Ahead of the release of his epic new album 'Last Man Dancing’ this Friday, we have the one and only Jake Shears joining us for a spot of dinner. Mum served up a delicious healthy turbot and samphire for main with poached pears for pud. Jake was utterly charming, he told us all about the various places he lived while growing up, including the island his family moved to off the coast of Seattle where it's inhabited by foot long Banana Slugs (Google it, they’re gross!), the beautiful and moving story of his best friend who inspired the hit song ‘Mary’, and drinking the mysterious ‘magic tonic’ purple drinks with the locals on Bourbon Street in his second home of New Orleans - a must do apparently! Jake we absolutely LOVE your fabulous new album, can’t wait to have you round for Friday night chicken soup again soon! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As avid followers of her column, mum & I were very excited about this weeks guest, the wonderful Marina Hyde.Marina talks to us about her upbringing and experience of boarding school, her love of schnitzel, deliberately not making friends with politicians, living in Notting Hill & her penchant for penny sweets.What a glorious evening! Her hysterical book ‘What Just Happened? Dispatches from Turbulent Times’ is out now, go and have a read. Listen to the episode HERE x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our cooking inspiration… Alison Roman on Table Manners this week! The two time bestselling author and New York Times cooking columnist talks to us about her journey on becoming the queen of home cooking! We talk about why she moved to New York, starting out as a pastry chef, eating artichokes in California, her mum's Garlic Butter, the reason she’ll never open a restaurant and why Balsamic is over…She talks us through her perfect and quite literal ‘nothing fancy’ last supper & tells us why she doesn’t read cook books.Buckle up foodies.. this is a goodun!Alison’s latest and totally delicious book ‘Sweet Enough’ is out now Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of the release of her debut solo album 'The Love Invention' this Friday, we have the fabulous icon Alison Goldfrapp joining us for a spot of Ottolenghi inspired dinner. Alison told us all about her mum's home made liver & mash being a regular staple in their household while growing up, her years at a convent school where she found her musical talents, and she even sold us on her absolute favourite drink, Nettle tea! With her upcoming show at Glastonbury we chatted about Alison’s plans to take on glamping at the festival this year - you can’t beat the shag pile rug Alison!We absolutely adore you Alison, thank you for popping round to Clapham, and best of luck with your wonderful new album! x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s better than one Minogue? TWO!! This week, we welcome the totally wonderful Ms Dannii Minogue on Table Manners. She came over laden with Italian deli gifts and we chatted over some griddled Salmon and panna cotta. Dannii talks to us about life on the Melbourne farm with sister Kylie, her time spent cleaning windows in London, how she is celebrating 20 years of her album ‘Neon Nights’ & she gives me ALL the tips on how to be a mentor on telly! Dannii’s new TV show ‘I Kissed A Boy’ launches soon on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.Dannii is determined to get us over to Oz to do a series from down under, so watch this space!ENJOY! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.