Emma Willis on her life as a model and presenter, on getting the famous handshake on Bake Off and why she sees her life divided into three sandwiches

Desert Island Dishes

Food, Food Interview, Desert Island, Desert Island Dishes, Arts, Food Podcast, Dish, Interview, Society & Culture, Cooking, Chef, Personal Journals

4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

You may know Emma from her work as a model and TV presenter - she is afterall one of the most experienced and versatile broadcasters in the UK.

Across her incredible career, Emma has presented juggernaut shows such as Big Brother for six series, The Circle , and Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side. Alongside her radio and reality television credentials, Emma was not only a a contestant on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C last year, but she went on to win it.

In 2019, she trained and qualified as a Maternity Care Assistant for the television show series Delivering Babies and now In 2023, Emma continues to present The Voice and and Cooking with the Stars on ITV. Whilst she hasn't made her name in the world of food it has played an important part in her career and food is a real passion of hers.

Emma returns to our screen with the next series of Cooking with the Stars on the 4th July at 9pm on ITV.

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0:44.5	It's all about a talented chef who's presented with the challenge of overhauling his family sandwich shop.
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1:19.6	Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
1:24.7	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guest to choose their seven
1:29.1	desert island dishes. These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of
1:33.9	their childhood, the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course the last dish they would choose
1:39.8	to eat before being cast off to the desert island. The question is, what would you choose as your last meal?
1:46.7	Hi, I hope you're all very well. This is a lovely episode this week with Emma, who is of course
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