Damian Lewis & Angela Hartnett stir up the PERFECT risotto | Dish Podcast | Waitrose

Damian Lewis grew up in North London and, after a spell in boarding school, returned to the city to study acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He began his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company before transitioning to television. Damian’s breakout role came in Band of Brothers, which was the most expensive TV show of all-time, in 2001. His portrayal of Nicholas Brody in Homeland earned him both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe. His latest film, The Radleys, is adapted from a book by Matt Haig and tells the story of a family of vampires. Nick mixes an Old-Fashioned for Damian while Angela prepares caponata bruschetta to start, followed by hearty pumpkin risotto, inspired by a butternut squash recipe by Martha Collison. The experts at Waitrose pair this with a Gabriel Meffre Côte du Rhône. Damian Lewis is the perfect dinner-guest; he arrives hungry and armed with excellent anecdotes. Our trio cover how to cook octopus, what Tom Hanks is like on set and where Damian keeps his awards. All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish Find all Dish episodes here: https://pod.link/1626354833 Follow Dish:   / dish_podcast     / secreativestudio   Follow Waitrose:   / waitrose     / waitrose   Follow Nick:   / nicholasgrimshaw     / nickgrimshaw   Follow Angela:   / angelacooking   Follow S:E Creative Studio:   / se.creatives     / se-creative-studio   We can’t all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help. Send your dilemmas to [email protected] and she’ll try to answer in a future episode. Dish is a S:E Creative Studio production for Waitrose ------------------------ Timestamps 0:00 Trailer 0:43 Intro 02:07 Guest entrance 02:34 Old Fashioned 03:11 How's life? 05:07 Damian cooks 05:41 Caponata bruschetta 07:10 Cooking veggie 08:03 Cooking octopus 11:30 Damian helps in the kitchen 13:14 Inga's risotto question 14:54 Risotto is served 17:08 Wine pairing 17:25 Damian's family life and growing up 19:59 The Radleys 12:59 Band of Brothers & Homeland 26:50 Quickfire 27:56 Damian's risotto tips