Introducing: Ruthie's Table 4

For more than 30 years The River Cafe in London, has been the home-from-home of artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists, and politicians. Michael Caine, Glenn Close, JJ Abrams, Steve McQueen, Victoria and David Beckham, and Lily Allen, are just some of the people who love to call The River Cafe home.

 

On Ruthie's Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers.

 

Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. 

 

Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, where Ruthie oversees the restaurant. You are invited to take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation.

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
One of my favorite restaurants in London, well actually anywhere
in the world is the River Cafe.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
River Cafe Table four is a brand new podcast with
me Ruthie Rogers, the founder and chef of the River
Cafe in London. River Cafe Table four takes us on
a food journey around the world with friends like Paul McCartney.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
John Lennon and I hitchhiked to Paris and we thought, oh,
we've got to have a wine experience. We're in France
and we took a sip and thought, that is terrible.
It's like vinegar.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
This podcast features intimate conversations with my guests all about
their food memories, like Victoria Beckham. We ate before the show,
we ate during the show, and we ate after the show.
I discussed food and travel with Kerry Joji Fukunaga when.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
I was traveling in Cambodia in the late nineties. Actually
with the Japanese guy that met one of the hostels.
We were motorcyclan and across the country. He wanted a
detour to this town that was known for its stir
fried spiders.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
And each guest selects their favorite recipe from a River
Cafe cookbook.

Speaker 5 (01:07):
I'm Jake Gillenhall, and there is truly nothing like Ruthie
slow cooked Tomato.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Sauce, featuring guests such as Glenn Close. We had a
rooster down there called Pretzel.

Speaker 4 (01:18):
He was inedible.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
You couldn't even get a knife into where my mother was.

Speaker 5 (01:22):
Pretzel's revenge.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Jeff Goldblum.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Okay, here ready, here's my You don't like it, you
can say take two, and I'll do as many times
as you want.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Take two. Waited, I haven't taken one yet, Just a second.

Speaker 5 (01:35):
Edward enfil somehow I missed the cooking Jane. Yeah, that's okay,
But I can really eat eating you can.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Tell and many many more. So join us at River
Cafe Table for to hear this brand new podcast all
about their memories, their travels, and the food they turned
to for comfort. What would that be your comfort food?

Speaker 1 (01:58):
Well, years ago it was such did you mash?

Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Now it's Caprio.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Okay. Listen to River Cafe Table four on the iHeartRadio app,
on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.