The Foodbod Pod: Episode 5 - At the Corner Plot

Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents the fifth episode of the Foodbod Pod in which she and David Treadway visit the home of food blogger, influencer and social media host, Sophie Rushton Smith.

Sophie discusses her approach to food and her journey from marine biologist to largely self-taught cook which led to not one but two internships at Yotam Ottolenghi restaurants in London. As well as revealing why she’s sometimes known as Doctor Fish and offering her top kitchen tips and ideas for making the most of leftovers, Sophie invites Elaine into her kitchen to prepare a delicious dish featuring one of the unsung heroes of the kitchen – the not so humble butter bean. Along with a tasty loaf of soda bread made with Matthews Cotswold Flour’s renowned Ancient Cotswold Crunch flour, Sophie serves a mouth-watering dish of butter beans with baked feta cheese in an onion, garlic and tomato sauce with a hint of chilli.

As a food influencer, Sophie Rushton Smith’s highly popular The Corner Plot posts on Instagram are complemented by her Tik Tok reels and successful food blog of the same name where she demonstrates her many recipes and shows how to make even the most mundane of everyday ingredients come alive as appetising dishes. Sophie won the coveted Galvin Tarte Tatin Award in 2018 and is a judge for the prestigious annual Great Taste awards; like Elaine she is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and has run an occasional supper club at one of London’s celebrated Brother Marcus restaurants.

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