Stuart Gillies

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893 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 2 Mar

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And so when you live in that culture, and I was completely immersed in that culture, I didn't know any English people.

I stayed away from English people.

I was just living with my girlfriend and her sister.

I worked with Swedish people.

So I learned Swedish fluently within a year.

And I only immersed myself in that culture.

And I found I had a real gift for language.

I found I had an ear that didn't materialize at school when I was being bashed with a book and reading off the blackboard.

but immersed into it fully.

And you were working in a... Yeah, I was working in a restaurant, fantastic restaurant in Stockholm, actually, called Riesch Restaurant.

Different food, I imagine.

It was different food, and the kitchen was full of Austrians and Germans and Swiss, who were the best cooks in the world back then.

Back in late 80s, they were phenomenal cooks.

And they...

were just doing things and understanding food and produce and attention to detail that didn't really exist in London at all back then.

So yeah, I loved Sweden.

I loved the culture.

I liked the lifestyle.

I loved the food in the restaurant.

I loved working with these guys who were super strict, very Germanic in their manner, that everything was incredibly disciplined and meticulous.

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