Re-volt! Scotland's First Cookery Schools with Dr Eleanor Peters
In this episode, we are joined by Dr Eleanor Peters as we discuss Scotland's First Cookery Schools. This week we discuss the women who campaigned for women's education, the role the school cookery books would take in educating the country and the power wars that would ignite a battle over Scotland's kitchens.
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Gingerbread, a History with Sam Bilton
This week on the Scottish Food History Podcast, we are joined by none other than Sam Bilton, or Mrs Sam Bilton as she is known online. In this episode we chat with Sam about her journey into food history before we listen to her History of Gingerbread talk from the 2025 Scottish Food Heritage Symposium.
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A Cranston Keynote
On today's episode we give you a sneak peak into the Scottish Food Heritage Symposium with the keynote from Perilla Kinchin. Perilla, as the authority on Glasgow tearooms, gives us a tour of Catherine Cranston's empire and the impact of her tearooms on Scottish culture.
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The Woman Who Made Mackintosh
On this week’s episode of the Scottish Food History Podcast, Dr Lindsay Middleton and I jump into the life of Cate Cranston. Arguably the inventor of the modern tea room, a visionary and undeniable patron of the Glasgow Style, Cate is one of those characters that you won’t believe you never learned about in school.We are joined by Oliver Baird from Mackintosh at the Willow who gives us the inside scoop on Cate’s legacy, the uncomfortable questions we need to ask and what he’d want to ask Cate over a cup of tea.
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Scottish Chef of the Year, David Miller
On today’s episode, me and Lindsay are joined by David Miller, recently crowned Scotland’s Chef of the Year for 2025. David talks to us about his journey from a HNC cookery to being head chef for Carlowrie Castle, he talks about the dessert that he thinks helped him to chinch the title and we have a good blether about family recipes.
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