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Special Guest - Masterchef Tony Rodd
Episode 8
Welcome to episode 8 of Off The Beat & track Podcast with me Stu Whiffen.
This episodes special guest is award winning chef tony Rodd
I met with Tony in my little garden bar/studio (The Whiff Inn) and he came armed with a bag of tunes containing 7 fantastic records which have sound tracked his life to date and we go in on that journey discussing growing up in Essex and how it shaped his creative path. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, chatting about his time as a finalist in Masterchef, his creative journey, being a young mod and so much more
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https://open.spotify.com/user/pushfwd/playlist/2F1WHlQa1SAN90M2ELB7QG?si=nMLce-9RS9C5XNMcygibpw
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