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Monica Galetti, chef and restaurateur

Monica Galetti, chef and restaurateur, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Monica Galetti is a chef, restaurateur and cook book writer, who is also known as a judge on the television series MasterChef: the Professionals.

Born on the island of Upolu in Western Samoa, she grew up on the family plantation where her earliest food memories are of collecting eggs and mangoes and peeling bananas for special suppers. When she was eight she moved to New Zealand where her mother and stepfather had emigrated a couple of years earlier.

After studying hospitality management and enjoying success in numerous cooking competitions, she travelled around Europe before settling in London where she found work as a commis chef at the Roux family鈥檚 restaurant, Le Gavroche. Under the watchful eye of Michel Roux Jr, she rose through the ranks to become Le Gavroche鈥檚 first female sous chef.

She opened her own restaurant in 2017 where she works alongside her husband David who is head sommelier and co-owner.

DISC ONE: Three Little Birds by Bob Marley And The Wailers
DISC TWO: Samoa Matalasi (My Beautiful Samoa) by The Five Stars
DISC THREE: You Oughta Be in Love by Dave Dobbyn (ft. Ardijah)
DISC FOUR: Hotel California by The Eagles
DISC FIVE: La Vie en Rose by Louis Armstrong
DISC SIX: My Girl by The Temptations
DISC SEVEN: Purple Rain by Prince
DISC EIGHT: Feeling Good by Nina Simone

BOOK CHOICE: The complete Works of Oscar Wilde
LUXURY ITEM: Scuba diving gear
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Three Little Birds by Bob Marley And The Wailers

Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Paula McGinley

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Fri 5 Feb 2021 09:00
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Music Played

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

    • Exodus.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 9.

  • The Five Stars

    Samoa Matalasi (My Beautiful Samoa)

    • Samoa Matalasi.
    • Kiwi Pacific Records.
    • 1.

  • Dave Dobbyn

    You Oughta Be in Love (feat. Ardijah)

    • Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (soundtrack).
    • Magpie Productions.
    • 6.

  • Eagles

    Hotel California

    • Hotel California.
    • Warner Music Group.
    • 1.

  • Louis Armstrong

    La Vie En Rose

    • The Essential Louis.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 8.

  • Otis Redding

    My Girl

    • Atlantic Soul Ballads.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 10.

  • Prince

    Purple Rain

    • The Very Best Of Prince.
    • Warner Bros. Records.
    • 6.

  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

    • I Put A Spell On You.
    • Silva Screen Records Limited.
    • 7.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 31 Jan 2021 11:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Fri 5 Feb 2021 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4

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