Yotam Ottolenghi: Spaghetti alle vongole

Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle · Feb 19, 2026 · 40m

If you're an adventurous cook, chances are you’ve made on Ottolenghi recipe! The chef and newspaper columnist has written nine bestselling cookbooks, including Jerusalem, Plenty and Comfort, and co-owns 12 restaurants and delis, mostly in London.

Yotam and I talk about how he found his way to a food career (he has advanced degrees in completely different subjects) and tackle philosophical questions like: Is cooking an art form? Do homely, but delicious dishes belong in cookbooks despite their lack of beauty?

For the past decade, the brand’s creative hub is the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, where a…