Ruthie's Table 4
Episodes
Bonus: The Art of Learning with Saoirse Ronan and Greta Gerwig
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Acting, directing, cooking. In this candid conversation, Saoirse, Greta and Ruthie explore their personal approaches to learning, and mastering their ...
Saoirse Ronan - featuring Greta Gerwig
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The other week, the director Greta Gerwig sat at my table, describing the unique experience of working with Saoirse Ronan — ‘Ruthie, you h...
Adam Gopnik
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 near...
Michael and Kim McCarty
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Michael McCarty walks into The River Cafe, he immediately fills the room with his warmth and kindness. Restaurants are, of course, what he knows ...
Alice Waters
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Rose and I opened the River Café in 1987, we were credited for bringing open kitchens, farm-sourced ingredients, and women chefs, to restaurants...
Scott Rothkopf
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The connections between Scott Rothkopf, Director of New York’s Whitney Museum, and I run deep. When Rose and I wrote the first River Cafe Cookbook i...
Elton John and David Furnish
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Elton John agrees to do a podcast, you go to wherever he is. So a few weeks ago, I travelled to Elton and David Furnish’s beautiful home in Ber...
Kristin Scott Thomas
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The world knows Kristin Scott Thomas as an actress, starring in films such as The English Patient, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and most recently, pla...
Tony Blair
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We return with our guest this week, former Prime Minister Tony Blair. In the second episode of the new series, Tony Blair reminisces about food in pol...
Bonus: A Taste of Jalisco with Guillermo del Toro
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we had our first guest of the new series, award-winning director Guillermo Del Toro, on the podcast. When he came to The River Cafe, he sha...
Guillermo del Toro
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our first guest in the new series is film director Guillermo Del Toro. Guillermo has taken us into his world, often surreal, mystical, and sometimes d...
Announcing Season Four
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are days away from the new season of Ruthie's Table 4, which begins on Tuesday 22nd October! Today, we are giving you a preview of who you can expe...
From The Archive: Nancy Pelosi - Part 2
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have just one week until the new series of Ruthie’s Table 4 starts on the 22nd October! And in just 21 days, the U.S. Presidental election will ...
From The Archive: Nancy Pelosi - Part 1
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have just one week until the new series of Ruthie’s Table 4 starts on the 22nd October! And in just 21 days, the U.S. Presidental election will ...
From The Archive: Steve McQueen
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 22 October the new series of Ruthie's Table 4 returns! In this episode from series two, Steve McQueen talks beautifully about his family, ethical v...
From the Archive: Emily Blunt
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the the fourth series of Ruthie's Table 4 returning on the 22nd October, we are visiting the archives and today, we hear from our guest - Emi...
From the Archive: Dame Judi Dench
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three weeks from today, on 22nd October Ruthie’s Table 4, Season 4 of will begin. This week we are replaying one of our favourite episodes - Dame Ju...
From the Archive: Adwoa Aboah
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of Ruthie's Table 4, we're delving into the archives again, ahead of our return for series 4 in October. This time, we're rev...
From the Archive: Mel Brooks
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Ruthie's Table 4, we're revisiting our time with actor, filmmaker, writer and comedian, Mel Brooks. Mel makes the world laugh, but funny ...
From the Archive: Gwyneth Paltrow
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Ruthie's Table 4, we're going back to the archives to relive a memorable conversation with Oscar-winning actress, and successful entrepre...
From the Archive: David Beckham Special
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Ruthie's Table 4, we're delving into the archives to revisit one of our favourite guests, David Beckham. David featured in two episodes a...
Best of Season Three: Part 2
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our second ‘Best Of,’ and final episode for this season, we’re revisiting some memorable conversations with Linda Evangelista, Eric Ripert, S...
Best of Season Three: Part 1
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Forty-three episodes later, Ruthie’s Table 4 is taking a break before starting Season 4 in October. Well, not really a break, as over the next two...
Keira Knightley and James Righton
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A few months ago in The River Cafe, after talking about raising children in a tumultuous world, the movies we've been watching, and above all, where a...
Griffin Dunne
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the past weeks I have been listening to Griffin Dunne’s interviews, watching his films, and most of all, reading his beautiful new memoir, ‘The...
Wyclef Jean
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever heard a recipe rapped by one of the world’s greatest musicians? You will on this week’s episode of Ruthie’s Table 4 with her guest...
Frida Escobedo
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When I’m asked why I love Mexico, the answer is the culture, cities, food, the seas, the mountains, and the history. But what I really love most are...
Maria Sharapova
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every year must be an anniversary for someone like Maria Sharapova, who hit her first tennis ball at the age of four, was spotted by Martina Navratilo...
Ridley Scott
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was in our private dining room three years ago when I wrote to Ridley Scott asking if he’d be the first guest for a podcast idea I’d had about ...
Sir David Hare
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Quite often, people say to me, ‘I couldn’t possibly have you to dinner, you’re the chef of the river café, cooking for you would be overwhelmin...
Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tina Fey has been on Ruthie's Table 4 before and she is, in fact, our first returning guest. When we first met, she spoke about food being a major p...
Ambassador Jane Hartley
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Hartley was the American ambassador to France and Monaco, and now to the Court of Saint James. In the two years she has spent in the United Kingd...
Savanah Leaf
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks ago, I was invited to a gala dinner at the National Theatre. The host of my table, Yana Peel, said she was sitting me next to a young film...
Remo Ruffini
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you find yourself on a mountain needing a ski jacket, going to a party needing something beautiful to wear, or in Paris or Milan craving perfect ...
Claire Saffitz
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've only just met, but I'm confident Claire Saffitz and I will be friends Claire shares the challenges of baking and life in general. She's a star...
Gary Lineker
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My brother, Michael Elias, a writer and director tells me when visitors come to the set of a film, nothing stops. The only exception is if they are at...
Laura Dern
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thinking about Laura Dern coming here today, I scrolled through three years of text messages. It's a story about making plans and choosing restaurants...
Judd Apatow
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I may not know what makes a good comedian, but I do know what makes a good father. When Judd and I met in London — where his daughter Maude was p...
Marisa Abela
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Taylor-Johnson is a close friend and director of Back To Black, the story of Amy Winehouse. Checking in with her during filming, she always reassu...
Tom Hollander
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine going to a close friend's birthday, months after the death of your son. Imagine realising it was too soon and telling the man you're talking t...
Vivek Murthy
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Across a garden from where Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and I are sitting, people are having Sunday lunch in The River Cafe. Walking into the room ...
Sarah Jessica Parker
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first time that Sarah Jessica Parker and I spoke, the tables were turned. She was on the phone in The River Cafe kitchen, and I was on a beach in...
Governor Phil Murphy & First Lady Tammy Murphy
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you're in politics, being outgoing, engaging and caring is part of the job. And these are the words often used to describe the Governor of New Jers...
Stephen Fry
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is a well-known cartoon in The New Yorker magazine depicting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his pyjamas, on his knees next to his bed, s...
Fisher Stevens
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fisher Stevens and I were recently brought close together by one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Philip Guston, and one of the greatest f...
Eric Ripert
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a profession that is ever changing and always challenging, Eric Ripert is an inspiration. He's been the chef, and co-owner, of New York's legendary...
Emily Mortimer
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I’ve known Emily Mortimer since she was six. Her parents were close friends—John, a playwright and barrister, and Penny, a fly fisher and tennis p...
Danny Meyer
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Restaurateur Danny Meyer opened Union Square Cafe and Gramercy Tavern in New York more than 30 years ago and proved values matter. One could not only ...
Karen Drijanski & Eduardo Plaschinski
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Ruthie found herself living in Mexico City for four months in 2018, her regular world of London, work, family and friends became irregular. She w...
Guy Ritchie
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When you ask Guy Ritchie to do a podcast, you don't just get Guy Ritchie the director—you get Guy Ritchie the food lover. Before sitting down with R...
Carey Mulligan
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last Wednesday, 24 hours after being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in ‘Maestro’, Carey Mulligan arrived at The Riv...
Will Ferrell
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Will Ferrell said he'd be my guest on Ruthie's Table 4, I expected some laughs, some great stories, but not ‘Happy Birthday’ in Swedish. Ever...
Keri Russell & Matthew Rhys
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, a Ruthie’s Table 4 first, our first couple interview. Recorded on location in New York, actors Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell join Ruthie to d...
Mala Gaonkar
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mala Goanker, businesswoman, writer and founder of SurgoCap, sits down with Ruthie to discuss her work in public healthcare, growing a farm in Sussex ...
Glenn Lowry
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The MoMA is arguably the best museum in the world. Art-historian and director, Glenn Lowry, joins Ruthie to talk about the importance of great food in...
Joanna Calo
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Bear is the number 1 hit show of 2023. Writer, producer and show-runner, Joanna Calo, joins Ruthie to discuss creating menus for television, growi...
Trudie Styler
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trudie Styler, film producer, actress, activist and farmer, joins Ruthie to talk about their shared connection of the food, wine and history of Tusc...
Ralph Fiennes
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ralph Fiennes, actor, writer, director and one of five children talks to Ruthie about the roles he has played in his long career and the important rol...
Scott Galloway
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After meeting Scott Galloway for lunch a few months ago, Ruthie invited the podcast host, best-selling author and professor of marketing to join her o...
J.J. Martin
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ruthie and J.J Martin, founder of Milanese lifestyle brand La Double J, meet for the first time and immediately discover how much they have in common ...
Simon Sebag Montefiore
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Sebag Montefiore is a best-selling, prize-winning author, historian and broadcaster. In this episode, Ruthie talks to him about the food of Geor...
Linda Evangelista
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ruthie sat down with Linda Evangelista in New York to discuss growing up in Canada, a shared love of fresh produce, cooking with family and how to pre...
Massimo Bottura & Lara Gilmore - Live
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the launch of their new book, Ruthie sat down with co-authors Massimo Bottura & Lara Gilmore at Refettorio Felix in London for a spec...
Jon Gray
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Gray and I met last May on the Chanel Connects podcast. We spoke about family, our cookbooks, Ghetto Gastro, collaborating with creative partners,...
Es Devlin
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ruthie talks with Es Devlin about her visionary stage designs for Beyoncé, The Weeknd, Yves Saint Laurent, The Crucible, U2 at the S...
Wes Anderson
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to season three of Ruthie's Table 4! We've got a great group of people ahead but we are going to start the season with a good friend, a g...
Announcing Season Three & Ed Ruscha at The MoMA
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All of us at Ruthie's Table 4 are delighted to announce the return of Season Three of the podcast launching next Tuesday 17th October! Until then plea...
Best of Season Two: Part 2
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of season two, we’ll hear from Tina Fey, Mel Brooks, Adwoa Aboah, Rick Rubin, Wolfgang Puck & Yotam Ottolenghi.Over the co...
Best of Season Two: Part 1
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the course of this season, we’ve spoken to 34 guests for Ruthie's Table 4—talking about food, family, and memories. We’ve had conversations...
From The Archive: Sam Taylor-Johnson
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was originally broadcast as part of the limited art artist series from 2022. Sam Taylor-Johnson is an artist, photographer, and film-dire...
Nick Allott
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For years, I've wanted to sit at his table and talk to Nick Allott. I imagine we would talk about the musicals he's produced- Les Miserables, Cats, Ca...
Mariella Frostrup
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm often asked if it's intimidating cooking for celebrities who come to The River Cafe. My response is that the guests who really worry me are other ...
Adwoa Aboah
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In September, The River cafe will be 36 years old. One of the pleasures of having a restaurant for so long is watching the second generation—now eve...
Simon Schama
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Author of books on Art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, French history, and now Foreign Bodies explores medical history - Simon Schama is one o...
Ian Wright
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Wright does many things I could never dream of doing. He used to play for football for Arsenal in front of thousands of people and now is a televi...
Bob Pittman
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're here at the Cannes Lions Festival and have swapped the River Cafe kitchen for a galley on the most beautiful boat in the harbour, which I...
Mary McCartney
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
My friend Mary McCartney is a filmmaker. She's a photographer. She's a writer, and she's a cook.She comes from a family of creatives who are also pass...
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is smart, she's funny and she's kind. She's a beautiful poet and a photographer, whose black-and-white images evoke for me, Dor...
Jemma Sbeg
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jemma Sbeg and I met for the first time just a few days ago in the River Cafe. She was introduced to me as the most exciting podcaster today - not gre...
Michael Elias
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Elias is impressive. An actor, director of movies and television. A writer of novels and screenplays, a black belt in karate. He is generous, ...
Bella Mackie
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bella Mackie and her family have been close friends for 30 or so years. And when you're close to a family, you're close to their food. We all spent su...
Frank Gehry
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When I phoned Frank Gehry to ask him to do this podcast, he immediately said yes. And I’m not the only one Frank has said yes to. Ask around and...
Emily Maitlis & Jon Sopel
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Food is key to life. And today, more than ever, journalism is also key to life. Our guests, Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel are two brilliant, inspiring j...
Yotam Ottolenghi
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yotam Ottolenghi and I were introduced years ago by a mutual friend, Ari Sharpio. “Ruthie,” he said, “you’ve got to meet this guy. You think t...
Olivia Colman
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 D...
Jamie Oliver: Part 2
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our previous episode, we spoke to Jamie Oliver about childhood, moving to London and getting started in television. On today’s podcast, we'll be ...
Jamie Oliver: Part 1
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I can't say how many times when arriving at The River Café in a taxi, the driver will turn around to me and say, ‘Is this the restaurant where Jami...
Vanessa Kingori
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A few months ago, I shared a panel with Vanessa Kingori, celebrating International Women's Day. Listening to Vanessa, it became apparent that it real...
Ed Ruscha
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of my most cherished possessions is a River Cafe menu with the word YUM painted on it by Ed Ruscha. Ed is an artist, friend - and cook, but we rea...
Michael Mann
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Mann and I met through architecture. On a trip to London about 25 years ago, he asked to visit the Lloyd's Building, designed by my husband, R...
Mel Brooks
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Watch Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, listen to The 2000-Year-Old Man, read his autobiography, All About Me, and you will know why. But for me...
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you were in London in November 2020, then you might have been, as I was, lucky to see ‘Fly in a League with the Night’ by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye...
From The Archive: Austin Butler
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Butler is a winner. He beats me at cards, knows how to cook a wild salmon on the grill, and when we had a dinner every Sunday night for a year ...
Jimmy Fallon
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most nights, Jimmy Fallon and I have somewhat similar jobs. We’re both hosts, after all—Jimmy on The Tonight Show, me at The River Cafe. We both w...
John McEnroe
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the years in The River Cafe, I’ve witnessed the spell-binding effect an athlete can have. None of us are able to do what they do, and we all kn...
Mike Bloomberg
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2014, the Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg opened an exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London. His speech at the Pavilion, to abo...
Food Is Love
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If food is love, and love is food, for Valentine's Day we are dedicating this episode of Ruthie's Table 4, by talking to the chefs, managers, waiters,...
Tina Fey
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
'Millions of us have shared food with Tina Fey over the years. In 30 Rock, which she wrote and starred in, even her name, Liz Lemon, was food related....
J.J. Abrams
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
'While JJ Abrams might be one of the world’s most brilliant writers, producers & directors, he still manages to find the time to be a great frie...
Wolfgang Puck
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm often asked who inspired us when we opened The River Cafe in 1987. Wolfgang Puck is the one of the answers. A few months ago, he came to The Rive...