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Helena Bonham Carter, cheese toasties with sticky shallots, and a prosecco

Comfort food and a bottomless snack bag for our season finale. Helena Bonham Carter is an award-winning English actress known for her incredible performances across films including the Harry Potter movies, Howards End, Planet of the Apes, Sweeney Todd, The King’s Speech and TV series such as Toast and The Crown. There are certainly too many credits to mention for a star who made her debut in 1985 in A Room with a View.  She’s with us to talk about her latest role as Lady Caterham in Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, which starts streaming on Netflix from 15 January. This is her first time in a Queen of Crime adaptation, with co-stars including Mia McKenna-Bruce and former Dish guest, Martin Freeman.  Helena comes equipped with her sizeable snack bag, curated especially for her life on-set, but there’s still room for Dish’s first cheese toasties, featuring five different cheeses. The cheese toasties with sticky shallots [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/cheese-toasties-sticky-shallots] are paired with the Loved & Found Feteasca Alba Brut, which sadly is no longer available to buy. The Waitrose wine experts have since lined up the perfect replacement; a glass of Valdo Elevantum Prosecco [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/valdo-elevantum-prosecco-docg/544215-138469-138470]. For this episode, Nick, Angela and Helena also enjoy a Mother Root [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/mother-root-ginger-non-alcoholic-aperitif/976472-838849-838850] and tonic, alongside the many, many other beverages that make it on to the table.  From the perilous times on the set of Seven Dials to helping Helena overcome her rice intimidation, we finish up season 8 of Dish with a hearty serving of good company. There’s a short break now before we return in February for more. Til next time!  You can watch full episodes of Dish on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@dishpodcast] and, new for this season, on Spotify.  All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes [http://waitrose.com/dishrecipes] A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish [http://waitrose.com/dish] If you want to get in touch with us about anything at all, contact dish@waitrose.co.uk [dish@waitrose.co.uk] Dish from Waitrose is made by Cold Glass Productions [http://acoldglass.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Tim Key, sticky sausage & apple braise, and a beer

Bangers and mash in action for our first poet. Tim Key, an English poet, comedian, actor and screenwriter, joins Nick and Angela to fire up Dish in 2026. Last year was a huge one for Tim, made notable by the release of The Ballad Of Wallis Island, a film he stars in alongside best friend Tom Basden. The pair wrote the screenplay together, basing it on a short film they had made nearly 20 years earlier. It has amassed critical and popular acclaim, winning three British Independent Film Awards.  Alongside The Ballad... Tim released a book of poems, L.A. Baby!, and launched his latest stand-up show Loganberry, which returns for a new tour across the UK from February. He’s a long-time collaborator with former Dish guest Steve Coogan, appearing with Coogan in Saxondale and a number of Alan Partridge projects.  Tim loves the pub, loves fish and chips, and believes he has worked out how to get the most out of Dish through his list of likes and dislikes. With a Five Points beer [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/five-points-best/903328-1-2] in hand, he is served sticky sausage & apple braise [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/sticky-sausage-apple-braise] with a mash that, as always, becomes quite the talking point. Waitrose’s wine experts have paired the meal with a Château Maris Organic Les Planels [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/chateau-maris-organic-les-planels/756643-674879-674880]. With poetry, laughter and stories about pub characters and eating in the bath, our first episode of the year is a bumper one to get us all going. And, in case you are wondering, Helena Bonham Carter is up next week for our final episode of Season 8.  You can watch full episodes of Dish on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@dishpodcast] and, new for this season, on Spotify.  All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes [http://waitrose.com/dishrecipes] A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish [http://waitrose.com/dish] If you want to get in touch with us about anything at all, contact dish@waitrose.co.uk [dish@waitrose.co.uk]  Dish from Waitrose is made by Cold Glass Productions [http://acoldglass.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Emilia Fox, a butternut and toasted pumpkin seed risotto, and a vodka martini

We finish one year and start the next with an ode to good food.  Emilia Fox is an English actress and presenter. She is best known for playing Dr Nikki Alexander in the popular long-running TV series Silent Witness, a role she has been playing since 2004, when Nick was still at university and Angela was on TV with Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s Kitchen. Emilia is with us to chat about the upcoming series of the show (its 29th!!) which lands on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in early 2026. But before that, we have (just enough) time to go through Emilia’s likes and dislikes, which have been made into a novella with a limited print run... of three. Emilia is passionate about seasonal and Italian food, and could eat roast chicken every day, so immediately enters into Angela’s good books.  We begin the show by serving a perfectly chilled vodka martini [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/vodka-martini] with a twist. This is followed by a butternut & toasted pumpkin seed risotto [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/butternut-toasted-pumpkin-seed-risotto], paired with a glass of Ricossa Barbera Appassimento Piemonte DOC [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/ricossa-barbera-appassimento-piemonte-doc/955789-849608-849609]. There’s no need for rice fear as Angela guides Emilia and Nick through her risotto method and top tips.  This is a heart-warming dish, recipe and guest with which to start 2026. We get Emilia’s love of great food, her stories of being a (very sackable) waitress and how she deals with dead bodies on set. Plus, a few thoughts for potential New Year’s resolutions. Bellissimo!   You can watch full episodes of Dish on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@dishpodcast] and, new for this season, on Spotify.  All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes [http://waitrose.com/dishrecipes] A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish [http://waitrose.com/dish] If you want to get in touch with us about anything at all, contact dish@waitrose.co.uk [dish@waitrose.co.uk]  Dish from Waitrose is made by Cold Glass Productions [http://acoldglass.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Dish Awards 2025

What do Cynthia Erivo’s jaw-dropping vocals, Joanna Lumley’s love advice, and Nick Frost’s chopping skills have in common? They are all winners in the Dish Awards 2025! Join Nick and Ange as they pop open a bottle of Waitrose Blanc de Noirs Champagne [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/waitrose-blanc-de-noirs-champagne/083801-42538-42539?srsltid=AfmBOop1_UHs9Cq6J8CzvEO011zPr1VUoHq8lo7zLdDJZhH-Sj7aEvZt] to celebrate their favourite guests, standout moments and recipes from the year. Nick also mixes up a special Granny Pat’s Potion cocktail, inspired by Florence Pugh’s gran, with the recipe available on the Dish YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rgLcRAt5IzY?themeRefresh=1]. Watch a special extended version of The Dish Awards 2025 on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@dishpodcast] All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes [http://waitrose.com/dishrecipes] A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish [http://waitrose.com/dish] If you want to get in touch with us about anything at all, contact dish@waitrose.co.uk  Dish from Waitrose is made by Cold Glass Productions [http://acoldglass.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Keira Knightley, fennel & citrus roast turkey, and Champagne

It’s beginning to taste a lot like Christmas.  For this year’s festive special, Nick and Angela are joined around the tree by Keira Knightley for a turkey feast and plenty of bubbles.  Keira Knightley is an English actress who lives in North London with her two daughters and husband, James Righton. She is known for an array of brilliant roles in films such as Pride & Prejudice, The Imitation Game, Atonement and the TV series Black Doves. And, at this time of year, it would be remiss not to mention her role in the Christmas staple Love Actually, a film she’s watched just once. She joins us following her latest lead role... opposite Joe Wilkinson in the Waitrose Christmas advert. We’ve heard his side of the story, but how does Keira reflect on the day they filmed ‘the big kiss’?  Angela delivers dish after dish in this episode, with a fennel & citrus roast turkey [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/fennel-and-citrus-roast-turkey] as the table’s centrepiece. It’s served with her own (and famous) turkey gravy [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/angela-hartnett-turkey-gravy], roast potatoes with rosemary salt [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/roast-potatoes-with-rosemary-salt], stir fried sprouts with chestnuts and pancetta [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/stir-fried-sprouts-with-chestnuts-and-pancetta] and a roast parsnip & grape salad with hazelnuts, chicory and parmesan dressing [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/roast-parsnip-grape-salad-with-hazelnuts-chicory-and-parmesan-dressing], which might just steal the show. Glasses are filled with No.1 Brut Special Reserve Vintage Champagne [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/no1-brut-special-reserve-vintage-champagne/479408-744499-744500] on arrival and the meal is paired by the Waitrose wine experts with a glass of De Loach OFS California Chardonnay [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/de-loach-ofs-california-chardonnay/913659-1-2]. Enjoy! And let us know if you try and recreate any of the dishes at home.  Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Nick, Angela and all the Dish team!  You can watch full episodes of Dish on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@dishpodcast] and, new for this season, on Spotify.  All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes [http://waitrose.com/dishrecipes] The recipe for roast parsnip & grape salad [https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/roast-parsnip-grape-salad-with-hazelnuts-chicory-and-parmesan-dressing] was created for Waitrose by Elly Curshen. A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish [http://waitrose.com/dish] If you want to get in touch with us about anything at all, contact dish@waitrose.co.uk [dish@waitrose.co.uk]  Dish from Waitrose is made by Cold Glass Productions [http://acoldglass.com] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]