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Any Way You Slice It Podcast

Emma Henderson and Kate Ng

Journalists and food writers Emma Henderson and Kate Ng are the hosts of Any Way You Slice It, a podcast where we slice into the big food stories of the week. Food media is evolving in a really exciting way and we want to be a part of it, so every two weeks, we'll be discussing the big headlines, the stories that we love and the people behind them all - as well as what we wish we could write! As journalism becomes more squeezed than ever, we're carving out a space to talk about what we want to talk about.

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  • S1 · E3
    Friday · 54 min

    Seagull mafia, Mr Whippy turf wars and the 'influencerification' of food journalism

    Hello everyone and welcome to our third episode of our podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng. This week, we'll be bringing you our favourite stories and content from the last couple of weeks, and discussing one of the restaurant world's hottest topics right now: food influencers, including the strange relationship between influencers and journalists; what - and who - makes a recommendation good; and how the social media ban for teenagers will affect one prominent 12-year-old food influencer. Snacks and starters: The Guardian: US tipping culture coming to the UK https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/24/us-tipping-culture-uk-service-charges? Bon Appétit: Is It Ever OK to BYO Seasonings to a Restaurant? https://www.bonappetit.com/story/byo-seasoning London Centric: Intimidation, illegality and Mr Whippy: We join London’s ice cream wars https://www.londoncentric.media/p/ice-cream-wars-london-westminster-bridge The Telegraph: Long-lasting strawberries on the way as gene-editing bears fruit https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/02/gene-edited-strawberries-and-tomatoes-to-be-sold-in-britain/ The Independent: Seagulls stealing £171m worth of food https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/seagulls-steal-food-fish-chips-seaside-b3040262.html The Food Foundation: Kids free school meals extended https://foodfoundation.org.uk/news/new-era-free-school-meals-england Mains Vittles Magazine: Who is paying for all of this? https://www.instagram.com/p/DcyJidZjQOh/?img_index=1 and https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-issue-3-the-influencers The Guardian: A crisis of authenticity’: the truth about food influencers (shorter version of the Vittles story) https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/03/a-crisis-of-authenticity-the-truth-about-food-influencers BBC: Will social media ban affect young food influencer's dream? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9v9yx43lj0o Desserts: Teals Farm Shop on the A303 https://teals.co.uk/ Alder Carr Farm Shop, Suffolk https://www.aldercarrfarm.co.uk/ Cafe Kowloon, London Fields, London https://cafekowloon.co.uk/ We'd love to hear from you, so send any thoughts or suggestions to us at ⁠sliceitpod@gmail.com⁠ or @sliceitpod on Instagram. See you all next time!

  • S1 · E2
    August 28 · 44 min

    Bakers behaving badly, farmers fighting drought and can Nigella Lawson save GBBO from crumbling?

    Hello everyone and welcome to the second episode of our new podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng. This week, we're bringing you our favourite food stories and content we've gobbled up recently, and discussing the magnificent choice of bringing in Nigella Lawson (@nigellalawson) as a judge on The Great British Bake Off (@thebakeoff), and whether she can bring the show back from the brink of staleness with a turn in her mee-cro-wa-vey. Snacks and starters: Freeloader #7 by Kieran Morris and Joe Bish https://freeloader.beehiiv.com/p/freeloader-7 Pickle hype in The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/pickle-flavor-snacks-drinks-541ae075 Terry Bakes gets in big trouble https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/26474513.12-people-report-terry-bakes-trading-standards/ George Monbiot in The Guardian on farming, drought and food security https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/13/britain-food-crisis-government-summer-weather-war-stockpiles The temporary disposable barbecue ban https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jlyqdj6geo The branded baby foods in breach of sugar and salt guidelines https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/21/baby-foods-uk-too-much-sugar Mains: The Great British Bake Off is back on Channel 4 in September – with new host, @nigellalawson. Watch the new trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2P93GwpbhI Dessert: Napoli on the Road, Soho's new pizza tasting menu @napoli_ontheroad Bute Brewery's bananalaga beer @butebrewco https://isleofbutedistillery.com/collections/beer Julie Lin's Chicken with rendang, lime & lemongrass recipe for Waitrose https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/chicken-with-rendang-lime-lemongrass Tean's Gourmet Malaysian Tumisan Rendang Dry Curry Paste https://www.orientalmart.co.uk/tean-s-gourmet-rendang-curry-paste-tumisan-rendang Bret's Salted Butter Crisps https://www.souschef.co.uk/products/brets-salted-butter-crisps We'd love to hear from you, so send any thoughts or suggestions to us at ⁠sliceitpod@gmail.com⁠ or @sliceitpod on Instagram. Thank you for listening!

  • August 14 · 51 min

    Introducing Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng

    Hello everyone and welcome to our very first episode of our new podcast, Any Way You Slice It by Emma Henderson and Kate Ng. To kick it off, we'll be bringing you our favourite stories and content from the last couple of weeks, and discussing the release of A24's biopic about chef, author and broadcaster Anthony Bourdain, Tony, starring Dominic Sessa, Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas. Show notes Snacks and starters: Eva Wiseman - One-star review: A stolen year on The Slow Newscast https://open.spotify.com/episode/51lEIFwq8iqqggt1hFAZEV and in The Observer:​​https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/half-sandwiches-collagen-lollies-todays-lunch-leaves-you-hungry-for-more? @thetalliqueen pub opening in London On The Inside https://londontheinside.com/a-new-indian-pub-is-opening-shepherds-bush/ Tiramisu cafe in The Metro https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/31/a-cafe-entirely-dedicated-tiramisu-open-central-london-29261871/ Women-owned restaurants interactive map by Topjaw producer Kayla Lawrie (@kaylawrie) and chef Sally Abe (@littlechefsally) - author of A Women’s Place is in the Kitchen Bold Beans from @ameliachristiemiller and M&S dupes https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbX6JUFAgPu/?igsh=d2xiZXJ5czI3MDE3 Collab-mania in Broadsheet by Jimi Famuwera https://broadsheet.com/london/articles/the-counter-34-dine-out Mains: Bon Appétit - Laurie Woolever feature https://www.bonappetit.com/story/anthony-bourdain-a24-biopic-tony-review? Dessert: Emma: Ripe Cider: https://www.ripecider.com/ Kate: Cafe Murano Bermondsey https://www.cafemurano.co.uk/restaurants/italian-restaurant-bermondsey/ Ardfern restaurant, Edinburgh: https://ardfern.uk/ Corrections - Anthony Bourdain was 56 when he started filming Parts Unknown, not late 40s. -Myanmar is not a colonial name, but is the name the ruling Junta give the country and is also controversial. We'd love to hear what you think about what we've been discussing, so send any thoughts or suggestions to us at sliceitpod@gmail.com or @sliceitpod on Instagram. See you all next time!

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