What was food like for you growing up? Was it a big thing in your households?

NG: Everyone was always hungry in our house. We all talk exclusively about what we’re going to eat for our tea, from the moment we’ve finished eating breakfast. The biggest concern in our household when I was growing up was if there was no bread in and my dad would scream and shout about it. Everything was centred around what we’re going to have for lunch or dinner or what we were going to eat before my dad and my brother went to the football. It was always on the agenda.

And we all had to have dinner together at the dining table, which I thought was really normal. But then when I went to university and met other people, I realised not everyone did that. But we always did that, every night at the table.

My family and I would eat together but around the TV. I know there’s a bit of a debate about whether TV dinners are a good or bad thing…

NG: I was never allowed to. Sometimes I’d be allowed on a Friday because my dad would go to the chippy every Friday and I’d have a chip butty in the lounge. But I think that only happened twice in my life. Now that I don’t live at my mum’s house, I do occasionally have dinner in the lounge, but only if I was having, say, a curry with The X Factor on. It’s a rarity though.

AH: We always had to sit at the table for our dinners. And it’s what we’re used to. Occasionally, Neil and I might get a film and a curry, but it’s a lot of faffing to be honest. You have to go and get the little table and we have two dogs, so you spend the whole dinner trying to stop them from eating the food.

If I’m being honest and maybe I’m old-fashioned, I do think sitting round a table for your dinner is a good thing – particularly for children. It’s a time when friends or family would sit down and just talk.

Do you have any food or meals that take you back to your childhood?

NG: A roast was always key. I always think about a roast and about my mum and how these potatoes aren’t as good as my mum’s. A chippy is so comforting too because it reminds me of being little. I don’t actually know if it is delicious half the time or if it’s just nostalgia.

AH: The one dish that I crave every now and again is boiled ham with parsley sauce. It’s really old-school English. But I love boiled ham and then you make this white sauce with loads and loads of chopped parsley and mustard. My mum used to make that and I love it.

Series 4 of Dish, from Waitrose & Partners, hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett, is out Wednesday 13 September on all streaming platforms.

Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett dish on the latest season of their podcast