S14 Ep6: Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the best meal she's ever eaten and why lockdown was the making of her

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🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Sophie Ellis-Bexter is a double platinum selling artist.

She started out as the lead singer of indie band the audience at the age of 17. She shot to fame with her single with Groovejet which earned her her first number 1.

Since then she’s gone on to release 6 studio and 2 compilation albums, written a memoir, went on Strictly come dancing, appeared in Game of Thrones, launched her own podcast, wrote a cookbook with her husband and Kept everyone dancing during lockdown with weekly discos streamed live from her kitchen.

Shes acheieved all this and much more whilst also being the mother of 5 boys. In 2021 she did a 24 hour kitchen disco danceathon with raised over a million pounds for Children in Need.

I am thrilled to have the undisputed queen of lockdown with us today, thank you so much for listening.

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0:00.0	This season of Desert Island Dishes is brought to you in partnership with Lloyd's Bank and
0:04.9	their smart start bank account for 11 to 15 year olds. When I was growing up, my parents would
0:11.0	always tell us that money didn't grow on trees and if you look after the pennies, the pounds will
0:16.6	look after themselves. But to be honest, I never really understood what these old sayings meant or what they
0:24.1	were trying to teach me. And I think like with lots of life skills, these things are just so much
0:29.7	easier to learn from a young age. And this is definitely something I think about now with my own
0:34.8	children. And I can see it in my niece because since she got
0:38.5	her Lloyd's Bank Smart Start account, she has become somewhat of a saving superstar. She's already
0:45.5	learning how to manage her money and learning these habits which are going to make her adult life
0:51.2	so much easier. She's also so excited about using it too, which is brilliant.
0:56.7	They get their own card, they get a savings account and a spending account. It's just such a good
1:02.6	idea and something that you can do as a parent that's going to help them flourish in the future.
1:07.9	It's so clever. It's so good for their confidence. And it's just something that I
1:12.0	wish genuinely had been around when I was that age. I think as parents, we all know we have a lot of
1:18.1	plates in the air. And even with the best intentions, we just don't have the time to teach our children
1:24.5	everything that we'd like to. And sometimes that means important conversations
1:29.4	get rushed or brushed over. So I really am excited to be working with Lloyds on this campaign
1:35.4	because it's all focused on building financial confidence in children. To be eligible,
1:41.3	parents and guardians need to have an existing club Lloyd's current account
1:45.2	and be registered for internet banking. To find out more, head to loidsbank.com forward slash smart
1:51.7	start. Thank you very much to Lloyd's Bank.
1:57.5	Hi, and welcome back to another episode of Desert Island Dishes. We have a very special episode for you today which I was so excited to record. We went over to Sophie's house one Monday morning, a house which felt very familiar because of its starring role in Sophie's videos and famous kitchen discos. But I have to say I was more than a little flustered
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