Flavour

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 traders are coping. Along with […]

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 Newnham is coming under new […]

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 Man in Grantchester, we […]

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 Chilean Bakery nominated for Velvet […]

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 not your thing how about […]

Finding out why Fin Boys has added meat to its menu. Celebrating International Carrot Day with enticing ideas from Rosie Sykes for sweet carrot dishes, including for breakfast, and a […]

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 their perfect People’s […]

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 over coffee. New delivery options from […]

VG Coffee owner reflects on how the last five years have brought success and failure in equal measure. A new cafe offering old favourite coffees and teas well as experimental […]

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 tales from Mill Road pubs. […]

Restaurants are suffering financially. Mark Poynton of the Ancient Shepherds talks about which ones are likely to survive and how the situation compares with recent years. Scott’s All Day’s new […]

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 about what’s happening […]

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 celebrated in this edition of Flavour. With […]

If you like pepper on your Paprikash and your nuts distinctly organic then join Flavour who are in deep conversation with local chef’s talking about their favourite ingredients. A new […]

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 to the […]

Alice Ryan, editor of Velvet magazine, talks about Cambridge’s changing food scene. A new bar is about to open in Kings Street. Jack Baron, co-owner of The Handsome Prince explains […]

What the new head chef at Market House is cooking up. A new refill station, in a van, with impressive quality foodstuffs, some from local independents. Camms Meals on Wheels, […]

A new home bakery specialising in a wide variety of Basque Cheesecakes, including macha, pistachio and Taiwanese sesame. An award winning vegan pastry chef’s Halloween tea at Thrive. Vanderlyle morphs […]

Michelin chefs join forces at Mark Poynton’s Ancient Shepherds to create an extraordinary menu. The Regenerative Food Fair on Parker’s Piece. Cambridge Market’s proposed redevelopment: a stall holder speaks. A […]

The new-ish owners of the highly regarded Pear and Olive on the pleasures and pains of running a small restaurant. The hidden cake shop. Fin Boys’ plan for moving to […]

We meet with the owners of new coffee shop Florey. off West Road, discuss sourdough Neapolitan pizzas with the mother & daughter team of La Biga Pizza, relax a little […]

The charity lunches raising funds for volunteer paramedics on the Ukrainian border. How Grantchester’s Rupert Brooke pub is faring one year after Pascky Benedetto reopened it. And a new organisation aiming to […]

Mark Poynton talks about his new restaurant Ancient Shepherds by Mark Poynton, the food and the drinks. Bee Wilson on her new book. News of the likely opening date of […]

A visit to Frederic’s on the River, which searches out and sells the very highest quality produce. Lee Clarke of Parker’s Tavern on his approach to food, and the best […]

In this edition of Flavour, a celebration of the life of allotmenteer Dave Fox who provided so much entertaining advice to Flavour listeners over the years. Dave died last week. […]