About this podcast
Chef and food writer Claire Thomson invites you to join her as she steps out of her kitchen to discover what's cooking in the home kitchens of Britain and beyond. Claire is renowned for her authentic take on home cooking and loved for her inspirational and no nonsense approach to food and cookery. In this podcast, Claire is on a mission to discover and cook other people's favourite, tried and tested home recipes.
Travelling across the country, each episode drops you into the heart of a new kitchen. Cooking shoulder to shoulder with guests from every profession other than her own, aprons on, ingredients out and pans bubbling. Expect to hear much laughter as together they rummage through cutlery drawers, nose through spice racks and fling open fridge doors, chopping and chatting to get food on the table.
Everyone can cook something, and Claire wants to know what?
Episodes
The newest 20 of 33 episodes
- Lentil Soup with Student Grace Williamson · 32 minFor this final episode of season 4 of 5 O’ Clock Apron Podcast Claire cooks with her 19-year-old daughter Grace, the catalyst for Dear Grace the cookbook. As many who follow…
- Butter Chicken with Poet Lemn Sissay · 52 minLemn Sissay is a lifeforce. A poet, three times Sunday Times bestselling author, memoirist playwright curator and broadcaster. Lemn also has some of his poems embedded as…
- Potato Salad, Gherkins and Mortadella with Gardener Gerald Stratford · 30 minGerald Stratford is a gardener and a gentleman. Claire drove to the Cotswolds for this episode of 5 O Clock Apron Podcast. Knocking on Gerald’s front door, Claire is quickly…
- Marmitako (Basque Tuna Stew) with Lawyer and Politician Miriam Durántez González · 34 minMiriam Gonzaléz Durantéz is a force, and Claire loved cooking with her for this episode of 5 O’ Clock Apron Podcast. Worth noting here that Claire is keen to get the elephant in…
- Black Bean Chilli with Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Oxford University Michael Wooldridge · 29 minIn this episode of 5 O’Clock Apron Podcast, Claire drives to Oxford to cook with the Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the…
- Chicken Curry with Undertaker Dee Ryding · 37 minIn this episode of 5 O’Clock Apron Podcast, Claire is on home turf, in Bristol and walks to Dee Ryding’s house. Dee is an undertaker and owns the funeral parlour Divine Ceremony…
- Actor Lisa McGrillis cooks Chicken Schnitzel with a Sour Cream, Cucumber & Potato Salad · 54 min · Season 4 Episode 10Lisa McGrillis is an actor. Born in Carlisle to Irish parents, Lisa grew up surrounded by family, food, and humour - three things that still shape her life today. She studied…
- England Rugby Prop Sarah Bern cooks pre match day Carbonara · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 9For this episode of 5 O’ Clock Apron Podcast, Claire travels to Bristol to cook with England rugby prop Sarah Bern - just a stone’s throw from Ashton Gate Stadium, where Sarah…
- The British Museum Curator for South East Asia, Dr Alexandra Green cooks a Thai Curry · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 8In this episode, Claire visits Oxford to cook with Alexandra Green, curator for Southeast Asia at the British Museum. Alexandra shares her passion for Southeast Asian food…
- Pasta Granny’s Mum, Susan Bennison, aged 92 yrs bakes her best Sponge Cake · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 7Susan Bennison, Sue for short, is 92 years old and incredible with it. Claire travelled to rural Kent to bake a cake with Sue for this episode. Arriving outside a cottage that…
- Farmer Ben Andrews cooks his Herefordshire take on Bulgogi Beef · 53 min · Season 4 Episode 6Ben Andrews is a farmer. Ben comes from a very long line of farming, in fact, his family date back 7 generations. He’s also been voted the UK’s 3rd hottest farmer by Farming…
- Ballerina Yasmine Naghdi makes linguine alle vongole · 40 min · Season 4 Episode 5Number 5 in 5 O’ Clock Apron Podcast hears Claire cooking alongside Principal Ballerina from The Royal Ballet, Yasmine Naghdi. Claire has never met a ballerina before, nor indeed…
- Comedian Jamie MacDonald cooks Seabass with Orzo, ‘Nduja & Leeks · 51 min · Season 4 Episode 4For this episode of 5 O’ Clock Apron Podcast, number 4 in a series of 10, Claire travels to Sheffield to cook with the comedian Jaime Macdonald. Jamie is blind, extremely tall…
- Sex Educator Ruby Rare makes a salad, sexy, naturally! · 52 min · Season 4 Episode 3For this episode of 5 O Clock Apron Podcast, Claire travels to Margate to cook with Ruby Rare. Ruby is a sex educator, that is to say, a force of nature with a mission to…
- Waste & Recycling Supervisor Owen Punselie Cooks Spicy Coconut Chicken & Rice · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 2In this 2nd episode of 5 O’ Clock Apron Podcast with Good Food, Owen welcomes Claire into his gorgeous kitchen in Bristol and sets about cooking with a confidence and flair that…
- Broadcaster Amol Rajan cooks a Paneer Curry · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 1To kick off the new series of 5 O' Clock Apron Podcast with Good Food Claire cooks with the giant of the airwaves, Amol Rajan. Amol is one of Radio 4’s Today program presenters…
- Introducing the new series of 5 O'Clock Apron · 4 min · Season 4Chef and food writer Claire Thomson is back with a brand-new series of the 5 O’Clock Apron podcast with Good Food! In this series, Claire invites another incredible line-up of…
- Mackerel and 'Cat's Whiskers' Sauce with Fish Merchant Robin Turner · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 4In this episode of 5 O’Clock Apron Podcast Claire cooks with fish merchant Robin Turner. Robin’s family have been involved in the Cornish fishing industry for 5 generations and…
- Mackerel and Tabbouleh with RNLI Lifeguard Gavin Philpotts · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode of 5 O’Clock Apron Podcast Claire cooks with RNLI lifeguard Gavin Philpotts. The podcast is recorded in the sand dunes above Sennen Beach, just below the…
- 'Protective' Potato Salad with Witch Emma Griffin · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 2In this episode of 5 O’Clock Apron Podcast Claire cooks with the Cornish Witch Emma Griffin. The podcast is recorded in a magical shed at the bottom of Emma’s garden, next door…
