Share Your Secrets

On the final episode of Series 4 we hear from The Great British Bake Off’s Sandy Docherty who talks about Parkin, Moggy and her recipe book Sandy’s Great Northern Cookbook. Sandy talks about the power of baking, the stories connected to recipes and how food can break down barriers. Plus Duncan Swainsbury, founder of Bounceback Food, talks about Staffordshire Oatcakes, Bounceback’s journey to date and their upcoming 10-year anniversary celebrations.

This week on Share Your Secrets, host Miriam Rendell speaks to Naomi Thomas and Laura Crowley, who both completed our 2024 Social Enterprise Internship Programme. Naomi tried out the Fidget Pie recipe and Laura perfected the Bedfordshire Clanger! Both share their experiences of the different projects they completed during their time with our Community Cookery School team over the summer.

This week on Share Your Secrets we chat to Bounceback Food community chef Phoebe Hammett about her food startup RamYum, South Korean cuisine and the South Korean inspired Supper Club she ran with Bounceback earlier in the year. She also shares her top tips for making the recipe Lamb Scouse. Bounceback Food volunteer Katie Jackson, talks about her career in a craft bakery, as a pastry chef and now as a product developer for a cake manufacturer. She also shares her secrets for making a delicious Manchester Tart!

On the podcast this week we catch up with Bounceback Food's head chef Grant Henderson and hear what he’s been up to with the Community Cookery School team since the last series. He also shares his experience of making Cullen Skink in a previous job in Scotland. Zafar Hussain, a chef from Shababs Balti Restaurant in Birmingham, talks about the history of Shababs, shares his passion for cooking a traditional Balti and his thoughts on making a Phall.

This week on Share Your Secrets host Miriam Rendell speaks to Phoebe Hammett, our Bounceback Food Community Chef in Manchester, about her role in creating the Secret Dishes from Around the UK 2025 recipe calendar and in particular the recipe Boxty. Gail Lawler, director of Big River Bakery, talks about the realities of running a social enterprise, how the Hairy Bikers helped put them on the map and why they make the best Ham and Pease stottie in the UK.

In the first episode of Series 4 host Miriam Rendell talks to Duncan Swainsbury, founder of Bounceback Food CIC, about setting up the first Community Kitchen in Manchester, Secret Dishes From Around the UK (the 2025 Recipe Calendar) and his fond memories of Cornish Saffron Buns. Rose Geraedts shares her passion for Welsh Rarebit and why she founded The International Welsh Rarebit Centre.

In the latest episode of Share Your Secrets we hear from people in some of the cities where Bounceback Food CIC have been batch cooking and distributing meals to those most impacted by the cost of living crisis this winter. Host Miriam Rendell talks to Grace Namwanje, a GP social prescribing link worker in Dudley, about how Bounceback Food CIC's outreach work in the West Midlands has supported the development of a weekly cookery class for migrant women and survivors of domestic abuse at Creheart Community Centre. Jo Gordon, director of My Sisters' Kitchen, shares how her social enterprise provides training, employment and sense of belonging to some of the most disadvantaged women in Sunderland. Teresa Smare from St Vincent's in Newcastle explains how the organisation supports vulnerable individuals and families in the North East area.

In the first episode of series 3 host Miriam Rendell talks to Duncan Swainsbury, founder of Bounceback Food CIC, about how they are tackling the cost of living crisis across the UK this winter. Grant Henderson, Bounceback’s chef in Manchester, talks about the meal drives and wider work of the community cookery school. Jake Campbell from Victoria House discusses how receiving the meals is vitally important for their beneficiaries and Robbie Kelly from Wythenshawe Foodbank shares the importance of bringing people together through food.

Listen back to a selection of our favourite interviews from the second series of Share Your Secrets! Bounceback Food CIC’s founder, Duncan Swainsbury, discusses the Secret Dishes From Around the World 3 cookbook tour. Akulah Agbami, director of BLACK Artists* On The Move, talks about food justice and tackling global inequality. Josh Garcia, who created the artwork for the Irish section of the cookbook, talks about art and autism. Award-winning documentary maker Sean McAllister provides a fascinating insight into life growing up in Hull including how he came to pick up a camera and Karen from kinship charity More Than Grandparents in Sunderland explains how life can take an unexpected turn when you become a parental figure in your 70s.

If you enjoyed these best bits, check out the episodes in full to hear more interesting conversations about food, art and community! Plus, listen out for the third series of Share Your Secrets which is set to be released in December 2022.

Listen back to a selection of our favourite interviews from the first series of Share Your Secrets! Bounceback Food CIC’s founder, Duncan Swainsbury, discusses how the organisation began on a market stall in Salford, typographer Michael Wylie talks about the original design he created for the Mexican section of Secret Dishes From Around the World 2 and conceptual illustrator Ollie Hirst explains how he expresses ideas visually and how his work reflects his mental health. MA Student Neluni Tillekeratne provides a fascinating insight into life in Sri Lanka and Christa Eker, founder of Exploring the Turkish Kitchen discusses the ‘buy one give one’ concept in Turkish bakeries called ‘On the Hook.’

If you enjoyed these best bits, check out the episodes in full to hear more interesting conversations about food, art and community! Plus, listen out for the third series of Share Your Secrets which is set to be released in December 2022.