All The Things - Essential Nourishment of a Particular Kind

My guest today is Simone McAullay - my guest, yes, but also one of my dearest friends. Self described as an actor, an activator and an action figure, she is a creative of a different kind. Her approach to life within the rollercoaster context of acting is intoxicating, and also a relief. I love that she writes about feeding the wolves at her door with strawberries. Grab yourself a cup of tea and please enjoy this humming conversation with Sim…Find Sim's Youtube channel herehttps://www.youtube.com/@SimoneSpeaking

Holly Davis is a wholefood chef, author and educator. Ever since I devoured my very first brown rice ball at Iku in Sydney, I have had Holly on a whole food pedestal. She is also the Queen of food alchemy, having written the very beautiful book, Ferment. Oh and she’s obsessed with everything Japanese. We didn’t struggle for conversation! 

You may know Sneh Roy better as the food/lifestyle photographer, cookbook author and stylist from Cook Republic. She has won numerous awards for her beautiful blog, worked as a food columnist for Elle magazine and written a cookbook - just some of her many achievements. Spoiler alert - non stop food talk ahead! We chat about how an engineer becomes an award winning food blogger, and all the delicious dots that are joined along the way...

Jimmy Lambert has been in more Broadway shows than you can poke a top hat at. Because music is such a wellspring for him, in so many moments, we've set his life to a soundtrack in this conversation - vinyl of course - and it's such a great lens to look through. Have a pen ready, he offers some great musical rabbit holes to jump into!

Gillian Bell, best self-described as an ordinary person who does an extraordinary thing. To me, she’s like Mary Poppins meets Like Water For Chocolate. Imagine baking people's love story into cakes. That's Gillian. She's like a balm for the modern age.

Matilda Brown is best known for her work as a writer, director and actress, and most recently as a co-author of A Good Farm Cookbook, along with her husband Scott Gooding. You may also have heard of her parents once or twice before. She's a hoot and this conversation is proof!

Mandy Hall is best known for her role in the Masterchef kitchen in 2019, and since, has gone on to become a magazine food editor, food judge and educator, and most recently campaign director for End Food Waste Australia. She also makes a damn fine kimchi. You'll want to hear about that!

Niki Webster is the creator of one of my absolute favourite food blogs, Rebel Recipes. Talk about a success story! And we did talk about that, along with how the vegan landscape has changed over the years, cooking vats of dahl and why beans on toast will always be her favourite thing.