Ruthie's Table 4
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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 l...
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From The Archive: Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik is a brilliant mind. An acclaimed writer, essayist and commentator; he's authored nine books, and has written for The New Yorker for nearl...
From The Archive: Olivia Colman
I first met Olivia over food one night in The River Cafe, she was with Maggie Gyllenhaal and they had just wrapped filming for their movie The Lost Da...
Bonus: Porcini Mushrooms
The mysterious world of professional foraging, roasting the perfect porcini, and our favourite dishes for newcomers to mushrooms. With Ruthie Rogers,...
Bonus: First Days At The River Cafe
Memories of disappearing croissants, covering up kitchen mistakes, and how good chefs 'dance' around the kitchen. With Ruthie Rogers, Sian Owen and Jo...
From The Archive: Guy Ritchie
...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 r...
From The Archive: Keira Knightley & James Righton
...on how they met following a prophetic dream from Keira's agent, how dating Keira forced James to eat more adventurously, and the parallels between...
From The Archive: Frank Gehry
The architect describes keeping live carp in the bathtub for dinner, how fish influence his designs, and holding matzo brei 'bake-offs' with his frien...
From The Archive: Laura Dern
...on accidentally eating movie props, how food on film sets has changed, her passion for regenerative farming, and writing a book with her mother. Or...
From The Archive: Vivek Murthy
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 w...
From The Archive: Nigella Lawson
...on 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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From the Archive: Victoria Beckham
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 t...
Best of Season Four: Part 2
Part Two of our ‘Best Of Season 4’ revisits guests from some of our favourite episodes.
Join Richard E. Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Cate Blan...
Best of Season Four: Part 1
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,...
Bonus: Benedict Cumberbatch on the health toll of weight gain and loss as an actor
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 lo...
Benedict Cumberbatch remembers living with Wes Anderson whilst filming, imitates Ruthie, and discusses his upcoming film The Roses with Olivia Colman.
Life is about connections.
Rick Rubin, (season two, episode 7), invited me for dinner with Benedict Cumberbatch, where Benedict talked mostly ab...
Bonus: Bono reads the recipe for Spaghetti alla Puttanesca and shares how his father influenced him
In the bonus this week, Bono shares the River Cafe recipe for Spaghetti alla Puttanesca. He also describes fulfilling his father's dream of performin...
Bono shares food memories from early life, recalls bringing politicians together to break bread, and even sings Amazing Grace.
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 vis...
Bonus: Alexandra Mousavizadeh remembers traditional Danish cuisine
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 gro...
Alexandra Mousavizadeh on AI opportunities, losing a finger and Persian cuisine
Alexandra Mousavizadeh is my 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 t...
Bonus: Catering for 700 at the Tate Modern's 25th anniversary
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...
Bonus: John Lithgow on his Great British Bake Off appearance
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 w...
John Lithgow discusses playing Roald Dahl, appearing on Bake Off - and sings with Ruthie
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.
Jo...
Bonus: Behind the scenes at The River Cafe over Father's Day
In this special bonus episode, I take you 'behind the scenes' with The River Cafe's executive chefs Sian Owen and Joseph Trivelli, talking about a bus...
Keith McNally on meeting Rose Gray, problem-solving at Balthazar, and SNL parties
From the moment Rose and I thought about doing The River Café, Rose made it clear that everything she knew, she had learned from Keith McNally, a hero...
Nili Lotan on the five key pieces at her fashion company, her grandmother’s recipe book, and working for Ralph Lauren
Nili Lotan is not only a brilliant designer, and an entrepreneur. A woman with strong values she has held onto since starting her own fashion company,...
Q&A special - Ruthie answers your questions with executive chefs, Sian Wyn Owen and Joseph Trivelli
In The River Cafe, we like a question. One of the reasons we have an open kitchen is that everything is on view and even our customers ask for tips on...
Graydon Carter on the Vanity Fair Oscar party, banning people from his restaurant and profiling Trump
Looking at all the work Graydon Carter has done over the years, what it would be like to be one of his creations?
As Spy magazine, I'd be fearl...
Bonus: The underground menu at Anthony Scaramucci's restaurant, Hunt & Fish Club
In this week's bonus, Anthony Scaramucci compares the challenges involved at his restaurant Hunt & Fish Club with Ruthie's at The River Cafe. Plus, he...
Anthony Scaramucci describes stomping grapes, getting fired by Trump and overcoming adversity
In my career, I've been a chef, an author and now a podcaster. In Anthony Scaramucci’s career, he’s been Communication Director in the White House, a...
Bonus: The parallel between theatres and restaurants with Cate Blanchett
In this bonus episode, Cate Blanchett and Ruthie reflect on the similarities between a theatre performance and a restaurant kitchen.
Ruthie's Ta...
Cate Blanchett on growing her own food, multiculturalism, and a disastrous Christmas dinner
People ask me who my dream guest would be on Ruthie‘s Table 4. Cate Blanchett has always been top of the list - an actor, director and vocal activist...
Dana Strong on running Sky Group, chicken soup every day and global cuisine
Dana Strong, CEO of Sky Group, is one of the busiest people I know. One of the most powerful people in global media, she leads a team of thousands acr...
Richard E. Grant on eating the same seven meals growing up, Henry Higgins and coping with loss
When I think of Richard E. Grant, of course I think of his brilliant films and him as a great actor. But what I really think of is Richard and his wi...
Alison Loehnis on YOOX NET-A-PORTER, balancing work and family, food memories and growing up in Manhattan
Alison Loehnis and I have much in common — we’re two American women living abroad, we both adore the small seaside towns of Liguria, and we share a fa...
Jony Ive
One of the questions I’m often asked is where and when did you meet Sir Jony Ive, the person whose designs changed the world? We met at the White Hous...
David Chipperfield
A few months ago, my friend David Chipperfield, the Pritzker and Stirling Prize-winning architect, asked me to support the work his foundation is doin...
Amanda Sharp
In 2018, the River Cafe opened a second restaurant at the Frieze Art Fair in Regent’s Park. It was only for a few days and not something we would thin...
Bonus: Cigar Ice Cream with Rian Johnson
In this bonus episode, writer-director Rian Johnson tells Ruthie about the time he infused ice cream with tobacco, as well as debating the ultimate ch...
Rian Johnson
My friend Glenn Close brought Rian Johnson to the River Cafe when they were filming Wake Up Dead Man, the third Knives Out movie. For the rest of the...
Bonus: Salsa Verde with Angus Collins
In this bonus episode, record-setting ocean rower Angus Collins talks about salsa verde, the emotional toll after completing a crossing, and the food...