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Richard E. Grant: Nigella recommends restaurants to me! Take your holiday food and drink seriously

Richard E. Grant: Nigella recommends restaurants to me! Take your holiday food and drink seriously

Happy Place
Jul 24, 2025 37 min
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<p>Be honest... do you pick your holiday destination based on the food you can eat there? You’re in good company – that’s just what Richard E. Grant does!</p><br><p>Welcome to The Happy Place Guide To Holidays! In this chat – brought to you by British Airways Holidays – Fearne and Richard share their thoughts on how to take your holiday food and drink more seriously, including asking mates (Nigella Lawson, if you’re Richard!) for recommendations, looking for restaurants with small menus, and testing ingredient quality via a Caesar salad starter.</p><br><p>They also get into a heated debate about whether perusing the aisles of a foreign supermarket is the best way, or the worst way, to spend your holiday!&nbsp;And Richard offers to pack Fearne’s suitcase for a very specific reason...</p><br><p>Plus, Richard explores why grieving can make us more likely to notice the little joys in life, as well as wondering if we all need praise and accolades to some extent.</p><br><p><em>British Airways Holidays are ATOL protected, offer a 24hr holiday helpline, and allow you to book with a low deposit. All holidays include a generous baggage allowance per person. Go to&nbsp;</em><a href="http://Ba.com/holidays" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ba.com/holidays</em></a><em>&nbsp;to find out more.</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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