About this podcast
The fortnightly show dedicated to food and drink produced and enjoyed in and around Cambridge.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 30 episodes
- Flavour: Bridge Bagels · 57 minThe Cambridge online retailer selling everything you may want to eat at wholesale prices, from camel milk and thousand year old duck eggs to fruit and veg. A new bagel […]
- Flavour: Arbury Social Cafe · 56 minThe Arbury Social café opens after eight years development. Vendors from last weeks Biodiversity and Regenerative Food fair on Parkers Piece tell us why their food & drink is so…
- Flavour: The Rupert Brooke · 56 minThe new head chef at The Rupert Brooke has an impressive history, having worked at Midsummer House and Alimentum, he talks about his menu plans. Rosie Sykes talks about the […]
- Flavour: Kerb Kollective departs Riverside · 55 minKerb Kollective talk about their departure from Riverside and what comes next. The Maypole pub’s fascinating history and how it keeps ahead of trends. The what, where, when and…
- Flavour: Rosie Sykes on Plums · 55 minLocal chef Rosie Sykes with ideas for plums, including a tray bake, chili sauce and plum ketchup. Wonky Kitchen’s first year at the Cambridge Blue, and the forthcoming market to…
- Flavour: Drought on the Farm · 55 minHow Cambridge’s cows are coping with the drought, and how it’s affecting vegetable growing; a new cookery school at Frank’s Farm; fruit farm surpluses sold in a suburban…
- Flavour: Teatime · 56 minTaking and talking tea with Hot Numbers’ Simon Fraser (and milk in first or second?) Rockers Steak House has closed down. Owner George Bhangoo explains why and the challenges…
- Flavour: If you can’t stand the heat · 55 minOn the head, son! Is the World Cup a golden ticket for our struggling local hospitality? Can a summer Rosé make you feel fine? Dovecote Cellar tells all. Meanwhile Vandana […]
- Flavour: Kerb Kollective to leave museum · 53 minNews about Kerb Kollective. How the ‘meat on the menu’ experiment is going at Fin Boys, and a new initiative. Surviving the heat: how market traders are coping. Along with […]
- Flavour: New butcher on Grantchester Street · 54 minLocal businesses change hands as we pay a visit to a new butcher taking over Cousin’s site on Grantchester Street, and The Derby Stores in Newnham is coming under new […]
- Flavour: The Green Man · 57 minIn this edition, we’re checking out the delights of a Brazilian Barbecue and the kinds of foods you can expect from one down at The Green Man in Grantchester, we […]
- Flavour: New chef at Burleigh Arms · 57 minStunning food at the Burleigh Arms, the new chef describes the ideas behind some of the dishes. A big award for The Rupert Brook. Paulina’s Chilean Bakery nominated for Velvet […]
- Flavour: Hot Numbers anniversary · 56 minThe smell of success is coffee, at least for Hot Numbers celebrating 15 years in Cambridge! We chat to owner Simon Fraser. And if coffee’s not your thing how about […]
- Flavour: Fin Boys put meat on the menu · 48 minFinding out why Fin Boys has added meat to its menu. Celebrating International Carrot Day with enticing ideas from Rosie Sykes for sweet carrot dishes, including for breakfast…
- Flavour: The Shopkeepers Daughter · 55 minA plant shop may not be the obvious place for good coffee, unless you pay a visit to The Shopkeepers Daughter in the city centre and try their perfect People’s […]
- Flavour: Ellimata; The Cherry Pit; Alex Rushmer · 55 minThe Cambridge café that’s now also a venue for music, supper clubs and comedy. A platform for connecting with new people in restaurants or over coffee. New delivery options from…
- Flavour: Coffee and Toast · 54 minVG Coffee owner reflects on how the last five years have brought success and failure in equal measure. A new cafe offering old favourite coffees and teas well as experimental […]
- Flavour: Bertie’s Cheesecakes arrive at Cambridge Market · 56 minA look at what’s in season at Culinaris and some cooking tips too. A new food stall at Cambridge market. Foraging tips for February. Some tales from Mill Road pubs. […]
- Flavour: Mark Poynton on The Future of Restaurants · 56 minRestaurants are suffering financially. Mark Poynton of the Ancient Shepherds talks about which ones are likely to survive and how the situation compares with recent years…
- Flavour Best of 2025 · 57 minA look back at the food and drink scene in 2025. The new places, the new beginnings, the oldies but goodies, plus up to the minute news about what’s happening […]
