Pamela Flood

This broadcaster eats healthy meals, but she can’t resist an “old-school” Twix or Snickers when she’s on the go — which is pretty much always

What did your mother make you? The stand-out thing was the Sunday roast. Even though I wouldn’t be a great meat eater, I loved the roast potatoes, marrowfat peas and stuffing. The meal you will always remember? It’s a bit cliched, but it’s the Christmas dinners, growing up. I just loved the sumptuousness of Christmas Day. Mum would be in the kitchen all morning. I’d give a hand as I got older, but she liked to do it herself. It was always such a laugh. Even the food coma after! What was your defining food experience? My most exciting food memory was when I was in Spain when I was 12. We went to a Japanese restaurant, where the chef cooked the food at the table in front of you. It blew my mind, and the food was incredible. The first dish you ever cooked? Aged 12, it was my mission in life to learn to cook pavlova. It’s not a dish, as such: it’s more of a sugar fest; a shrine to sugar! What is your comfort food? That’s a hard one — there’s so much to choose, but I keep coming back to pasta. What is your hangover cure? At the moment, it is really slow-cooked scrambled eggs, with lots of toast and lots of butter. What do you drink? Wine. Red or white — I don’t mind, as long as it’s good wine. You can only eat three things for the rest of your life. What are they? Pasta; prawns; and chocolate. How important is food to you? Not to exaggerate, but it’s kind of everything. I’m enjoying my breakfast while thinking about lunch. I could sacrifice so much, as long as the nice food kept coming. You can go anywhere and have anything to eat with any one person. Where, what and who? Caprese salad with my husband, Ronan [Ryan], in Rome, sitting outside a restaurant in the evening, drinking good Italian wine. Favourite restaurant in Ireland? Chapter One. It’s where Ronan and I had our first date, so for special occasions we go there; but for cocktails on Saturday nights, it’s Bow Lane on Aungier Street. And abroad? The Spotted Pig in New York. It was magic: the food, the atmosphere — even the people-watching was tremendous. What’s your sweet treat? I’m old-school: a Twix or a Snickers — the list goes on and on! I’m a sugar addict. It’s a battle I fight every day, though I think everything in moderation is fine. You don’t have to blitz the sugar entirely. What is your guilty pleasure? Ice-cream. I buy the tub and say, ‘I’ll just have half and I’ll put it away’. But you know you’re going eat the whole thing. Just go with it. Are you careful about what you eat? Yes, I am with my three meals a day. They are healthy 99pc of the time; not necessarily low-cal, but good fresh food and sauces made from scratch. But I am not very careful about snacking. I’m a work in progress. Pamela Flood and Ronan Ryan’s new venture is the healthy fast-food delivery or collection service Good To Go. Pamela is also a brand ambassador for the beauty range Yon-Ka Ireland, see yonka.ie. For more information about Good To Go, see counterculture.ie In conversation with Sophie White