Speaker 1: Welcome to season two of Ruthie's Table four. I'm Ruthie Rogers,
Speaker 1: the founder, chef and now podcaster of The River Cafe
Speaker 1: in London. Food is political, food is passion, food is art,
Speaker 1: Food is love. In this series, I will be talking
Speaker 1: with amazing people, hearing their food stories, discussing the role
Speaker 1: food plays in all their lives. Wolfgang Park has been
Speaker 1: defined by his experiences as a chef.
Speaker 2: My stepfather said, cooking is not a profession, but I
Speaker 2: still remember when I left when I was fourteen years old,
Speaker 2: and as I was walking out their house, he said, oh,
Speaker 2: you're good for nothing. You're going to be back in
Speaker 2: a month's saying. I said, I'm never coming back.
Speaker 1: Dame Judy Dench discusses her discovery that success in acting
Speaker 1: doesn't always translate into cooking.
Speaker 3: My agent at the time he came down to lunch,
Speaker 3: I made an enormous effort and I gave him lamb cutlets.
Speaker 3: He finished the man he sat back and he said, well,
Speaker 3: I'll tell you something, Jude. You didn't get the nbe
Speaker 3: for cooking.
Speaker 1: For Gwyneth Paltrow and her father, food was pure love
Speaker 1: because it was.
Speaker 4: Such an unabashed expression of my father's love for us,
Speaker 4: like there was no denying it, and so you learn
Speaker 4: it as a love language.
Speaker 1: Our guests will be from across the world, together with
Speaker 1: chefs and waiters who work every day at the River Cafe,
Speaker 1: sharing their stories, memories and their recipes.
Speaker 5: I think the best thing about the River Cafe kitchen
Speaker 5: is about you coming in the morning and you don't
Speaker 5: know whether you're going to be on the grill or
Speaker 5: whether you're cooking pasta or cooking dovesols and pigeon in
Speaker 5: the wood ovens. That really keeps you on your feet,
Speaker 5: and that's why I've been here Nitty seven years now.
Speaker 1: So listen to Ruthie's Table four on the thirteenth of
Speaker 1: December on the iHeartRadio app, an Apple Podcasts, or wherever
Speaker 1: you get your podcasts.