The broadcaster on what she ate at her grandparents’ hotel, during her Radio 1 breakfast show and in a Japanese monastery
My grandad started this little hotel in Scotland before I was born; my mum’s one of seven girls and five of them and their partners helped run it. It was hearty food and a lot of my nana’s recipes. I remember “desserts” was the first station I worked on when I was little: so it was pavlova, lemon meringue pie and we’d make our own ice-cream. I’m surprised I wasn’t obese because there was so much good food around.
The main thing I took from the hotel was the work ethic. Also being surrounded by these wonderful inspiring women: my mum and her sisters were all very different but it was a really healthy environment to grow up in and see these women running things.
