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

And why? voice-verified

Now in the past you s you were part of the Penguin Random House group. voice-verified

Massive machine, and I deal with them all the time. voice-verified

They're the ones, uh, amongst all the other publishers who send me books to to read and to decide whether or not I'm gonna have them on my show. voice-verified

You know, I am part of that engine which promotes and dissects the the food publishing industry. voice-verified

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You've not gone that way with this one. voice-verified

You've decided to self publish, which we'll talk about in a minute, but when you decided to start writing that memoir five years ago, did you write a proposal, pitch it to your publisher, and do that the normal way? voice-verified

I mean we know that illustrated cookbooks are much more expensive. voice-verified

This book to feel Okay, so then you must have had a massive marketing plan to make back that money. voice-verified

That's a lot of money to make back. voice-verified

Uh what was your vision with that? voice-verified

And how did you approach it? voice-verified

I've seen that you, you know, you've gone straight to Goodreads and all the kind of the online reviewers because that does sell a lot of books. voice-verified

You've got some great friends, you've done a very showy launch, um, you know, you've got lots of people. voice-verified

in the industry giving you uh lots of testimonials. voice-verified

I mean I got in touch with Rook Meanie last night and and she said, I love the descriptions of Rachel at cookery school, the dishes she learned to make and how French children seem to have an amazing taste in food from a really early age. voice-verified

But but she's also given you another testimonial and you've got them from Melissa Hemsley and other people. voice-verified

Those are really important because it puts a stamp of this is highly regarded amongst my voice-verified

peers and that's a great testimonial in itself. voice-verified

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