The Kitchen Cabinet BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts with a postbag edition of The Kitchen Cabinet. Ready to solve your culinary conundrums are chefs Sophie Wright and Shelina Permaloo, food writer Melek Erdal, and materials expert Dr Zoe Laughlin.
The panel discusses the best recipes for preserved lemons, the benefits of using a pestle and mortar, and the ultimate question - to brine or not to brine? They also reveal the best non-spicy seasonings to use when cooking meat, and the most haunting culinary atrocities they’ve witnessed in the kitchen.
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Producer: Bethany Hocken
A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and his of panel of food experts are in Woolwich, London for this week's episode.

Joining Jay at Woolwich Works are cooks and food writers Melissa Thompson, Tim Anderson, Lerato Umah-Shaylor, and first timer Will Hughes, aka What Willy Cook.

The panel discusses festivals dedicated to mayonnaise, pumpkin recipes to disguise the taste of pumpkin, and whether chicken tikka masala pasta is considered a culinary crime. Later, they share ways to sneak seeds into dishes, and the best recipes for fried chicken.

Also, Adejoké Bakare of the restaurant Chishuru (and the first black woman to be awarded a Michelin star in the UK) shares her love of West African food and talks about its regionality, dishes and key spices.

Producer: Dom Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4.

Jay Rayner and his rabble of culinary connoisseurs are in Doncaster. Joining Jay are food writers Sumayya Usmani and Tim Hayward, chef Rachel McCormack and food historian Dr Annie Gray.
Whether it be inventive fillings for jacket potatoes or their most loved school dinners, the panel put their minds to a range of kitchen-based queries. They discuss the ins and outs of fish stock, the do’s and don’ts of baking powder, and their most loved ultra-processed foods.
Alongside the fiery debate, Jay chats to Doncaster Fish Market’s youngest fishmonger, Charlotte Jackson, about the history of the market and her top tips for deboning and gutting.
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Producer: Bethany Hocken
A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and his panel of food fanatics are in Gloucester for this week’s episode. Joining Jay are materials expert Zoe Laughlin, food writer Lerato Umah-Shaylor, and chefs Rob Owen Brown and Angela Gray.
The panel discuss the how to make the perfect scratchings, the food they’d happily throw down a hill, and the most adventurous ice cream flavours they've endeavoured to make.
Materials expert Dr Zoe Laughin gets to the bottom of the question 'do we get more ice cream in a tub or on a cone?'. And Jay chats to Will Lee from Gloucester’s Wholly Gelato, about the best tips and tricks for making ice cream.
Producer: Dan Cocker
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
Executive Producer: Ollie Wilson
A Somethin’ Else production for BBC Radio 4