Summary
Jay Rayner and the panel are at Theatre Peckham in South London discussing melons, Nigerian barbecues and one-pan veggie meals.
Joining Jay to answer an array of kitchen questions are are chefs, cooks and food writers, Melissa Thompson, Shelina Permalloo, Lerato and Jeremy Pang.
Situated a stone's throw from Peckham's Melon Road, the panel discuss the wonders of Chinese savoury melons and their top melon-based dishes. While Melissa teaches the do's and don'ts of dry rub seasonings, the panel share their most exciting recipes involving potatoes and disclose what they would deem their own 'happy meal'.
Later on, Jay chats to local restaurateur and chef, Kolawole Ajayi, of Suyaar restaurant on Rye Lane, to discuss the traditional methods of making and preparing Nigerian suya beef.
Producer: Dulcie Whadcock Assistant Producer: William Norton
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4
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| 0:17.2 | Many of them are very funny. |
| 0:19.1 | Which I think means... |
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| 0:38.4 | This week we're at Theatre Peckham in south-east London, sandwiched between Camberwell and New Cross. |
| 0:43.4 | Peckham was formerly a part of Surrey before being snapped up by the London borough of Southwark in 1965. |
| 0:49.6 | Voted the coolest neighbourhood in the UK in 2025. |
| 0:52.8 | Peckham boasts many striking sights. |
| 0:54.6 | Here you will find a sterling prize-winning library, a Venetian-style clock tower, |
| 0:58.7 | and one of London's so-called magnificent seven Victorian cemeteries. |
| 1:02.6 | What's more, it is here that 18th century poet and painter William Blake |
| 1:06.0 | experienced his first vision of angels in the nearby park, Peckham Rye. |
| 1:10.6 | Joining me to depict their various visions are four angels of our very own chefs, cooks and food writers, |
| 1:16.3 | Melissa Thompson, Shalina Purmolu, and Lerato, and dusting off his halo and waxing his wings, |
| 1:21.2 | his divine messenger, Jeremy Pang. |
| 1:23.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, your kitchen cabinet paddle. |
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