S16 Ep2: Ruby Wax on her life, career, comedy and the dishes that have shaped her life

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Ruby Wax

Ruby really needs no introduction from me, she’s a household name. She’s a woman of so many talents - she’s a comedian, Actress, author, writer and mental health activist.

Her life in show business began when she went to the RSC - she says of herself she doesn’t think she was a good actress but Alan Rickman saw in her a talent for comedy and that was what started her on her road to success. She went on to become a TV star interviewing some of the world’s most famous people from Donald Trump to Goldie Hawn, The Spice Girls and OG Simpson.

Her second career has been as a mental health campaigner. She trained as a psychotherapist and got a Masters from Oxford in mindfulness based cognitive therapy. Her dissertation formed the basis for her first sell out stage show, she launched the Frazzled Cafe in 2017 and was also awarded an OBE in 2015. For tickets to Ruby's show find out more on her website here and follow her on instagram here.

Thank you so much to the brilliant Maldon Salt for sponsoring this season of Desert Island Dishes. I am a huge fan and long-time genuine customer so to be working with them is a dream come true.

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0:00.0	This season of Desert Island dishes is sponsored by Mould and Salt, the finest natural sea salt flakes handcrafted from the British coastline.
0:08.3	They are, quite frankly, the masters of salt, putting craft care and passion into everything they do.
0:14.7	You only have to read one of my recipes to know that I use Mold and Salt every single day for all of my cooking. To say I am a
0:22.9	fan is an understatement. So to be working with them this season is a dream come true. I'm often
0:29.0	asked about the secret to getting better at cooking and my answer is honestly always the same. It
0:34.4	comes down to seasoning and not just as an afterthought. You have to season at every stage
0:40.2	and that's why I love mould and salt. It's light and delicate due to the soft and crunchy pyramid
0:46.4	shape flakes and it's just the easiest way to take simple dishes to the next level. Trust me,
0:53.0	your cooking life will not be the same. Thank you very
0:56.2	much to Molden Salt. Hi, I'm Margie Nomura and welcome to the Desert Island Dishes podcast.
1:05.8	This is the podcast where every week I ask my guest to choose their seven Desert Island dishes.
1:11.6	These range from finding out about the dish that most reminds them of their childhood,
1:15.6	the best dish they've ever eaten, and of course the last dish they would choose to eat before being cast off to the Desert Island.
1:23.6	The question is, what would you choose as your last meal?
1:26.6	Hi, I hope you're all well and that you're having a lovely week.
1:31.2	This past week has flown by and it feels like I was only just talking to you.
1:36.2	But we have another brilliant guest for you today, the one and only Ruby Wax.
1:40.9	Ruby is currently performing her critically acclaimed show I'm not as well as I thought I was,
1:46.3	and I was lucky enough to sit down with her in between shows. Ruby has done many amazing things
1:52.6	over the course of her career, as you all hear, but cooking has not been part of it. And whilst
1:58.8	this is predominantly a podcast about food, more than that, I think
2:03.1	it's a podcast about people. I love the range of people I get to talk to on here from the world
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