Flavour: Kerb Kollective departs Riverside
Kerb Kollective talk about their departure from Riverside and what comes next. The Maypole pub's fascinating history and how it keeps ahead...
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The fortnightly show dedicated to food and drink produced and enjoyed in and around Cambridge.
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Flavour: Rosie Sykes on Plums
Local chef Rosie Sykes with ideas for plums, including a tray bake, chili sauce and plum ketchup. Wonky Kitchen's first year at the Cambridg...
Flavour: Drought on the Farm
How Cambridge's cows are coping with the drought, and how it's affecting vegetable growing; a new cookery school at Frank's Farm; fruit farm...
Flavour: Teatime
Taking and talking tea with Hot Numbers' Simon Fraser (and milk in first or second?) Rockers Steak House has closed down. Owner George Bhang...
Flavour: If you can’t stand the heat
On the head, son! Is the World Cup a golden ticket for our struggling local hospitality? Can a summer Rosé make you feel fine? Dovecote Cell...
Flavour: Kerb Kollective to leave museum
News about Kerb Kollective. How the 'meat on the menu' experiment is going at Fin Boys, and a new initiative. Surviving the heat: how market...
Flavour: New butcher on Grantchester Street
Local businesses change hands as we pay a visit to a new butcher taking over Cousin’s site on Grantchester Street, and The Derby Stores in N...
Flavour: The Green Man
In this edition, we’re checking out the delights of a Brazilian Barbecue and the kinds of foods you can expect from one down at The Green Ma...
Flavour: New chef at Burleigh Arms
Stunning food at the Burleigh Arms, the new chef describes the ideas behind some of the dishes. A big award for The Rupert Brook. Paulina's...
Flavour: Hot Numbers anniversary
The smell of success is coffee, at least for Hot Numbers celebrating 15 years in Cambridge! We chat to owner Simon Fraser. And if coffee's n...
Flavour: Fin Boys put meat on the menu
Finding out why Fin Boys has added meat to its menu. Celebrating International Carrot Day with enticing ideas from Rosie Sykes for sweet car...
Flavour: The Shopkeepers Daughter
A plant shop may not be the obvious place for good coffee, unless you pay a visit to The Shopkeepers Daughter in the city centre and try the...
Flavour: Ellimata; The Cherry Pit; Alex Rushmer
The Cambridge café that's now also a venue for music, supper clubs and comedy. A platform for connecting with new people in restaurants or o...
Flavour: Coffee and Toast
VG Coffee owner reflects on how the last five years have brought success and failure in equal measure. A new cafe offering old favourite cof...
Flavour: Bertie’s Cheesecakes arrive at Cambridge Market
A look at what's in season at Culinaris and some cooking tips too. A new food stall at Cambridge market. Foraging tips for February. Some ta...
Flavour: Mark Poynton on The Future of Restaurants
Restaurants are suffering financially. Mark Poynton of the Ancient Shepherds talks about which ones are likely to survive and how the situat...
Flavour Best of 2025
A look back at the food and drink scene in 2025. The new places, the new beginnings, the oldies but goodies, plus up to the minute news abou...
Flavour: Mark Poynton’s 30 Years
Celebration time! Bee Wilson's MBE, Mark Poynton's 30 years as a chef, last weekend's Mill Road Winter Fair, Christmas food and wines. All c...
Flavour: Taste from Hungary
If you like pepper on your Paprikash and your nuts distinctly organic then join Flavour who are in deep conversation with local chef’s talki...
Flavour: Artyst; The Cherry Branch; food tastings
If you’ve ever fancied a pie at the gates of dawn (or a mean potato & leek soup), then set your bike to interstellar overdrive and head up t...