We visit a new outdoor bar in Cambridge and stagger back with our report. We also report on a new bread and cake bakery, with shop, which is opening soon in Hills Road. We investigate how easy it is to get restaurant staff in Cambridge. We also find out what varieties of plums are available locally, and get ideas for what to do with them. … [Read more...]

This edition brings expert advice on barbecuing from Vladimir Horek of Smokeworks amongst others. We also speak with Samira Effa, head chef at Alimentum, about what it's like to take charge there and how the menu is changing. We hear about artisan jams jellies and chutneys fom Cambridge Preserves Kitchen. We find out about price increases on fresh … [Read more...]

The Cambridgeshire Cookbook Second Helpings is just published. We speak to the chefs about their recipes. A new company is producing top-rated produce, we meet Seed to Feed. More on those guilty food secrets, why do top chefs enjoy hot dogs, pot noodles and the like? Also, Alice Archer on wine and we look at the new edition of Where Chefs Eat. … [Read more...]

We hear the extraordinary tale of Pinkster Gin; which top Cambridge chef hankers after hot dogs? Who loves tinned semolina? And who makes cocktails using Mars bars? On this week's Flavour, we reveal the top Cambridge Guilty Food Secrets. … [Read more...]

Tristan Welch of Parker's Tavern tells us what got him into cooking, the importance of wild food, the influence of his mentors, who include both Michel Roux Snr and Jr. and kitchen flamboyance. … [Read more...]

Rachel Roddy of The Guardian talks about food in Rome and how her blog led to a career in writing. Alex Rushmer, ex-Hole in the Wall, on his plan for a new restaurant in the centre of Cambridge. Alice Archer on her five week South African vineyard stint. Food in Ely, including 11A bar-kitchen-lounge. A new steet food provider hits Cambridge. Plus … [Read more...]

Bee Wilson, BBC Radio’s food writer of the year, drops in to Flavour to talk about diet, cooking skills and how our great grandmothers got it right. In addition, the team takes a visit to Coffee World, a company which has been roasting beans in Cambridge for over 30 years. We hear from Eat Cambridge, and from Gemma Whiting of Linton Kitchen, about … [Read more...]