Summary
Jay Rayner and a panel of food experts are in Bath offering tips on soft cheese and bain-marie cooking. Jay is joined by chefs, cooks and food writers Sophie Wright, Jocky Petrie and Lerato Umah-Shaylor, along with resident food historian Dr Annie Gray. The panellists discuss their favourite cold soups, explain the purpose of different types of salt, and share the best things to pair with soft cheese. Meanwhile, Annie Gray provides a brief history of cheese production in the UK. Later on, Jay chats to local cheesemonger Hugh Padfield to discuss the unique history, flavour profile and method of producing Bath soft cheese.
Senior Producer: Dominic Tyerman Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
| 0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
| 0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
| 0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
| 0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
| 0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
| 0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.2 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:44.3 | Hello and welcome to the kitchen cabinet. This week it's bath time for our panel. Yes, |
| 0:48.6 | we're in the Roman spa city of Bath for the team's biannual hosing down as we chucked |
| 0:53.6 | in the city's hot pools |
| 0:54.8 | until the smell of onions has faded and the deep fat frying oil is extracted from their hair. |
| 1:00.1 | Joining me in the echoey banqueting room of Bath's Guildhall, possibly serenaded by the sound |
| 1:05.8 | of accompanying seagulls outside, is a panel of some of the food world's greatest minds |
| 1:10.1 | who frankly should be treated |
| 1:11.2 | with a little more respect. It's chefs, cooks and food writers Jockey Petrie, Sophie Wright and |
| 1:15.8 | Arata Umashela, and with them a woman in her absolute element amid the city's Georgian splendor. |
| 1:21.2 | It's our resident food historian, Dr. Annie Gray. Ladies and gentlemen, it's your kitchen cabinet panel. |
| 1:34.4 | Thank you. ladies and gentlemen it's your kitchen cabinet panel one of Bath's many claims to fame is that it was the site of the first posted letter |
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