One from the archives: Julius Roberts on how leaving London was the best decision he made
Desert Island Dishes
Desert Island Dishes
4.8 • 780 Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Julius Roberts is a first generation millennial farmer and rising star of the food scene.
In 2016 he gave up working at the acclaimed restaurant Noble Rot in London - and swapped the rat race for an idyllic life of pigs, goats and chickens instead.
His first foray into farming was a small-holding in rural Suffolk and then last year he moved with his family to a farm in Dorset.
His charm and humble approach to life on the farm have seen him amass an army of followers online as he shares the trials and tribulations of farm life alongside his menagerie of animals. Julius describes himself as a cook, farmer and gardener on a journey to self-sufficiency.
Julius says his his aim is simple – "to educate his audience on topics including animal welfare and seasonal cooking".
This was a lovely episode to record and I do hope you enjoy listening whether for the first time or again.
Not long to go until our new season begins!
See you soon,
Margie
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast. |
| 0:06.1 | This is the podcast where every week I ask my guests to choose their seven desert island dishes. |
| 0:12.9 | These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds me of their childhood, |
| 0:17.3 | the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course, the last dish they would choose to eat |
| 0:23.0 | before being cast off to the Desert Island. |
| 0:25.9 | This episode from the archives is a more recent one with the brilliant Julius Roberts. |
| 0:32.3 | He used to be known on social media as Tell Tell Tell Food, |
| 0:36.0 | and a short time after we recorded, Julius had his very own TV show on Channel 5, which |
| 0:42.9 | followed his life on the farm. |
| 0:45.2 | Julius lives the kind of life that makes you want to immediately pack a suitcase, lock your |
| 0:50.5 | door, and go and live in the country. |
| 0:52.9 | He's basically living out all of our dreams |
| 0:55.3 | and his food is seasonal, simple, but always so beautiful and you just know it's delicious. |
| 1:03.2 | It's just the kind of food you want to dive into. So if you're in need of some escapism, |
| 1:09.9 | I think this is the perfect episode for you, and I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:15.3 | My guest today is Julius Roberts. |
| 1:18.5 | Julius is a first-generation millennial farmer and rising star of the food scene. |
| 1:24.2 | In 2016, he gave up working at the acclaimed restaurant Noble Rot in London and swapped |
| 1:29.4 | the rat race for an idyllic life of pigs, goats and chickens instead. His first foray into |
| 1:35.4 | farming was a smallholding in rural Suffolk, and then last year he moved with his family to a farm |
| 1:40.8 | in Dorset. His charm and humble approach to life on the farm have seen him amass |
| 1:45.8 | an army of followers online as he shares the trials and tribulations of farm life alongside his |
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