Ruthie's Table 4

Conversations on food and memory with notable guests at a London restaurant AI summary

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

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How to Make the Perfect Tomato Sauce, with Steve Martin and Martin Short

2026-11-12 · 12 min · Season 6, episode 2

In this episode of Table 4: Chefs’ Notes, Steve Martin and Martin Short bring a little show business to the kitchen as they read our slow-cooked tomato sauce recipe, with a banjo, impressions and plenty of laughter.…
Steve Martin & Martin Short on a Lifetime of Friendship, Food and Laughter

2026-11-10 · 42 min · Season 6, episode 2

What happens when two of the funniest men in the world sit down to eat? On this special episode of Ruthie’s Table 4, I’m joined by Steve Martin and Martin Short. From their early days on The Three Amigos to Only Murders…
How to Cook the Perfect Sea Bass... Introducing Table 4: Chefs’ Notes!

2026-11-05 · 13 min · Season 6, episode 1

We have something new for Series 6: Table 4: Chefs’ Notes! Each week, our Executive Chefs, Sian Wyn Owen and Joseph Trivelli, join me to share the secrets behind our favourite River Cafe recipes. In this episode, Nile…
Nile Rodgers on Madonna, Spices, and Growing Up Amid Love and Addiction

2026-11-03 · 50 min · Season 6, episode 1

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…
Season Six!

2026-10-27 · 2 min

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…
From the Archive: Richard E. Grant on eating the same seven meals growing up, Henry Higgins and coping with loss

2026-10-19 · 42 min

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

2026-10-12 · 33 min

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…
From the Archive: Cate Blanchett on growing her own food, multiculturalism, and a disastrous Christmas dinner

2026-10-05 · 33 min

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,…
From the Archives: Sarah Jessica Parker on the importance of food in Sex and the City, cooking with her husband, and pork chops.

2026-09-28 · 44 min

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,…
From the Archive: Benedict Cumberbatch on Living with Wes Anderson, Imitating Ruthie & ‘Daddy Pancakes’

2026-09-21 · 35 min

During our between-season break, we’re revisiting some of our 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…

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Owner: Atomized Studios
Oldest episode in feed: 08/2021 · over 5 years
Typical length: 29 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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