We’re back!

The sixth season of Ruthie’s Table 4 begins Tuesday, 3 November.

Steve Martin and Martin Short tell us why grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup make the perfect Christmas dinner. Nile Rodgers remembers cooking with his grandmother in Barbados. Bertha González Nieves takes us to the agave fields where she fell in love with tequila, while Thandiwe Newton talks about reclaiming her name and her Zimbabwean heritage.

These are just some of the stories and intimate conversations I’ve been having around the table, and I’d love you to join us.

 

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Contact us: ⁠Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com

We&rsquo;re back!
The sixth season of Ruthie&rsquo;s Table 4 begins Tuesday, 3 November.
Steve Martin and Martin Short tell us why grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup make the perfect Christmas dinner. Nile Rodgers remembers cooking with his grandmother in Barbados. Bertha Gonz&aacute;lez Nieves takes us to the agave fields where she fell in love with tequila, while Thandiwe Newton talks about reclaiming her name and her Zimbabwean heritage.
These are just some of the stories and intimate conversations I&rsquo;ve been having around the table, and I&rsquo;d love you to join us.
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Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie&rsquo;s Table 4 community on social.
⁠Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruthiestable4">instagram.com/ruthiestable4</a>
TikTok: <a href="mailto:tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4">tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4</a>
YouTube: <a href="mailto:youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod">youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod</a>
Shop River Caf&eacute; Books and more&hellip; <a href="http://www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk">www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk</a>
Contact us: ⁠Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com

For nearly forty years, The River Cafe in London has been a home-from-home for artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists and politicians. It is also the home of its co-founder, Ruthie Rogers — restaurateur, cookbook author, podcast host and one of the most influential figures in British food.

On Ruthie’s Table 4, Ruthie invites her guests — many of them friends and longtime restaurant regulars — to The River Cafe for a journey through food and memory.

In each episode, Ruthie uses the lens of food to unlock stories and personal histories from an extraordinary range of guests, including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Michael Caine, Dame Tracey Emin, Sir Elton John, Kamala Harris, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham, Sir Ian McKellen, Greta Gerwig, Gordon Brown, Tina Fey, Dame Judi Dench, Yotam Ottolenghi, Wyclef Jean, Mel Brooks, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Jony Ive, Sarah Jessica Parker and many others.

So take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation.

For nearly forty years, The River Cafe in London has been a home-from-home for artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists and politicians. It is also the home of its co-founder, Ruthie Rogers &mdash; restaurateur, cookbook author, podcast host and one of the most influential figures in British food.
On Ruthie&rsquo;s Table 4, Ruthie invites her guests &mdash; many of them friends and longtime restaurant regulars &mdash; to The River Cafe for a journey through food and memory.
In each episode, Ruthie uses the lens of food to unlock stories and personal histories from an extraordinary range of guests, including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Michael Caine, Dame Tracey Emin, Sir Elton John, Kamala Harris, David Beckham and Victoria Beckham, Sir Ian McKellen, Greta Gerwig, Gordon Brown, Tina Fey, Dame Judi Dench, Yotam Ottolenghi, Wyclef Jean, Mel Brooks, Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Jony Ive, Sarah Jessica Parker and many others.
So take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation.

Ruthie's Table 4

Welcome to Ruthie's Table 4 hosted by Ruthie Rogers, co-founder and chef of The River Cafe in London. Each week, Ruthie sits down with a guest from The River Cafe to discuss their food memories. These conversations between two friends can cover anything from childhood and family through to art and politics. Food is the gateway to guests revealing great stories, always intimately told.


For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/

Follow the podcast:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/ruthiestable4
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ruthiestable4

For any podcast enquires please contact: willem.olenski@atomizedstudios.tv

For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favourite shows.

Welcome to Ruthie's Table 4 hosted by Ruthie Rogers, co-founder and chef of The River Cafe in London. Each week, Ruthie sits down with a guest from The River Cafe to discuss their food memories. These conversations between two friends can cover anything from childhood and family through to art and politics. Food is the gateway to guests revealing great stories, always intimately told.
 For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/pDySCWoZiyYBZZf6INAX/">https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/</a>
Follow the podcast:
Instagram: <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/Dx8MC132hEmYxxfYbNfo">www.instagram.com/ruthiestable4</a> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4">https://www.tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4</a> YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ruthiestable4
For any podcast enquires please contact: willem.olenski@atomizedstudios.tv
For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favourite shows.

Season Six!

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/0e8b508f-6900-478e-9625-b4ef00edf385/transcript

Growing Up in a Troubled Home

Early Musical Influences and Adoption

Joining the Black Panthers

The Birth of Chic and Working with Madonna

Encounters with Music Legends

A Life of Musical Discovery

Welcome to Season Six! 

How did growing up in a household affected by heroin, surrounded by jazz greats, shape Nile Rodgers? How did his Barbadian grandmother’s lessons about spices influence him? And what was it really like working with Madonna, David Bowie and Michael Jackson?

In the first episode of Season Six, I sat down with Nile to explore his remarkable life, from his childhood in New York and joining the Black Panther Party at 16 to forming Chic and creating some of pop music’s biggest records. He shared stories of Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie visiting his family home, making Like a Virgin with Madonna and going out to restaurants together, as well as his first meeting with David Bowie.

 

If you enjoy this podcast, leave us a REVIEW, hit FOLLOW, and turn your notifications ON to make sure you never miss an episode.

Join the Ruthie’s Table 4 community on social.

⁠Instagram: instagram.com/ruthiestable4

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Shop River Café Books and more… www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk

Contact us: ⁠Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com

Credits

Presented by Ruthie Rogers: instagram.com/ruthierogers

Production Manager: Bella Salini

YouTube Editor: Andrew Tsang

Producers: Robbie Hamilton

Editors: Julia Johnson

Executive Producers: Ruthie Rogers, Zad Rogers

 

 

Recorded at: River Café: https://www.rivercafe.co.uk/

 

Ruthie’s Table 4 is an Atomized Studios production: https://www.atomizedstudios.tv/

Welcome to Season Six!&nbsp;
How did growing up in a household affected by heroin, surrounded by jazz greats, shape Nile Rodgers? How did his Barbadian grandmother&rsquo;s lessons about spices influence him? And what was it really like working with Madonna, David Bowie and Michael Jackson?
In the first episode of Season Six, I sat down with Nile to explore his remarkable life, from his childhood in New York and joining the Black Panther Party at 16 to forming Chic and creating some of pop music&rsquo;s biggest records. He shared stories of Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie visiting his family home, making Like a Virgin&nbsp;with Madonna and going out to restaurants together, as well as his first meeting with David Bowie.
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If you enjoy this podcast, leave us a REVIEW, hit FOLLOW, and turn your notifications ON to make sure you never miss an episode.
Join the Ruthie&rsquo;s Table 4 community on social.
⁠Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruthiestable4">instagram.com/ruthiestable4</a>
TikTok: <a href="mailto:tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4">tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4</a>
YouTube: <a href="mailto:youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod">youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod</a>
Shop River Caf&eacute; Books and more&hellip; <a href="http://www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk">www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk</a>
Contact us: ⁠Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com
Credits
Presented by Ruthie Rogers: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruthierogers">instagram.com/ruthierogers</a>
Production Manager: Bella Salini
YouTube Editor: Andrew Tsang
Producers: Robbie Hamilton
Editors: Julia Johnson
Executive Producers: Ruthie Rogers, Zad Rogers
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Recorded at: River Caf&eacute;: <a href="https://www.rivercafe.co.uk/">https://www.rivercafe.co.uk/</a>
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Ruthie&rsquo;s Table 4 is an Atomized Studios production: <a href="https://www.atomizedstudios.tv/">https://www.atomizedstudios.tv/</a>

Nile Rodgers on Madonna, Spices, and Growing Up Amid Love and Addiction

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/cad31862-b618-4952-b81c-b4f301361a3f/transcript

With Richard E. Grant delighting audiences on The Traitors, we’re looking back at this special episode of Ruthie’s Table 4. I remember Richard and his wife Joan in the early days of The River Cafe, coming in for lunch and sitting at the same table, always warm, lovely and absorbed in each other. More than thirty years later, Richard and I share the loss of the partners we loved. We came together to talk about family, food, friendship and, above all, the enduring joy of love.

 

Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie’s Table 4 community on social.

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YouTube: youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod

Shop River Café Books and more… www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk

Contact us: ⁠Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com

 

With Richard E. Grant delighting audiences on The Traitors, we&rsquo;re looking back at this special episode of Ruthie&rsquo;s Table 4. I remember Richard and his wife Joan in the early days of The River Cafe, coming in for lunch and sitting at the same table, always warm, lovely and absorbed in each other. More than thirty years later, Richard and I share the loss of the partners we loved. We came together to talk about family, food, friendship and, above all, the enduring joy of love.
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Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie&rsquo;s Table 4 community on social.
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TikTok: <a href="mailto:tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4">tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4</a>
YouTube: <a href="mailto:youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod">youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod</a>
Shop River Caf&eacute; Books and more&hellip; <a href="http://www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk">www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk</a>
Contact us: ⁠Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com
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From the Archive: Richard E. Grant on eating the same seven meals growing up, Henry Higgins and coping with loss 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/452e82e9-8c91-40d4-af86-b4e5010a0dff/transcript

Gnocchi and Italian Cuisine

Childhood in Leicester Market

Early Football Career

The Barcelona Experience

The Thrill of Scoring Goals

Taking a Stand for Refugees

This week, we’re looking back at Gary Lineker’s visit to The River Cafe.

Over the table, we travelled from his childhood in Leicester and the food of his mother’s kitchen to the football pitches of Barcelona. We talked about fame, family, and the importance of speaking out for refugees and compassion. Gary made potato gnocchi with tomato sauce alongside our chef Joseph Trivelli, and revealed his love of cottage pie.

 

Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie’s Table 4 community on social.

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Shop River Café Books and more… www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk

Contact us: ⁠Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com

This week, we&rsquo;re looking back at Gary Lineker&rsquo;s visit to The River Cafe.
Over the table, we travelled from his childhood in Leicester and the food of his mother&rsquo;s kitchen to the football pitches of Barcelona. We talked about fame, family, and the importance of speaking out for refugees and compassion. Gary made potato gnocchi with tomato sauce alongside our chef Joseph Trivelli, and revealed his love of cottage pie.
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Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie&rsquo;s Table 4 community on social.
⁠Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruthiestable4">instagram.com/ruthiestable4</a>
TikTok: <a href="mailto:tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4">tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4</a>
YouTube: <a href="mailto:youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod">youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod</a>
Shop River Caf&eacute; Books and more&hellip; <a href="http://www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk">www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk</a>
Contact us: ⁠Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com

From the Archive: Gary Lineker on Goals, Gnocchi, and Refusing to Stay Silent

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/466b2408-7ff9-4f1d-aeb6-b4df011951f3/transcript

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