The Kitchen Cabinet

Jay Rayner and a panel of chefs, cooks and food writers are in Chipping Campden answering questions from an audience of eager home cooks. Joining Jay are materials expert, Dr Zoe Laughlin, chefs Tim Hayward and Angela Gray, and resident food historian Dr Annie Gray.The panel offer their favourite salad dressing recipes and their most unconventional uses of bacon, and discuss the strangest thing they’ve ever eaten. Warning - it’s weirder than you think!Situated in Chipping Campden, the home of Robert Welch, we hear from Company Archivist, Charlotte Booth about the history of their iconic designs. Annie also answers the intriguing question, which came first, the knife or the fork?Producers: Dulcie Whadcock and Matt Smith Senior Executive Producer: Ollie Wilson A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4

Jay Rayner and the expert panel are answering questions from an audience of food lovers in Eastleigh, Hampshire with inspiration for carrot-based dishes and inventive ways of cooking with pears. They help conjure suppers out of corner-shop finds, explain the art of preparing sweetbreads and tap into the area’s maritime heritage as they sail through the history of dining on the high seas.On this week’s panel are chefs, cooks and food writers Jocky Petrie, Sophie Wright and Shelina Permalloo, alongside resident food historian Dr Annie Gray.Senior Producer: Dom Tyerman Assistant Producer: Dulcie WhadcockA Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4