Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

About Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

What do celebrities eat when nobody’s watching? From the snacks they cobble together after a long day to the meals that take them straight back to childhood, food can reveal a lot about a person. Each week on Comfort Eating, celebrity guests share their ultimate comfort food with Siobhán McSweeney, and they chat about the role food has played in their lives. From snacks after school to heartbreak meals, join Siobhán for conversations about food, family and everything in between. Expect to hear from guests (actors from TV, movie, theatre and film; sportspeople, comedians, chefs…) such as: Asim Chaudhry, Isy Suttie, Nicola Coughlan, Emma Bridgewater, Katie Price, Jamie Laing, Natalie Cassidy, Kathy Burke, Jon Ronson, Shirley Ballas, Nadiya Hussain, James Norton, Graham Norton, Jamie Demetriou, Michael Ball, Alfie Boe, Amma Asante, Jay Blades, Michelle DeSwarte, Gaz Coombes, Georgia Pritchett, Fern Brady, Jayde Adams, Adam Kay, Jaime Winstone, Malorie Blackman, Dawn O’Porter, Neneh Cherry, Greg Rutherford, Goldie, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Marian Keyes, Rufus Wainwright, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Big Zuu, Eddie Marsan, Self Esteem, James May, Guy Garvey, Dave Myers, Jo Brand, Craig David, Bernardine Evaristo, Tom Watson, Rosie Jones, Laura Whitmore, Desiree Burch, Russell Tovey, Stephen Fry, Deborah Meaden, Munya Chawawa, Aisling Bea, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Candice Carty-Williams, Lawrence Chaney, Scarlett Moffatt, Joanne McNally, Mae Martin, Rafe Spall, Nish Kumar, Bridget Christie, Mary McCartney, Keith Brymer Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Tamsin Greig, Tom Kerridge, Katherine Ryan, Golda Rosheuvel, Suranne Jones and, David Baddiel, Amol Rajan and Russell T Davies.

Publisher

The Guardian

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jun 2021

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

66 of 135 episodes have a transcript.

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   22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Comfort Eating is back ... with new host Siobhán McSweeney

   Actor and presenter Siobhán McSweeney hosts the return of Comfort Eating, exploring the power of food and memory.

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   18 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   From the archive (season 4): Graham Norton

   Grace is serving up some of her old favourites to curl up to as autumn turns to winter. In this episode, it’s Grace’s couch that gets the star treatment as Graham Norton comes round to chat all things Comfort Eating. We all know Graham from his work interviewing megastars on his chatshow, as well as his much loved radio show, but there’s lots to Graham you might not know about: from his time living in a San Francisco commune, to his big break in the upstairs room of a famous gastropub and, of course, the snacks he reaches for when he’s home alone, and sat on his own couch

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   11 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   From the archive (season 6): Katie Price

   Grace is serving up some of her old favourites to curl up to as autumn turns to winter. Legendary glamour model turned reality TV star, Katie Price joins Grace. One of the most photographed and filmed women of our times, splashed across page 3 and lads mags as Jordan 30 years ago, then in six of her own TV series, multiple documentaries and reality shows, everyone thinks they know her. But talking to Grace over a squishy, soft and ‘bald’ dish, Katie reveals a more nuanced picture – opening up about childhood, horses, early photoshoots, love, abuse, men, the media, breakdown and being a proud mum of five. ‘Never underestimate the Pricey’ – it’s a motto to live by and Grace embraces it all – the ups, the downs and snacks in between

Who has been a guest on Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Joy Crookes
• CMAT
• Irvine Welsh
• Lulu
• Nicola Sturgeon

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

787,593,714

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

84 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

782 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

99

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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