Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware - Bonus Episode: Series 17 Launch Party

Episode Date: October 18, 2024

We threw a little dinner party for the launch of our brand new series! We ate at our friends Honey&Co as it’s one of our favourite restaurants and the food is absolutely divine. Thank you to Casamigos for providing the most delicious Palomas and Margarita cocktails! And thank you to the Soho Hotel for letting us get ready in such a gorgeous hotel room. What a treat to spend the evening making new friends and listening to new stories. Here’s to Series 17! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to Table Manners, a very special episode to celebrate the launch of season 17. We are in a gorgeous room in Soho Hotel. The last time we were here mum, was that when we gave David Schwimmer the dry banana bread? Yeah I've been here as well. Oh when have you been coming here? I came to see the screening of the fall garden. Oh because you're that gown. I'm Came to see the screening of the Fall Girl. Oh, because you're that gown.

I'm like a journalist who gets invited to screenings. Best canapes I've ever had. Oh, why? Just delicious downstairs. Was it Kate Winslet who talked about Caesar Salads? Yes. Did she say that the Soho Hotel Caesar Salad was amazing, or did she say the Charlotte Street Hotel?

Oh, she said the Covent Garden Hotel. But aren't Covent Garden Hotel? It's all Fermdale. It's the same company. Same group, darling. I have to say, I just had the Soho Hotel Caesar salad room service. Delicious. Absolutely delicious.

I tell you why, the crouton's not a crouton. It was almost like a bagel chip, so it wasn't sad and pathetic. There was the right amount of anchovy. It was cracking, to be honest. So I can vouch for the Soho Hotel Caesar salad. If anybody is ever in need of Caesar salad and Soho, this is where you must go. I think I could move in here.

Do you? Mum's got her hair in curlers. I'm getting my eyelashes put on. Mum, have you had your eyelashes on yet? Mum's going for height. Volume, darling. So we're doing a bit of a dinner tonight to celebrate the launch with the movers and shakers of London, well I don't know, PR press and some old friends. We're doing it at Honey and Co. daily which is their kind of

relatively new Honey and Co. we've talked about honey is it Delhi or daily I thought was daily it's called daily but they call it a deli as well but they serve like all different things like soups and salads and sandwiches I think didn't you make chicken soup with them go yesterday they did in my chicken soup are you checking it head chef we're going exactly time what are you gonna say if the chicken soup isn't right? I'll go spit it out. You'll spit it out? I'll go. Oh yeah. What about if the matzah balls are too hard? It'll be fine. I'll say I didn't make it. They clearly didn't follow the recipe. Oh, savage. You know, Itamar, when I spoke to him. Sarit and Itamar are honey and

co, the most gorgeous couple. So when I spoke to him, he said to me, how many matzo balls do you think I should serve? And I said, I think just one because it's going to be a big meal. He said, only ever serve two. Oh, the etiquette. Yeah, I think he might stick to one though. Interesting. Because it might be too much for people. Well if you were in like Cat's Deli you'd be getting a massive matzo ball but ours aren't like hefty like that. Well he might make them heftier. Interesting.

I wonder if he'll stick to my recipe or think she doesn't know anything. God, tune in to the rest of this special episode and you'll find out if the matzo balls have worked. I'm telling you I'm going to taste it ahead of time. And not only have we got, we're doing honey and co for the food. We've got, I mean, I feel fabulous. We've got Casa Amigos doing a tequila cocktail. Wow, what sort of cocktail, darling?

My favorite drink of the summer, a Paloma. And I will be carrying that one through to winter. Okay. And a Margarita, classic. Classic, with salt around the top. Well, I don't know, I guess you could have it with or without. I may just drink the Casamigos Neat. It's so bloody good. You don't know that much about tequila, do you?

No I don't darling. Well you shall find out tonight. What are you going to go for? Poloma or Margarita? Margarita. We're really excited. We haven't really done it like this before. It's only taken 17 series to try and celebrate. Mum's got leopard print balloons. Yes.

That she'll be walking down Soho in. Like the Banksy painting. Darling do you remember the only time we were going to have a party before with leopard print balloons was our book launch. I know. We had to cancel it on the day and they've made all the food and the cocktails and they took all the food and cocktails to homeless people I mean there was a global virus going around. I know darling we had to do it But I was heartbroken because I don't think we've got another book in us do you? Certainly not with you Lenny That's so mean. I'd like to preserve our relationship. I think that the podcast is enough for us

The thing is I cook in a different way now. Oh yeah? How do you cook? I think I'm a little more modern and adventurous. Ooh. Like I know what guacang paste is or whatever it's called. Someone flavored their bread on it last night. On what?

On Bake Off from Paul Hollywood, one of our old guests. Did he love it? Loved it, yeah. He's a really clever bloke that's cooking. Sam, yet again, was like, what you up to tonight, babe? And I said, I've got, we're launching the new series and doing,

he meant you're just having a jolly, aren't you? And I thought, yeah, we are. We are. I say, as I'm sat in a dressing gown, getting my makeup done in Soho. I love being in London. I love being in Central London. I would like you to move to Central London, mum.

I love Soho. Just think about the guests that could come to your flat in Soho, mum. No, I don't think I'm moving to Soho, darling. The traffic to go from Hobart to Soho took nearly 45 minutes. Get on a line by it, mum. I'm not going on a line by it. What color lip are you going for? Well, I wouldn't even dare to do a red because you know you've

got that mum. Darling it suits you. No it's fine. Don't hold back. I can't be bothered with the faff. When I me than a red lip tonight. We are about to try Itamar's version of Lenny's chicken soup and I have high hopes. Alright, Itamar, get on the mic. They're going into the kitchen. Let's look. All right, Ittema, get on the mic. Hello, guests in our kitchen. This is Ittema of Honey. I'm keeping. You're keeping Lenny, you can have her.

And he's the best hugger in the business. Have a hug from Ittema and you're made for life. This is my, this is your strong point. This is my business for a fiver. Not cooking, just hugging. Yeah, no, no, no. That's itself. This is my business for a fiver. Not cooking, just hugging. That's itself. So we are now in the kitchen of Honey and Co. daily.

Your newest. Yeah, newest by one. Where's the newer one? On Lamb's Codwood Street, across the road from the restaurant. We have a- Oh, you've got a new one! We have a little deli there that is very, very sweet.

Oh, that's a deli. Yeah. But we are just off Charlotte Street, we're very near Charlotte Street and we're doing our event here tonight because you know how much we love Honey & Co. Honey & Co loves you! So let's try the chicken soup. The chicken soup. Okay we're not, we are quite nervous because uh... Tell me why! No we're nervous because we want you to be happy with it. We want it to want you to be happy with it. We want it to be...

Are you happy with it? I think it's delicious. Lemmy will tell you if she's happy with it or not. Don't worry about that. This is why I'm nervous. How did the matzo balls turn out? You're gonna try them as well. I think...

Are they light? I think they're fantastic. They should be like clouds. Mum, you're speaking to a fucking chef. No, you can listen. Hi, come Mum, you're speaking to a fucking chef! No, you can listen. Hi! Come on! I'm speaking to...

Speaking of other chefs... Hi! He doesn't do anything. Hello, hi! I need to know, how much did mum's matzo ball recipe differ from yours? If I'm going to be very honest, it's my first time making them from scratch. Because... I'm going to make it my recipe. making them from scratch because I'm like perfect but like honestly because back home our neighbor always makes them I

love her matzo balls I always eat them and I've never... Well can I tell you Jamie Oliver said they were the best matzo balls he's ever eaten. They're so good and they've gone so fluffy have you tried one? Fluffy! That's what I want. They're delicious. Now let's go on to the chicken soup. How different is mum's chicken soup to yours?

Well, I opened the recipe and I was like, sweet? Who uses sweet? We don't get sweet back home. No. So it's never in our soup. OK. And we use loads of parsley, which yours doesn't have. OK.

Do you use dill? No. I don't. And not potatoes. But there's some people that do potatoes and dill, but I think that makes it cloudy. So what would you use instead of sweet? Like what would sweet... Carrot, leeks, celery, onions and parsley. Loads and loads of parsley.

Maybe I should add parsley. I'm just very interested because mum never adds a herb. No, I don't. It's not in your like, I mean we just come from a country where there's like the bunches of herbs are like this you know it's a different thing but I don't think you've ever cooked it in the kind of size that I cooked for you. No, I haven't. I had like a whole load of chicken vegetables it was fun. Before we try the chicken soup and the matzo balls let's talk about the menu we had some requests, but what's on the menu tonight? Well, everyone's gonna start with the soup, of course.

And then they're gonna get a mezze spread because this is what we do. So a whole lot of small things. Yes, it's like we're having some pickles and some hummus and some fig salad, tomato tabbouleh, bread selection, little burakas with spinach and cheese, you know, fun things. Yeah. And it is, this is, I think it's the best season to cook, right?

It's all the best ingredients we get, you know, all the beautiful summer produce, the beginning of the autumn. Yeah. I think kind of like late September, early October is the time to cook. Yeah. And then we're having lamb shawarma, because this is what you guys come and eat when you come to Honey and Co. We love it. Love it, love it. And then we're having lamb shawarma, because this is what you guys come and eat when you come to Honey & Co. We love it. Love it, love it.

And then for pudding, what have we got? Our feta cheesecake, which is kind of baked on a nest of crispy Kadaif pastry, lots of honey and a bit of saltiness on the feta, and salty almonds. It's really delicious. Thank you, darling. Now, you live in Stockwell still.

Now, you know this is a bug bet, but like, when are we gonna get a South London honey and coke? I know we have to we have to Yeah, no, we're like the exile Jews with the Jews across the river South London we have our name for our South London place. We just haven't ever done it. Yeah, Southern honey Yeah, Southern honey. Southern honey. Come on, let's just make it happen. It needs to happen.

It needs to happen. But now, you know, let's, we need to get you back on the podcast. However, let's just do a mini table manners podcast. You are obviously the most brilliant chefs and we adore your places. Give us one of your favorite places, D, because I know you eat out lots.

I bumped into you at Rochelle Canteen. That's the first time we met, I think. So tell me some of your favorite spots in London. So we only eat on the Victoria line so it's easy to come back home. So we always want to be close to home. So in Stockwell, Canton Arms. Vauxhall, Brunswick House, amazing. What do you have for Pimlico? Aewong in Victoria. Aewong is kind of like Pimlico Victoria, it's both of them let's say. Oh my god we're really going up? Yes, you have to trullo in that. What's Green Park? We do jump on the middle a bit, like I have to say we skip most of Centre.

Oxford Circus we skip, Warren Street. This is here now. Now there's us. Kings Cross we skip, Houston and Kings Cross we skip pretty much. I mean Roty King. Roty King in Houston. And on Highbury Eason is Trullo, but we don't go enough and that's it, we don't go further north. This is maybe one of the greatest new questions that I'm going to ask. Which line do you follow for your restaurants? Do you know what I mean? Like all of the hot new places that are opening in Leighton and all those places. Schlepp.

No disrespect, but it's easier for me to have lunch in Paris than it is to have lunch in Leighton. Like where is Leighton? It's so far. You're just like on the train and you're like, how am I still in London? Okay. Do I need to, the soup soup let's go and try the soup

L'chaim those matzah balls are fucking delish they are they are bouncy and delish I want to see what size they are very good did you go bigger you have to make them quite small for them to like can I have some more soup please? Yeah but I just skimmed it, you don't have to skim it. Delicious, delicious. What, have you got any notes mum? Are you going to get to like actually eat any food? Isn't that perfect?

Yeah, of course I'm eating food, that's why I booked it, yeah. I'm yaching but I'm also eating. Thank you. Delicious. I'm going to move away from the steam because my hair's going to curl. That's... That's more important. That's really beautiful too.

Absolutely delicious. Beautiful. Thank you. Thank you so much for being here. I'm Jessie and this is of course, I'm Lenny. And this is, of course, I'm Lenny. Yeah. Thank you for celebrating the launch of season 17 of Table Manners. It's really lovely to meet all of you. We're so thrilled that you are at Honey & Co, one of our favorite restaurants in the world. It's not. And so where's the rate?

There she is. Best food. We love it. It's like family and we wanted you to enjoy it too. And you're about to have Lenny's famous chicken soup. As cooks. Oh, shot, horror. With a matzo ball.

However, it's a la honey and co, but Lenny has gone in and tasted it. It's delicious. Can I thank Casamigos for helping us put on this wonderful event and the delicious cocktails? Woo! Yes, yes. Thank you very much.

Who's got a paloma? Who's got a paloma? I have a paloma right here. Who has a margarita? I do. Okay, okay. Keep going. That's the motto of the podcast.

Yeah, it's always a better podcast when you keep going. Mum's motto is that everyone should be, everyone should be enjoying a glass of something. How are you finding Tequila Mum? You're quite a newbie to Tequila. I've had the margarita and it was fantastic. Blew my head off a little bit. It was great. We want you to enjoy the food, enjoy the drinks and have a gorgeous conversation

and we'll chat to you a little bit more but thank you so much and here's to the start of another season. Cheers! Thank you, Kesslin, you guys. Thank you. Cheers. Have you enjoyed your food? If you are still eating please carry on eating. Absolutely. Could we all give a big clap for Sarah to miss her mom? If you are wanting to marry, everyone is welcome to, there's lots of delicious food because us Jews like to over-taste them. And if you've got some food that you want to take back, we have takeaway boxes.

Oh wow. They've just gone like this, thank God. Yes, you can take that bread home. Jess, you can start with brother. What about my brother? He's saving lives tonight. So my brother, who's not here, and he's set up...

And it's his favourite restaurant. His favourite restaurant is this, and he says you haven't even invited your own flesh and blood, how dare you? So please save something for Dr Alex. You know why you're here, we're celebrating the season

17, but I think maybe a lot of you know about the podcast anyway, but if you don't, we started it in 2017 when I... Who's not listened? Oh, they weren't even known enough. Yeah. Oh, God, she's had a few drafts. I have not. But I'm on it.

But they've been talking about Kirstama and Black Lace and the Macarena I don't know what your conversation is over here or this or that Skincare and Snapchat But the podcast is much like well it's like being here

we have chats, it goes off piste we talk about politics we talk about group dancing we talk about group dancing, we talk about food and people that we love that make beautiful food. And we love it. And it started in 2017. Why did it start? Because I thought my music career was over.

But no, I was in a funny place with music. I found out I was pregnant in the end of 2015 and my friend Jamie said, you know, you need to do a podcast, not because, I mean, I was still intending to do music. He was like, you're so nosy and you should get, you get, you get secrets out of people. And he was like, you should do something. I knew so much that I didn't want to do it about music because I, that was my job and that was my bread and butter. And I wanted to do something that was just an escape. And for me, food has always been my greatest joy

and mum cooks really well and we always did really good dinner parties. We had big parties and we played the Macarena or Black Lace. What was it, Whitney? A lot of Whitney. Lots of Whitney, but anyway, so, and I brought mum in and I I didn't think she was going to be such an integral part to it. She thought I'd cook and wash up. And as we know, the podcast is no podcast without Lenny, so we have a wonderful time, we have so much fun, and I'm really excited for the next year to really not be touring. I think it's been quite a struggle to be able to, we've kept it going because it's amazing and our team's amazing but

touring and having a family and also doing the podcast it's been a mad juggle but now this season we are ready. But thank you for being here we're going to give you some delicious pudding and keep on chatting it's so glorious to hear everyone just yacking away and having a gorgeous time. I don't know how you make so many I do know because you're a talented chef and a brilliant duo but working with your other half and doing cookbooks is it not the most stressful thing in the world or just with ladies? They're in love darling. I love it. Yeah but it's not quite the same.

If I was my wife I would not do it with my mum. Okay. I'd like to raise my wife, I would not do it with my mum. OK. I'd like to raise a glass to myself. I'd do it with my mum. Definitely. And on my own. Straight Hippolopas, Gala Reaters and... And thanks for coming. Yeah, thank you so much for coming. Thank you.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Well, the party is still in full swing. Nobody's going to bloody leave me. But I'm going. Just like our podcast. I'm going. I am too. It was so delicious. Everyone's had the most gorgeous time. Best food.

You've been talking about what? Best cocktails. Best company. Best Castor Amigos. Handsomest PR people. Yes. There are. PRigos. Handsomest PR people. Yes, there are. PR lot, a good looking lot, aren't they?

God, so handsome. No, we've had the best time. It's been really, really special. Maybe we should make this a regular thing. Yeah. Thank you so much to Honey & Co. Thank you to Castor Amigos. The delicious cocktails.

Such a fabulous evening. It's Amaran, Surrey, just lovely. Fabulous. The soup was fab. The a fabulous evening. It's a Marron Sari, just lovely. Fabulous. The soup was fab. The soup was fabulous. Delicious. I've got two cheesecakes on my way home to give. I've got one.

And can I just say, they've made a box for your brother. That's very sweet. Please take it home with you. I don't live with my brother. But he will pick it up tomorrow, I'll tell him. Just so annoying. Okay, yeah, thank you so much for listening to Table Manners, the special season launch. A lady in leopard print has just left the building and it's not Lenny. Oh, she's tottering away. She had a good night. I'm going to go ahead and close the window. You