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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.
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- 3 days ago2 min
Season Six!
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. And this season, there’s something new: Table 4: Chefs’ Notes. Each week, our River Café executive chefs, Sian Wyn Owen and Joseph Trivelli, will join me at the table to share their notes and opinions on our favourite recipes, along with cooking tips and secrets from the River Café kitchen. Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie’s Table 4 community on social. Instagram: instagram.com/ruthiestable4 TikTok: tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4 YouTube: youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod Shop River Café Books and more… www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk Contact us: Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 1 weeks ago42 min
From the Archive: Richard E. Grant on eating the same seven meals growing up, Henry Higgins and coping with loss
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. Instagram: instagram.com/ruthiestable4 TikTok: tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4 YouTube: youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod Shop River Café Books and more… www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk Contact us: Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago32 min
From the Archive: Gary Lineker on Goals, Gnocchi, and Refusing to Stay Silent
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. Instagram: instagram.com/ruthiestable4 TikTok: tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4 YouTube: youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod Shop River Café Books and more… www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk Contact us: Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago33 min
From the Archive: Cate Blanchett on growing her own food, multiculturalism, and a disastrous Christmas dinner
This week, we’re looking back to the summer morning we shared with Cate Blanchett, who joined me at The River Cafe after her run in Thomas Ostermeier’s The Seagull. We talked about the pleasures of touring a play, growing up between American and Australian food traditions, silent meals after losing her father, teenage dinner parties inspired by a Salvador Dalí cookbook, the joys of growing food, and her love of sake. Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie’s Table 4 community on social. Instagram: instagram.com/ruthiestable4 TikTok: tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4 YouTube: youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod Shop River Café Books and more… www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk Contact us: Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Sep 28, 202643 min
From the Archives: Sarah Jessica Parker on the importance of food in Sex and the City, cooking with her husband, and pork chops.
This week, we’re revisiting our live episode with Sarah Jessica Parker. And what a guest she was. Sarah has always had a deep love of food, so we had plenty to talk about: from the role of food in Sex and the City, where so many memorable conversations unfolded around a meal, to growing up as one of eight children and cooking every night with Matthew Broderick. She cooked puntarelle in the kitchen with Sian Wyn Owen, took questions from our audience, shared her thoughts on airplane food, revealed her perfect pork chops, and her devotion to Burford eggs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Sep 21, 202634 min
From the Archive - Benedict Cumberbatch on Living with Wes Anderson, Imitating Ruthie & ‘Daddy Pancakes’
During our between-season break, we’re revisiting some of my favourite conversations from the Ruthie’s Table 4 archive. This week, we're looking back to when Benedict Cumberbatch joined me at The River Cafe to talk about Negronis with Wes Anderson, growing up in a theatrical family, body transformations, and cooking for his children. Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie’s Table 4 community on social. Instagram: instagram.com/ruthiestable4 TikTok: tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4 YouTube: youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod 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: Alex Bell & Robbie Hamilton Editors: Alex Bell and 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/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Sep 15, 202649 min
From the Archive: Zoe Saldaña on Growing Up in Queens, Family Recipes & Why NYC Has the Best Pizza
As we look forward to Series 6 in October, we’re revisiting some of our favourite episodes of Ruthie’s Table 4. Zoe Saldaña was a force from the moment she entered the restaurant back in 2025. She told us stories about her grandmother’s coconut desserts, how her family dances through life, and what it was like growing up in Queens. We talked about Caribbean soups, Dominican cooking and New York pizza — and by the end of the episode, we were all ready to eat. Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie’s Table 4 community on social. Instagram: instagram.com/ruthiestable4 TikTok: tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4 YouTube: youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod Shop River Café Books and more… www.shoptherivercafe.co.uk Contact us: Ruthiestable4pod@gmail.com Recorded at: River Café: https://www.rivercafe.co.uk/ Ruthie’s Table 4 is an Atomized Studios production: https://www.atomizedstudios.tv/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Sep 7, 202621 min
How Food Shapes Our Work… Gayle King, Mark Ronson, Graham Norton, Emerald Fennell, and Patrick Radden Keefe.
Whether in film, music, books or television, food can be a source of inspiration or integral to the way we work. In this special compilation episode of Ruthie's Table 4, we're talking about the shared ingredients of what we do, with Gayle King, Mark Ronson, Graham Norton, Emerald Fennell – the director of Wuthering Heights, and Patrick Radden Keefe – the author of London Falling. Hit FOLLOW to make sure you never miss an episode, and join the Ruthie’s Table 4 community on social. Instagram: instagram.com/ruthiestable4 TikTok: tiktok.com/@ruthiestable4 YouTube: youtube.com/@RuthiesTable4Pod 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: Alex Bell & Robbie Hamilton Editors: Alex Bell and 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/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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About Ruthie's Table 4
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.
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