Empty Plates

About Empty Plates

Empty Plates is a podcast about food + memory created & hosted by Chef and Researcher Anjli Vyas. In each episode, Anjli is joined by a diverse array of change makers, leaders and thinkers. Together, they will reflect on 3 plates of food that have shaped and impacted their life. Visit: www.bare.kitchen Follow @emtpyplatespodcast on Instagram

Publisher

Anjli Vyas

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Apr 2021

Latest episode

30 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Mar 2026

   31. Coffee, Farming and putting Indian beans on the global Coffee Map with Pranoy Thipiah

   In this episode, Anjli speak with Pranoy Thipaiah, a fifth-generation coffee farmer, about the journey from land to cup. We explore coffee as both ritual and global commodity, unpack the complexities of supply chains, and discuss how a new generation of Indian farmers are redefining quality, storytelling, and routes to market.

2. 

   16 Mar 2026

   30. On family, childhood, loss and the food rituals that raise you with Anjli Vyas

   In this special solo episode of Empty Plates, Anjli Vyas turns the microphone on herself for the first time. From childhood trips to Indian grocers in Leicester, to the quiet rituals of chopping vegetables with her grandfather, to the simple genius of her mother feeding three children after a long day this episode explores the memories that shaped Anjli’s relationship with food. Through stories of family, migration, kitchens and comfort meals across continents, she reflects on a simple idea: ...

3. 

   16 Dec 2025

   29. Missy Flynn - From Dive Bars To Soho: Building A Restaurant With Soul

   This week on Empty Plates, I’m joined by Missy Flynn co-founder of Rita’s and a deeply thoughtful voice in London’s hospitality scene. We talk about Rita’s as a homage to the American dive bar a place rooted in welcome, memory, and belonging and why dining doesn’t need to look like anything other than what feels true. We also explore identity in the food industry, the pressure to perform authenticity, and the reality of being a restaurant owner in an increasingly politicised landscape. ...

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