18 Aug 2018

Celebrity revelations over a home-cooked dinner: Table Manners

From The Podcast Hour, 12:50 pm on 18 August 2018
Table Manners logo (Supplied)

Table Manners logo (Supplied) Photo: Supplied

Celebrity chat shows don't always give you many major insights into what makes the biggest stars tick.

But when you throw in some food, have some famous mates, and get your mum to do the cooking, you seem to find out a whole lot more about them!

Jessie Ware's an English singer and songwriter and in her show 'Table Manners' her mum Lennie cooks up a storm for a selection of invited guests including Ed Sheeran, TV personality Alan Carr, and chef Yotam Ottolenghi.

This is from the very first episode back in November when the English singer Sam Smith popped round for dinner. And although you get the feeling that the show is still finding its feet, the mix of food, friends and family makes for a natural sounding chat full of unguarded moments and some surprising revelations that you would never hear on the red carpet, or on a TV interview show.