Borough Talks

Join host Angela Clutton in conversation with award-winning food writer Georgina Hayden.

Georgina talks about the influence her Cypriot heritage has on her cooking, the breadth of vegan recipes in her new book  Nistisima and the cultural inspirations behind them, and give us the inside track on being a judge on the Channel 4 TV show Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver.

Join host Angela Clutton in conversation with Ravneet Gill.

There's not much, it seems, Ravneet Gill hasn't conquered: a pastry chef for over eight years, Ravneet studied at Le Cordon Bleu before working her way up the ranks in different pastry sections all over London (St. JOHN, Llewelyn's, Black Axe Mangal and Wild by Tart, to name but a few). In May 2018 she set up an organisation called Countertalk; a platform designed to help connect chefs, provide education and promote healthy work environments in the hospitality industry. Most recently, Ravneet published her second book, Sugar, I love you. And if that wasn't enough to keep her busy, she's also a judge on Channel 4's Junior Bake Off.

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A special episode of Borough Talks for International Women's Day 2022, hosted by Angela Clutton.

Food journalist Clare Finney - author of The Female Chef - and award-winning chef Chantelle Nicolson discuss the realities, opportunities and challenges facing women working in the food industry today. From the gender dynamics at play in being called a 'chef' or 'cook', to the role the media plays in perpetuating macho stereotypes within restaurant kitchens, and the empowerment that comes from a culture of support and collaboration.

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Join host Angela Clutton in conversation with Market trader, Charles Tebbutt of Food & Forest.

Charles is committed to supporting and spreading the word on the benefits of agroforestry – discussing what sustainable farming can mean for maximizing flavour while protecting the environment. 

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Join host Angela Clutton in conversation with much-adored food writer, Claudia Roden CBE, credited with revolutionising Western attitudes to Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food.

Since leaving the Cairo of her childhood and arriving in London to study at St Martin's School of Art, she has blazed a trail for Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food in the UK. Her influence is evident in every bottle of pomegranate molasses or dash of harissa we use in our modern kitchens. Still working in her mid-80s, Claudia shares with us the stories behind her life and career, and why – when her children all left home – she set out to travel the Mediterranean alone and how that journey became her latest book, Med.

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Join host Angela Clutton in conversation with Phil Juma – self-taught British-Iraqi chef, bringing traditional Iraqi cuisine to Borough.

Discussing the Iraqi food of his heritage and how it inspired him to leave behind a career in finance, listen as they chat through the intricacies of making kubba dumplings, to the regionality of food in Iraq and how it can challenge and change perceptions. 

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Join host Angela Clutton in conversation with Dan Saladino, of BBC’s The Food Programme, discussing his latest book, Eating to Extinction - The World's Rarest Foods & Why We Need to Save Them.  From a tiny crimson pear in the west of England to pistachios in Syria and an exploding corn that might just hold the key to the future of food – Dan shares with Angela some of the produce around the world that is at risk of being lost for ever and tells the stories of the pioneering farmers, scientists, cooks and indigenous communities who are preserving food traditions and fighting for change.

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The award-winning Honeys – Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich – join Borough Talks to share a culinary journey filled with flavour and fire. They’ll be telling us all about their travels through their favourite cities of the Middle East, collecting recipes and the best of culinary culture along the way – the stories behind their latest book, Chasing Smoke. Join us for beautiful ingredient combinations, age-old tricks and techniques, curious kitchen tools, and clever ‘rainy day’ advice for cooking over fire.

Veganism is often portrayed as being good for planetary and personal health – the implication being that meat production and consumption is, therefore, the problem. There is increasing acceptance, though, that the real picture for us and for the planet is not nearly as simple as that. Join us for a positive discussion of the reality of the environmental nuances of how meat and non-meat are farmed, as we try to unpick and give perspective on this too often polarised debate.

Food offers a unique insight into community and culture. One of the joys of international travel is discovering a region through its food – not just for the pleasure of eating like a local, but for what doing that tells you about people, place and time. After a year of little if any travel for leisure (and perhaps more travel uncertainty ahead too), our panel will be discussing how the discovery of the foods of a nation impacts our cultural understanding of it – and in turn, how increasing or decreasing international tourism can impact a region’s culinary landscape.