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In this episode of Order Order! , Terry Wiggins is joined by Dame Tracey Crouch , former Member of Parliament for Chatham and Aylesford, former Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness, and a lifelong sportswoman who is still running, cycling and captaining a women’s football team. Tracey talks to Terry about growing up in Kent, studying at Hull University, and the cheeky question that lan...

In this episode of Order, Order , Terry Wiggins talks to Paul Burgin about a career journey that took him from the pastry kitchens of the House of Commons into the world of legal recruitment . Paul looks back on growing up in Lichfield , studying catering in Birmingham, and moving to London at 17 after a placement at Parliament convinced him that this was where he wanted to be. He reflects on work...

In this episode of Order, Order , Terry Wiggins sits down with Oliver Fox for a wide-ranging conversation about his journey through the catering world, from college and early restaurant work to the kitchens of the House of Commons . Oliver reflects on joining Parliament after time at Chapter One in Locksbottom, and explains why the Commons felt like a real finishing school for chefs. He talks abou...

In this episode of Order, Order , Terry Wiggins speaks with Harun Musho’d about a career that has travelled from high-volume catering at Wembley Arena through civil service HR, trade union leadership and 18 years inside the UK Parliament. Harun recalls managing fast-food operations for crowds of 11,000, working under National Leisure Catering and Aramark, and supporting fundraising bars for his Sc...

In this episode of Order, Order , host Terry Wiggins is joined by Aileen Walker OBE to explore a very different side of Westminster: libraries, learning and lunch. Aileen reflects on a career that began in the early 1980s when she left Glasgow for London to join the House of Commons Library, working on the Parliamentary Online Indexing System (POLIS) and learning parliamentary procedure by indexin...

Classic Commons service meets a new chapter in North Africa, as Luke explains kitchen culture, sourcing, and the realities of reinventing your career abroad. From the heat of Westminster’s Members’ Dining Room to opening a restaurant in New Cairo, chef Luke Fouracre maps an extraordinary journey through kitchens, competitions, and cuisines. Luke recalls training at Westminster Kingsway College wit...

In this episode of Order, Order , Terry Wiggins sits down with Sweden-based chef and chocolatier Sara Bjork to trace her journey from Yorkshire’s iconic Betty’s Tea Rooms to nearly a decade cooking across the UK Parliament kitchens — and ultimately to launching a chocolate-led shop and catering business back home in the Swedish countryside. Sara recounts early life in rural Sweden, a formative exc...

Chef’s whites to case files. In this wide ranging conversation, Bob Castle takes us from the heat of the House of Commons kitchens to the precision of information rights and records management in UK Parliament . With host Terry Wiggins , Bob recalls the rhythm of service in the Members’ Dining Room and the Strangers’ Dining Room , plus high pressure functions in side rooms A, B, C and D and the Ha...

Host Terry Wiggins welcomes John Whybrew and Ian Sharp , alumni of the House of Commons kitchens and founding members of Portion Control , the cult UK industrial and electro act. The conversation connects life behind the pass in Westminster with the birth of a raw, do-it-yourself electronic sound. John and Ian swap stories from Parliament catering, including carving trolleys, classic members’ menu...

Former House of Commons senior pastry chef Dominique Ashford joins Order, Order to share what it was really like baking for MPs and state dinners. She traces her path from classical patisserie with the Rue Brothers and Terence Conran to landing the Commons role and serving for 13 years, including unforgettable moments with Speaker Betty Boothroyd in the state apartments. Hear how the pastry sectio...

Former House of Commons front-of-house manager Alex Kristall joins host Terry Wiggins to trace her unusually circuitous route from paediatric nursing to the upper echelons of corporate catering. Alex explains how coffee-bar shifts funded her travels, then led into contract catering and a baptism of fire running 13 busy outlets inside Westminster, from the Members’ Tea Room to the public Jubilee Ca...

Former House of Commons chef Steve Walpole joins host Terry Wiggins to reveal the untold culinary world inside Westminster. Hear how a mix-up at the security desk landed Steve in the Commons kitchen instead of the Lords , the whirlwind of feeding MPs from silver-service banquets to late-night cafeterias , and the banqueting highlights that ranged from state openings to Nelson Mandela’s visit . Ste...

From gutting fish in the House of Commons to overseeing luxury banquets in Sydney, Ian Burch’s career is a masterclass in skill, adaptability, and sugarwork. In this episode of Order Order! , host Terry Wiggins catches up with his former colleague to explore Ian’s journey from a nervous 18-year-old in the butchery department to Executive Pastry Chef at Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour . Ian reflects...

Jose Souto didn’t plan to become one of Britain’s leading experts in game cookery — but the House of Commons kitchen changed everything. In this episode of Order Order! , Terry Wiggins sits down with his old colleague and friend to explore Jose’s remarkable journey: from a struggling student to a chef, teacher, author, falconer, and passionate advocate for sustainable food. Jose opens up about the...

Terry Wiggins started working in the kitchens of the UK Parliament in 1974. Nearly 50 years later, he’s got stories — and recipes — you’ve never heard before. In this debut episode of Order Order! Terry shares how he landed the job at 16, what it was like serving food through historic moments (like the Falklands War and the Queen's passing), and how one dish — House of Commons Jerk Chicken — becam...