S15 Ep2: David Loftus the photographer whose work has resulted in more than 30 million book sales on the dishes that have shaped him

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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My guest this week is the world famous photographer David Loftus. David is one of the most influential photographers of all time often fondly referred to as Lord Loftus. Award-winning and internationally acclaimed, David has done the photography for the books of Jamie Oliver, Rachel Khoo, Gennaro Contaldo, Elizabeth David and April Bloomfield. For over 20 years, David has photographed over 150 books including all but one of Jamie Oliver’s international best-sellers. His work with Jamie Oliver alone has resulted in book sales of over 30 million copies. You will have looked a David’s photographs even if you were unaware of it at the time.

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0:00.0	This episode of Desert Island Dishes is brought to in partnership with the independent
0:04.3	family-run butcher, HG Walter. Now, I'm particularly excited about this because for over 10 years,
0:10.6	I have been a customer of HG. Walter for both my cooking jobs and also for at home too.
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0:21.2	in the country. So it's quite cool to know that you are getting restaurant quality meat at home.
0:27.0	And I know I've said this a million times before, but if you start with good ingredients, your life
0:32.1	as a cook is so much easier. You barely have to do anything for it to taste delicious. And we know that good
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0:43.6	more about the provenance of the food you eat. And so having a butcher you can trust like
0:48.2	HG water is just a very comforting thing. Also, never underestimate the knowledge of a butcher. If you don't know how to
0:56.5	cook something, ask when you're in there. They know so much they can advise about cooking times,
1:02.0	the weight you need, and they'll always have delicious ideas for how they like to serve something.
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1:20.9	www.hgwater.com.
1:23.9	Thank you very much.
1:27.6	Hi, I'm Margie Nomura, welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
1:32.8	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guest to choose their seven desert island dishes.
1:38.9	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,
1:43.1	the best dish they've ever eaten,
1:45.0	and of course the last dish they would choose to eat before being cast off to the desert island.
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