Ruthie's Table 4
iHeart Podcast Network
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 River Cafe 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. For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/ Web: https://rivercafe.co.uk/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/therivercafelondon/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/therivercafelondon/ For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Location:
United States
Genres:
Food & Cooking Podcasts
Networks:
iHeart Podcast Network
Description:
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 River Cafe 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. For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/ Web: https://rivercafe.co.uk/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/therivercafelondon/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/therivercafelondon/ For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Language:
English
Episodes
Bonus: Porcini Mushrooms
9/29/2025
The mysterious world of professional foraging, roasting the perfect porcini, and our favourite dishes for newcomers to mushrooms. With Ruthie Rogers, Sian Owen and Joseph Trivelli.
Ruthie's Table 4, made in partnership with Moncler.
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Duración:00:09:05
Bonus: First Days At The River Café
9/23/2025
Memories of disappearing croissants, covering up kitchen mistakes, and how good chefs 'dance' around the kitchen. With Ruthie Rogers, Sian Owen and Joseph Trivelli.
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Duración:00:14:33
From The Archive: Guy Ritchie
9/15/2025
...on cooking lunches for his cast on film sets, what makes his perfect steak, and the moment in his 40s when he finally understood wine. Originally recorded in 2024.
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Duración:00:38:21
From The Archive: Keira Knightley & James Righton
9/15/2025
...on how they met following a prophetic dream from Kiera's agent, how dating Kiera forced James to eat more adventurously, and the parallels between songwriting and winemaking. Originally recorded in 2024.
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Duración:00:36:33
From The Archive: Frank Gehry
9/8/2025
The trailblazing sculptural architect describes keeping live carp in the bathtub for dinner, how fish influence his designs, and holding matzo brei 'bake-offs' with his friends. Originally recorded in 2023.
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Duración:00:28:50
From The Archive: Laura Dern
9/1/2025
...on accidentally eating movie props, how food on film sets has changed, her passion for regenerative farming, and writing a book with her mother. Originally recorded in 2024.
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Duración:00:34:48
From The Archive: Vivek Murthy
8/25/2025
The former Surgeon General of the United States discusses how loneliness can be understood as a medical condition, and the hot sauce his father made which was so spicy it required a mask. Originally recorded in 2024.
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Duración:00:43:13
From The Archives: Nigella Lawson
8/18/2025
Nigella Lawson reminisces with her close friend Ruthie about cooking with her mother, working as a chambermaid in Florence, the joy of room-temperature meals and what 'comfort food' means to her. Originally recorded in 2021.
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Thumbnail Photograph: Matt Holyoak
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Duración:00:21:46
From the Archive: Victoria Beckham
8/11/2025
On this week’s episode, recorded in 2021, Victoria Beckham reveals the secret use of her mother’s microwave, the diet best for a Spice girl, and the thrill of her first taste of Cristal Champagne.
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Duración:00:21:39
Best of Season 4 - Part Two
8/4/2025
Part Two of our ‘Best Of Season 4’ revisits guests from some of our favourite episodes.
Join Richard E. Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Cate Blanchett, Tony Blair, Bono, Sienna Miller and Erling Kagge talking about food and memories, food and family, food and adventure and much much more.
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Duración:00:40:23
Best of Season 4 - Part One
7/28/2025
In October, I sat down at The River Cafe with director Guillermo del Toro for the first episode in a new season of Ruthie's Table 4. 40 guests later, season four has come to an end and we thought it would be fun to look back at some of those conversations.
Today we'll be hearing from Guillermo, Elton John, David Furnish, Zoe Saldaña, Josh Brolin, Bella Freud, Alice Walters, and Anthony Scaramucci.
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Duración:00:48:24
(Bonus episode) Benedict Cumberbatch on the health toll of weight gain and loss as an actor
7/23/2025
In the final bonus episode of season 4, Benedict Cumberbatch discusses his role in The Courier, and the toll it takes on actors' health to gain and lose weight for a part.
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Duración:00:04:59
Benedict Cumberbatch remembers living with Wes Anderson whilst filming, imitates Ruthie, and discusses his upcoming film The Roses with Olivia Colman.
7/21/2025
Life is about connections.
Rick Rubin, (season two, episode 7), invited me for dinner with Benedict Cumberbatch, where Benedict talked mostly about the food he was cooking for his children. Cary Fukunaga, (season one, episode 4) recently asked me to find a fishmonger who could teach Benedict how to fillet a sea bass for his role in the thriller Blood On Snow. JJ Abrams, (season two, episode 9) texted “Ruthie, Benedict must not be of this earth. Describing him as a limitless talent somehow feels like an understatement.” And Wes Anderson, (season three, episode 1), described Benedict as one of the great actors of our time. “He's like an Olivier or a Gielgud mixed with a DeNiro or a Hoffman”
Benedict thinks about the food he eats, the issues of sustainability, fairness, and civil liberties. He's here with me now in The River Cafe to talk about food and film, family and friends.
What a connection.
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Duración:00:35:49
(Bonus episode) Bono reads the recipe for Spaghetti alla Puttanesca and shares how his father influenced him
7/17/2025
In the bonus this week, Bono shares the River Cafe recipe for Spaghetti alla Puttanesca. He also describes fulfilling his father's dream of performing Torna A Surriento in the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and reflects on how he was shaped by his father's values.
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Duración:00:07:38
Bono shares food memories from early life, recalls bringing politicians together to break bread, and even sings Amazing Grace.
7/14/2025
Like everyone else, I know Bono through U2, his fight for social justice with his ONE campaign and (RED), his philanthropy, his strong values, his vision. I also know him as family. One of the best days we've had in The River Cafe was with Ali, his wife, his children and friends, celebrating the birthday he shares with one of my best friends, his daughter Jordan.
Today, Bono and I are going to talk about family, food, music, memories, and more.
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Duración:00:41:05
(Bonus Episode) Alexandra Mousavizadeh remembers traditional Danish cuisine
7/9/2025
In this week's bonus, Alexandra Mousavizadeh remembers the food of her childhood in Denmark. She and I discuss its roots in Viking times - heavily grounded in fishing and foraging - and how this laid the foundation for Denmark as a food mecca.
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Duración:00:04:51
Alexandra Mousavizdeh on AI opportunities, losing a finger and Persian cuisine
7/7/2025
Alexandra Mousavizadeh is my closest friend, and yet I have little idea how to describe what she does. This I do know: she’s an economist, an expert in game theory, and co-founded Evident in 2022 to benchmark companies on their AI performance.
In Alexandra's house, the place I love most is her kitchen and the smell of an extraordinary Persian rice. Alexandra and I are here together to talk about food, technology, the future, friends, family, and not being afraid. You'll learn about this remarkable friend of mine and I will learn what in fact she does, always with love.
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Duración:00:41:54
(Bonus Episode) Catering for 700 at the Tate Modern's 25th anniversary
7/5/2025
In this behind-the-scenes bonus, I talk with executive chefs Sian Owen and Joseph Trivelli about the challenges and rewards of cooking for hundreds of guests to celebrate the Tate Modern's 25th birthday. We pay tribute to the tireless work of those who made it happen and reflect on grating kilos of parmesan and zesting endless lemons.
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Duración:00:19:32
(Bonus Episode) John Lithgow on his Great British Bake Off appearance
7/2/2025
In this bonus episode, John Lithgow recalls appearing on the celebrity edition of The Great British Bake Off, his attempt to make a Swiss roll which was deemed 'not sellable in any cake shop', as well making a Winston Churchill gingerbread man.
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Duración:00:04:22
John Lithgow discusses playing Roald Dahl, appearing on Bake Off - and sings with Ruthie
6/30/2025
John Lithgow has played a cardinal, serial killer, prime minister, alien and president. But the role I know him best in is as a great friend.
John is currently living in London, playing Roald Dahl in Giant to rave reviews. I’ve seen it three times.
We met at The River Cafe on Father’s Day, to talk about acting and food, theatre and food, film and food, family and food. And of course, friendship and food.
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Duración:00:36:18