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 with one of the most physically extraordinary guests I’ve ever had - elite crossfitter, Lucy Campbell. If you don’t know what crossfit is it’s the type of PE I’ve been doing for the last two years and it’s about weightlifting, g...
Sep 08, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 219
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 was recorded LIVE back in May at the beautiful Machynlleth Comedy Festival with brilliantly funny Welsh comedians Priya Hall and Esyllt Sears. They were amazing company and they both brought the most exciting things to taste to a h...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 218
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’m hoovering from the Edinburgh Fringe in this episode where I’m talking to a brilliant, wise, kind, innovative American comedian who I’d never normally have access to - it’s the excellent Melissa Stephens. She came to my flat for lunch where ...
Aug 11, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 217
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 just ahead of the Edinburgh fringe festival I’m hoovering with the properly brilliant Sikisa just before we takes her debut show up. We went for brunch in Camberwell cos we’re both south London babes. It was a feast and it was so funn...
Jul 28, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 216
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 at the home and in the incredibly talented cookery hands of Dominique Woolf - winner of C4’s Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver. Well, now she’s written the book, Dominique’s Kitchen , and she made me the most be...
Jul 14, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 215
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 one is uniquely interesting because I’m talking to an anaesthetist no less and all about everything eating and anaestheticy, it’s lovely funny man and author of new book ‘Catch Your Breath The Secret Life of a Slppeless Aneasthetist’, Ed P...
Jun 30, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 214
For the first time in ages I’m hoovering at my house! And in person. I had brilliant comedian Jen Ives over for what turned out to be an extremely flipping weird lunch. Oh. I won’t pretend it all went to any delicious plan but whatever happens it’s a lovely, funny one full of all sorts of yellow and brown. Intriguing right? You wait for the bad squirt. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ Links Make sure to follow Jen on INSTAGRAM and TWITT...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 213
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 episode was recorded live in front of a really lovely audience at the Leicester Comedy Festival. I had a pizza party above the delicious and beautiful Peter Pizzaria with superstar comedian Jen Brister and Bake Off star finalist and...
Jun 02, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 212
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 an incredible pastry chef, the head pastry chef actually of the 21 restaurant group in Newcastle - Helen Doyle. So unsurprisingly we’re scoffing up some of her incredible, mouth-blowing puddings. When in Rome. Or in thi...
May 19, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 211
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’m only bloody taking Tim Key for a Michelin starred lunch. Life’s quite smashing sometimes isn’t it? If you’re new to him, he’s a poet, comedian, actor and writer - currently knocking it out of the park in Witchfinder on BBC iplayer. We went ...
May 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 210
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. For the first time ever this week I’m hoovering with brilliant crossfitter and possibly my favourite personal influence on all of Instagram right now, Bethany Robinson. She lives in Cornwall so we ate some interesting Eastery chocolate offering...
Apr 21, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 209
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’m out and about having dim sum of the gods in Covent Gardens Din Tai Fung with Bake Off star and subsequent smash hit cleb’ chef, Chetna Makan. We had such a swanky time. Chetna has got strong grown-up vibes so we were quite a comical pairing...
Apr 07, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 208
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’m hoovering in this episode with a lovely actor, comedian and voiceover artist Inel Tomlinson. We went for breakfast in town and he’s the funnest poppet who turns out has done some of the most adventurous eating I’ve ever heard about ever. Ev...
Mar 25, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 207
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 a real poppet and absolute human-goldmine when it comes to stories, actor, funny man and host of the gorgeous ‘my time capsule’ podcast - Michael Fenton-Stevens. It was time for a jolly one I thought, so that’s exac...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 206
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 talking to a real life professor. Pioneering expert on the gut and the physical science of how what we eat effects our physical health, academic and hit author of The Diet Myth and Spoonfed - it’s the ultra-fascinating Tim S...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 205
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. We’re seeing February with my first in person Hoovering in a while, rising star of the food world it’s the amazing Melissa Thompson, aka @fowlmouthsfood - who lives super close to me. Recorded back in October now (madness, sorry, we waited to r...
Feb 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 204
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 of Hoovering is possibly the most meaningful one I’ve done to date. I have the absolute honour of hoovering some peanut butter on toast with none other than Elyse Resch, the co-creator and founding foremother of intuitive eating. T...
Jan 28, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 203
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 fitness trainer, instagram superstar and creator of the incredible ‘Train Happy’ book and journal, the magnificent Tally Rye. Helping me get my head around my relash with exercise especially in the midst of all the ...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 202
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. For this New Year’s Eve Special hoovering I’m joined by body positivity icon, sometimes known as body posi panda, Megan Jayne Crabbe. We went (before there was so much Covid everywhere) for beautiful, delicious big sloppy burgers at the excelle...
Dec 31, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 201
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 is the 200th Hoovering episode and it is recorded, over several eating of thingses with my son, Rudy. AKA #mysexistbaby. At the time of these recordings, he is six years old and he has very much inherited my love of and excitement about ea...
Dec 17, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 200
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 author, climate change academic and comedian Matt Winning about eating, whilst eating up some otherwise waste and all the time keeping it fucking delicious, hopeful, full of incredible wisdom and of course CHRISTMASSY y...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 199
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. We’re getting Christmassy this week with ITV’s This Mornings’ resident chef Clodagh McKenna giving some seriously delicious detail when it comes to her Christmas rituals. I made myself an orchciette pumpkin pasta from her new book and luckily h...
Dec 03, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 198
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 only being taken out to dinner by fucking Uncle Roger - or more accurately by his creator, comedian Nigel Ng. He’s a really good comedian but as if that’s not enough he’s a massive massive foodie and really knows his shit in terms...
Nov 25, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 197
In this delicious episode I’m joined by the utterly brilliant comedian, actor and award winning podcast ‘Poppy Hillstead has entered the chat’, Poppy Hillstead. We both attended our dear mate Amy Gledhill’s surprise birthday party the night previous so we dragged our sorry hangovers to a beautiful Japanese restaurant in Borough called Wawa and we ate our body weight in the most incredibly delicious food. Ummmmmm num nummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm it was so goooooood. Everything written below in CAPITALS is...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 196
I’m hoovering here with absolutely grade-a hilarious, guts hurtingly funny comedian Yuriko Kotani. We froze our tiny autumn tits off in Greenwich market eating extremely delicious doughnuts and coffee. Everything about her slowed me down, she’s so magical and then her answer to my last question was probably my absolute favourite yet, it really swiped me for six, if that’s the phrase. Gorgeous stuff please. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mention...
Nov 12, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 195
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 a really beautiful lunch that I’m confident will have made me live forever with my old friend, the very talented actor, writer and farter, Jo Bowis. She’s written a stunning Mamoir about her road to motherhood which I’ve...
Nov 05, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 194
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 a miso, mushroom risotto with it’s creator, the lovely and brilliant Seema Pankhania - one of the shining stars over at MOB kitchen. We met over zoom because we’d both hurt our ankles which is weird, and also are b...
Oct 28, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 193
This week I’m hoovering with kids and general TV presenter and now author of a new book for kids as well as everyone all about beautiful stories of sometimes conscious and sometimes accidental acts sustainability when it comes to stuff, the planet and waste. We got on like a mansion on fire whilst we scoffed, remotely, our own impressively sustainable breakfasts. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ Links Get over to Maddie’s INSTAGRAM righ...
Oct 21, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 192
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 high end, fancy pants Thai inspired food in Shoreditch with the beautiful, funny comedian, presenter, actor and star of celebrity goggle box Babtunde Aleshe. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the rel...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 191
This is such a riot of an episode with glorious writer, poet and director Molly Naylor. Her new graphic novel about an astronaut is just out now so we had a giggle eating some space food! Official astronaut’s ‘ice cream sandwiches’. Well. The cat liked them. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ Links Get over to her INSTAGRAM and give her a follow now and then get your mits on her beautiful graphic novel LIGHTS, PLANETS, PEOPLE Go to PATREO...
Oct 07, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 190