Gilly Smith

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1,281 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 30 Jul

Gilly Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 10 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 5.

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Cooking the Books with Gilly Smith · Rachel Khoo: The Smallest Restaurant in Paris · 25 Jun 2026 podcast

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Dreams. voice-verified

What was the thought process there? voice-verified

Because you were having to make your own way. voice-verified

It's not that you had a lot of money in your pocket at all. voice-verified

You were at that point in Paris, you were supporting yourself, you were in au pair, but you were also selling perfume at Printon. voice-verified

And then after graduating you became a pastry chef and a baking teacher at a little Parisian cookbook store and cafe. voice-verified

So you're i you were driven by this love of adventure. voice-verified

And I can do that. voice-verified

But also you had to pay your way. voice-verified

You weren't were making your way in the world. voice-verified

And that I think is incredibly important in sort of the laying the foundations and the roots of a real entrepreneur. voice-verified

Your first publishing deal came in twenty ten. voice-verified

You wrote two French language books. voice-verified

Great training. voice-verified

Great discipline. voice-verified

Great understanding of the industry. voice-verified

And also voice-verified

A little bit of discomfort because you clearly had so much personality that was just bursting to find its own expression and expression it did because we're sitting in the your in your little flat in Belleville, where I did a Cooking the Books Live in September with Chris Newans, by the way, and you come up with an idea for a book that is about voice-verified

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