The Go To Food Podcast

Today we're joined by the legendary owner and Exec Chef of the most popular restaurant in Scotland in The Palmerston, the wonderful Lloyd Morse, to hear how he's created such a successful venture in Edinburgh and uncover some of his war stories from his career so far. We sat down to a delicious and incredibly boozy supper a couple of weeks ago and managed to prize out his greatest tales from; his time working alongside his mentor Skye Gyngell when they opened Spring together, why he never enjoyed his time at The River Cafe, how he structures a menu and his love for nose to tail cooking, the importance of working on a farm, the night he rejected Christop Waltz, Noel Gallagher's awful jokes, his younger days working at a terrifying Michelin starred restaurant in Australia, his hatred for certain items which should never be on a menu, the secrets to managing a team, why he never wanted to open a restaurant in London, the importance of properly training younger chefs, his love for shitty Hawaiian pizzas, why pissy livers are the greatest thing to eat in the world and much much more....--------Please leave us a great rating and a comment and share it with your friends - it really helps us grow as a show. If you're in the industry and are looking for the greatest POS system in the world than look no further as Blinq are tearing up the rulebook—no long-term contracts, no hidden fees, and no per-device charges. Just £49 a month for unlimited devices and 24/7 UK-based support that’s always there, in person when you need it.Built for hospitality, by hospitality, blinq is the fastest, easiest POS system on the market—so intuitive, anyone can use it. And while others take weeks to get you up and running, with blinq, you’re live in just 2 hours.Join the hospitality revolution today & use the code GOTOBLINQ to get your first month free - https://blinqme.com/Get 2 Months of Blinq For Free - With Code - GOTOBLINQ - https://blinqme.com/Watch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Videos Here - https://www.youtube.com/@gotofood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're joined by the greatest restaurateur of his generation in Jeremy King OBE, the genius behind the success of such places as; Le Caprice, The Ivy, The Wolseley, J Sheekey, Brasserie Zedel, The Delaunay and much more. For the first time ever he reveals his ind epth career story from working the floor at Joe Allens in the late 70s to becoming the most successful restaurateur in the world to his feud with Richard Caring & his fallout with his Thai investors he reveals it all. Plus we hear delightful memories of his intimate friendship with Lucian Freud, his plans to reopen the iconic Simpsons on the Strand next year, his days gokarting against Princess Diana, how he made The Ivy the coolest restaurant in the world in the 90s, the terrifying day he was chased by his psychotic head chef with a meat cleaver, recalls his rudest ever customers, reveals why you should never giveaway a majority in anything, gasps over the most shocking sexism he's ever witnessed and much much more...Plus he reveals all his secrets to industry success and what it takes to make money in todays market, so sit back, relax and enjoy his genius. ------Please leave us a great rating and a comment and share it with your friends - it really helps us grow as a show. If you're in the industry and are looking for the greatest POS system in the world than look no further as Blinq are tearing up the rulebook—no long-term contracts, no hidden fees, and no per-device charges. Just £49 a month for unlimited devices and 24/7 UK-based support that’s always there, in person when you need it.Built for hospitality, by hospitality, blinq is the fastest, easiest POS system on the market—so intuitive, anyone can use it. And while others take weeks to get you up and running, with blinq, you’re live in just 2 hours.Join the hospitality revolution today & use the code GOTOBLINQ to get your first month free - https://blinqme.com/Get 2 Months of Blinq For Free - With Code - GOTOBLINQ - https://blinqme.com/Watch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Videos Here - https://www.youtube.com/@gotofood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today what a joy it is to be joined by a Scottish superstar and Edinburgh icon in Roberta Hall-McCarron to hear about her incredible career that's taken her from the atmosphere-less kitchens of the only 7 star hotel in the world in Dubai to working in the brutal kitchens of Michelin icon Tom Kitchin to now running 3 of the best restaurants in the UK. We hear about sexism in the kitchen, the outrageous extremities of working in the Burj Al Arab, the brutal training of working under Tom Kitchin, her failed venture running a rural country pub in England, the excitment of cooking for Anthony Bourdain, her award winning cookbook and much more.....------------Please leave us a great rating and a comment and share it with your friends - it really helps us grow as a show. If you're in the industry and are looking for the greatest POS system in the world than look no further as Blinq are tearing up the rulebook—no long-term contracts, no hidden fees, and no per-device charges. Just £49 a month for unlimited devices and 24/7 UK-based support that’s always there, in person when you need it.Built for hospitality, by hospitality, blinq is the fastest, easiest POS system on the market—so intuitive, anyone can use it. And while others take weeks to get you up and running, with blinq, you’re live in just 2 hours.Join the hospitality revolution today & use the code GOTOBLINQ to get your first month free - https://blinqme.com/Get 2 Months of Blinq For Free - With Code - GOTOBLINQ - https://blinqme.com/Watch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Videos Here - https://www.youtube.com/@gotofood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we’re honoured to be joined by a Chef who’s worked for the greats, a TV star who’s created 9 TV series of his own, an author who’s written 5 award wining cookbooks - but most importantly he’s Ben’s Hero - in the gloriously charming - Valentine Warner! We discuss his crazy upbringing which often saw him sat round the table debating with Harold Pinter whilst sampling his mums genius culinary creations, his tough years at school where he was bullied and called 'Fat Val' which led him to skip sports in the afternoons and instead steal the local trout farmers fish before he was whipped within an inch of his life, his career as a chef working for Alistair Little and getting brutally rejected by Rick Stein, setting up his catering company which became famous in London and catered all the high end fashion parties of the 90s including an infamous incident with Kate Moss one evening at a Rimmel party, ruining a member of the royal families birthday with the worst cake ever invented, illegal fishing trips to India, his regrets on not making more of his 9 TV series, his amazing new spirits company 'Hepple', his new project 'Kitchen In The Wild' where you escape on a luxury week away into Kenya to be cooked food by Jackson Boxer and much much more........-------Please leave us a great rating and a comment and share it with your friends - it really helps us grow as a show. If you're in the industry and are looking for the greatest POS system in the world than look no further as Blinq are tearing up the rulebook—no long-term contracts, no hidden fees, and no per-device charges. Just £49 a month for unlimited devices and 24/7 UK-based support that’s always there, in person when you need it.Built for hospitality, by hospitality, blinq is the fastest, easiest POS system on the market—so intuitive, anyone can use it. And while others take weeks to get you up and running, with blinq, you’re live in just 2 hours.Join the hospitality revolution today & use the code GOTOBLINQ to get your first month free - https://blinqme.com/@[email protected]@hepple_spiritsWww.hepplespirits.comValentine Warner Food YouTubeGet 2 Months of Blinq For Free - With Code - GOTOBLINQ - https://blinqme.com/Watch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Videos Here - https://www.youtube.com/@gotofood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're joined by the recently crowned Michelin Star Head Chef and Owner of Lyla in Edinburgh in the wonderful Stuart Ralston to celebrate his success, find out he achieved it and dig out his best war stories from over 20 years in the professional kitchen. Stuart got his big break working under Gordon Ramsay in New York, having grown up in a council estate in Scotland and followed his father into the industry, albeit that was working in his fathers pizzeria rather than the Michelin starred kitchens he found himself in from New York to London to the Caribbean. Stuart shares with us some shocking stories ranging from; getting stabbed, the most shocking sights he's witnessed in the kitchen, slicing off his finger and carrying on his trial, working for Ramsay and what his famous temper is like, the beef in the Edinburgh food scene & how it's grown into a culinary destination (recently labelled the 'Best Foodie City In The UK'), his fathers stern words to him growing up, fucking up a trial at a Michelin starred kitchen in London,  his hatred of foraging, the secrets to getting a Michelin star and much much more.....---------------Please leave us a great rating and a comment and share it with your friends - it really helps us grow as a show. If you're in the industry and are looking for the greatest POS system in the world than look no further as Blinq are tearing up the rulebook—no long-term contracts, no hidden fees, and no per-device charges. Just £49 a month for unlimited devices and 24/7 UK-based support that’s always there, in person when you need it.Built for hospitality, by hospitality, blinq is the fastest, easiest POS system on the market—so intuitive, anyone can use it. And while others take weeks to get you up and running, with blinq, you’re live in just 2 hours.Join the hospitality revolution today & use the code GOTOBLINQ to get your first month free - https://blinqme.com/Get 2 Months of Blinq For Free - With Code - GOTOBLINQ - https://blinqme.com/Watch and Subscribe To Our Youtube Videos Here - https://www.youtube.com/@gotofood Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.