, recent travels, and passion for cooking.
A podcast where host Samuel Goldsmith interviews chefs and food lovers about their lives, careers, and favorite dishes.
Samuel Goldsmith interviews Professor Tim Spector about his new book on fermented foods and discusses nutrition, gut health, and the microbiome.
A podcast where host Samuel Goldsmith interviews chefs and food lovers about their lives, careers, and favorite dishes.
Joe Wicks discusses his new high-protein recipe book and shares a personal story about his Sunday roast dinner.
Host Samuel Goldsmith interviews barbecue experts Sam Evans and Shauna Gwynn about their food journey and upcoming country music festival.
Suzanne Mulholland, The Batch Lady, gives Samuel Goldsmith a Christmas planning system that includes a Channel 4 special, Batch From Scratch, airing on Friday 5 December at 8pm.
Samuel Goldsmith interviews national treasure Dame Mary Berry about her 90th year, Christmas preparations, and her enduring influence on British cooking.
Host Sam Goldsmith interviews legendary chef Rick Stein about his Christmas traditions and favorite dishes.
Host Samuel Goldsmith interviews cookery writer Skye McAlpine about her new Christmas cookbook and her philosophy of food as connection.
Host Samuel Goldsmith interviews chef and cookbook author Alison Roman about her journey, cooking philosophy, and the stories behind her recipes.
This episode features an interview with singer-songwriter KT Tunstall discussing her two-decade music career, ketogenic diet, cooking while touring, and her passion for food.
Samuel Goldsmith interviews chef and author Samin Nosrat about her new cookbook and her recent dinner experience.
Samuel Goldsmith interviews chef Tomasina Myers about her career, Mexican cuisine, and her latest cookbook.