From Soil to Plate: Raymond Blanc’s Kitchen Garden

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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This week we’re heading down to the world famous, double Michelin star Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in deepest Oxfordshire, to speak to chef Raymond Blanc about his ethos towards growing delicious produce, appreciating the soil, and letting veg take centre stage on the plate. From tasty veg to truly enormous ones, Fiona Davison will be telling us about the quirky tradition of giant vegetable growing competitions. And Jenny Laville will be joining us to give us the scoop on what's new for RHS shows in 2026. Host: Gareth Richards Contributors: Raymond Blanc, Jenny Laville, Fiona Davison Links: Simply Raymond Kitchen Garden: Seasonal recipes from my place to yours Malvern Autumn Show RHS Shows and Events

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0:00.0	Save 30% on RHS membership today.
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0:13.0	Delight in exclusive member only days and reduce rate tickets to RHS flower shows.
0:19.0	Plus expert gardening advice,
0:22.6	monthly editions of the garden magazine,
0:23.8	and so much more.
0:28.3	Join today from just £56.org at rhs.org.
0:30.9	Hurry, offer, end soon.
0:48.3	Terms and conditions apply. We often talk on this program about the sheer joy of growing your own food, that wonderful sense of connection between soil, seed and plate. Over the season, we've heard from RHS
0:53.9	autoculturists on how to nurture
0:55.5	everything from leafy greens to juicy fruits and hearty root vegetables. And now at last comes a reward
1:01.4	for all that care and patience, the harvest. It's a moment that marks a turning of the year when the
1:06.5	flavours that have been quietly developing under the long summer sun finally reached their peak.
1:11.6	Harvest is about more than just picking produce.
1:13.6	It's about savouring the results of your labour and discovering the character of food grown with your own hands.
1:19.6	Whether your kitchen calls for tried and true family favourites,
1:22.6	or you're tempted to get a little more adventurous with seasonal recipes,
1:25.6	autumn offers the perfect excuse to taste your
1:28.0	garden and to celebrate its abundance.
1:31.9	It's about herbs, it's about vegetables, it's also about art, it's about beauty, it's
1:37.9	about seasonality.
1:39.8	So for me a garden is so complex and beautiful. Few people understand the deep connection between the garden and the plate
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