Postbag Edition
The Kitchen Cabinet
BBC
4.6 • 726 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Jay Rayner and a panel of expert chefs, cooks and food writers dip into the TKC postbag with the goal of answering various culinary conundrums, sent to the inbox. Joining Jay are Jocky Petrie, Sophie Wright, Tim Anderson and Dr Zoe Laughlin.
The panellists explore what to do with excess bottles of prosecco, the best method for resting meat, and which pan truly delivers the perfect grilled steak. They’ll also reveal their least favourite kitchen chores and share their secrets for identifying top-quality butter.
Producer: Dan Cocker 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. |
| 0:40.1 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:44.1 | Hello and welcome to the kitchen cabinet. This week, we've swapped our usual hall, |
| 0:48.4 | theatre or school venue for a cosy and intimate radio studio in popular and trendy |
| 0:53.2 | shoreditch, but don't worry, our team of food |
| 0:55.3 | experts are neither popular nor trendy. One of them doesn't even have a dishwasher, and the other |
| 0:59.4 | three haven't listened to popular music since the Spice Girls were in the charts book as well, |
| 1:03.1 | you know, it's food-related, isn't it? Joining me to tell me what I want, what I really, really want |
| 1:08.1 | from questions picked from the TKC email inbox are cooks and food |
| 1:11.8 | writers, Jockey Petrie, Sophie Wright and Tim Anderson, and in constant hope that one day scientists |
| 1:16.8 | become popular and trendy. It's materials expert, Dr Zoharie Laughlin. Say hello, panel. |
| 1:21.4 | Hello. It's lovely to see you all. It's series 48 of the kitchen cabinet, which began in |
| 1:26.9 | Ashford in Kent with flour and custard, |
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