Joy is Family Feasts, with Luke Holder

Honey & Co: The Food Sessions is back for season 11 with a brand new theme: JOY. In this episode we talk to Luke Holder. Luke is chef director at Hartnett Holder & Co at the Lime Wood Hotel in Hampshire, where he’s been cooking for 15 years. Raised in Dubai, Luke has cooked at The Orrery and Oxo Tower, as well as 3-starred Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence, which left him with a love of Italian cuisine and focus on seasonal, locally sourced produce. I love Luke's approach to life and his advice on finding joy was really insightful. We talked about memories of cooking steam boats with his dad, travels across Asia with friends, coming up through high pressure kitchens and the move to the Lime Wood Hotel in the New Forest. Funnily enough, despite working as a chef professionally, Luke's own joy comes from cooking feasts for friends and family for pleasure outside of work, from devoting a full day to cooking a feast and devoting time and effort to bringing people together around a table. What a treat! I am so glad we recorded this conversation, as I think it is the start of a beautiful friendship - after the recording we jumped on our bikes and went in search of mangoes on Drummond Street. Thank you for listening to this latest episode of our season all about Joy. In times like these, when the world can feel a little overwhelming, it’s more important than ever to seek out and savour the joy wherever we can find it. Working in restaurants, we have three moments in a day to bring joy: breakfast, lunch and dinner, but what about the moments in between? This question is at the heart of the latest season of The Food Sessions which sees us sit down with brilliant people from all walks of life: chefs, broadcasters, comedians and fashion designers to not only talk about what they do day-to-day, but also to explore the passions that enrich their lives. This season is sponsored by Square, the point of sale system that we use in all our restaurants. You can use their software and hardware for payments, sales, inventory, bookings, orders, reports and more. Square are currently offering £4,000 worth of free hardware to eligible businesses, so if you're ready to get your business in better shape, head to square.com to learn more and book a demo with the team. Hosts: Sarit Packer & Itamar Srulovich Producer: Miranda Hinkley Sound Engineer: Tony Onuchukwu Sound Mixer: Paul Brogden Additional Sound: Paul Ford Theme Song: Daniel Winshall Honey & Co Team: Louisa Cornford & Winnie Thomas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This episode was published on Sep 24, 2025.

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