Nici Wickes - Cook, Eat, Travel

Nici Wickes - Cook, Eat, Travel

From The Marlborough Book Festival by The Marlborough Book Festival

May 25, 2026 · 1h 5m · Episode 82

About this episode

Nici Wickes shares her journey as a food writer and TV presenter, discussing her experiences and insights into cooking and travel.

Nici Wickes in conversation with Belinda Jackson Nici's career reads like a dream come true and she admits to sometimes having to pinch herself. Restaurant reviewer, food writer, presenter for a TV food and travel show, and now cookbook author. Sharing her enthusiasm for cooking, eating, and travel, Nici lets us in on how she creates new recipes, how she got to star in her own TV cooking show, World Kitchen, and what it was like to get her dream job as food editor for the esteemed New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, only to see it fall away during Covid. If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of making a food and travel show or how food writers and cookbook authors come up with new recipes all the time, then come along to hear Nici's tales of all. Her various roles have paved the way to her latest cookbooks, which feature delicious recipes, most serving one to two people households, alongside personal stories for living well alone. Nici talks about a career of food writing, the fun times she has experienced and the happy place she finds herself in today with Belinda Jackson during the 2024 Marlborough Book Festival.

People in this episode

Host: Belinda Jackson

Guest: Nici Wickes

Topics covered

  • cooking
  • food writing
  • travel
  • cookbooks
  • TV shows
  • personal stories

Keywords

  • Nici Wickes
  • food writing
  • cooking show
  • travel
  • cookbooks
  • New Zealand Woman’s Weekly
  • World Kitchen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Books & works: World Kitchen

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