Empty Plates
Empty Plates is a podcast about food + memory created & hosted by Chef and Researcher Anjli Vyas.
In each episode, Anjli is joined by a diverse array of change makers, leaders and thinkers. Together, they will reflect on 3 plates of food that have shaped and impacted their life.
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Podcasting since 2021 • 33 episodes
Empty Plates
Latest Episodes
29. Missy Flynn - From Dive Bars To Soho: Building A Restaurant With Soul
This week on Empty Plates, I’m joined by Missy Flynn co-founder of Rita’s and a deeply thoughtful voice in London’s hospitality scene. We talk about Rita’s as a homage to the American dive bar a place rooted in welcome, memory, a...
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28. Before Michelin stars and Instagram tables; William Sitwell on what we’ve lost and found in dining out and why Dishoom does it right!
In today’s episode, Anjli is joined by William Sitwell one of the UK’s most established food writers, a restaurant critic for The Telegraph, authors and broadcasters. He’s the former editor of Waitrose Food ...
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27. On race, identity and finding home with Jassa Ahluwalia
In this episode of Empty Plates, I speak with writer, actor, and author Jassa Ahluwalia about identity, race, and food. Jassa’s Both Not Half philosophy challenges the idea that mixed-heritage identity is somehow incomp...
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26. Chef Sohini Banerjee on partition cuisine in Bengal, cooking with authenticity and MANGOES.
In this weeks episode Anjli speaks chef Sohini Banerjee whose journey into food has taken her from prep shifts at Cinnamon Kitchen while studying a master’s in Health Economics, to leaving the financial world behind and building a career...
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Episode 26
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25. Heems on Indian French Toast, Taking Anthony Bourdain to Queens, and Temple Cooking
In this weeks Anjli episode we speak to Himansu Suri - also known through his stage Moniker as ‘Heems’. "Heems" Suri is an artist, rapper, and writer from Queens, NY. Himanshu Kumar Suri, better known by his stage name Heems, is an ...
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Episode 25
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