Share Your Secrets

On the final episode of Series 4 we hear from The Great British Bake Off’s Sandy Docherty [https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/bakers/sandy/] who talks about Parkin, Moggy and her recipe book Sandy’s Great Northern Cookbook. [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sandys-Great-Northern-Cookbook-Delicious/dp/1838489959/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2IFPCFRBLB49N&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nZ5mk1_o3ATmHZ0O_WX-ew.h3pJi_TcP7RYP29-pyp1tsdahoRiqs09H8une14A_rY&dib_tag=se&keywords=northern+recipes+sandy+docherty&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1729269875&sprefix=northern+recipes+sandy+docherty%2Caps%2C75&sr=8-1] Sandy talks about the power of baking, the stories connected to recipes and how food can break down barriers. Plus Duncan Swainsbury, founder of Bounceback Food [https://bouncebackfood.co.uk/], talks about Staffordshire Oatcakes, Bounceback’s journey to date and their upcoming 10-year anniversary celebrations.

This week on Share Your Secrets, host Miriam Rendell speaks to Naomi Thomas and Laura Crowley, who both completed our 2024 Social Enterprise Internship Programme [https://bouncebackfood.co.uk/internships/]. Naomi tried out the Fidget Pie recipe and Laura perfected the Bedfordshire Clanger! Both share their experiences of the different projects they completed during their time with our Community Cookery School team [https://bouncebackfood.co.uk/] over the summer.

This week on Share Your Secrets we chat to Bounceback Food community chef Phoebe Hammett about her food startup RamYum, [https://www.instagram.com/ramyum_uk/] South Korean cuisine and the South Korean inspired Supper Club she ran with Bounceback [https://bouncebackfood.co.uk/] earlier in the year. She also shares her top tips for making the recipe Lamb Scouse. Bounceback Food volunteer Katie Jackson, talks about her career in a craft bakery, as a pastry chef and now as a product developer for a cake manufacturer. She also shares her secrets for making a delicious Manchester Tart!

On the podcast this week we catch up with Bounceback Food's [https://bouncebackfood.co.uk/] head chef Grant Henderson and hear what he’s been up to with the Community Cookery School team since the last series. He also shares his experience of making Cullen Skink in a previous job in Scotland. Zafar Hussain, a chef from Shababs Balti Restaurant in Birmingham, talks about the history of Shababs, shares his passion for cooking a traditional Balti and his thoughts on making a Phall.

This week on Share Your Secrets host Miriam Rendell speaks to Phoebe Hammett, our Bounceback Food [https://bouncebackfood.co.uk/] Community Chef in Manchester, about her role in creating the Secret Dishes from Around the UK 2025 recipe calendar and in particular the recipe Boxty. Gail Lawler, director of Big River Bakery, [https://bigriverbakery.myshopify.com/?srsltid=AfmBOooI-lNOWbiJKunk5U-kjpZsdPYjpt01KRLkk3urE6Scauyvcwja] talks about the realities of running a social enterprise, how the Hairy Bikers helped put them on the map and why they make the best Ham and Pease stottie in the UK.