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Lecker

Lecker

Written by: Lucy Dearlove
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 An award-winning podcast documenting cooking, eating and domestic life. Often recorded in kitchens.

lecker (German): delicious {adj} [food], tasty {adj}, mouth-watering {adj}

Produced and hosted by Lucy Dearlove

Part of Heritage Radio Network

Logo design by Holly Gorne





Lucy Dearlove Art Cooking Food & Wine Social Sciences
Episodes
  • At My Mother's (Tiny) Table

    At My Mother's (Tiny) Table
    Jan 23 2026

    Sculptor and miniaturist Alice Hewitt explains the secrets of her tiny kitchen tables.

    There's also a lo-fi video version of this episode with images of the tables discussed on YouTube. You can also buy the book from the exhibition, with images of each table and their accompanying texts HERE.

    Find Alice online:
    Instagram: @alicemakesathing
    TikTok: @alicemakesathing
    YouTube: @alicemakesathing
    Website: alicemakesathing.co.uk

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    Lecker is a podcast about how food shapes our lives. Recorded mostly in kitchens, each episode explores personal stories to examine our relationships with food – and each other.

    Looking for something to read? Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]

    Support Lecker:
    Patreon: patreon.com/leckerpodcast
    Substack: leckerpodcast.substack.com
    Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lecker/id1158028729

    Merch: leckerpodcast.com/merch

    Listen everywhere: leckerpodcast.com
    Instagram: @leckerpodcast

    Full transcript available at leckerpodcast.com

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions
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    43 mins
  • Recipes from Beyond the Grave with Rosie Grant

    Recipes from Beyond the Grave with Rosie Grant
    Nov 21 2025
    Have you ever thought about what you might put on your gravestone? A quote, a poem....a recipe? Rosie Grant, the world's leading expert on gravestone recipes, explains all.

    About Rosie Grant:
    Rosie Grant is a writer, researcher, and archivist whose work explores the intersections of archives, folklore, and family storytelling. She is the creator of @GhostlyArchive, where her exploration of gravestone recipes and the histories behind them has reached hundreds of thousands of followers across social media. TO DIE FOR: A Cookbook of Gravestone Recipes is her first book.

    Find her:
    Instagram: @ghostly.archive
    TikTok: @ghostlyarchive

    Find all of the Lecker Book Club reads on my Bookshop.org list. [aff link]

    Further Listening:
    Sunday Roast Rites: on death and cooking
    Moots: on the food related traditions of Hop-tu-Naa, the Manx celebration of Samhain

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    Lecker is a podcast about how food shapes our lives. Recorded mostly in kitchens, each episode explores personal stories to examine our relationships with food – and each other.

    Support Lecker:
    Patreon: patreon.com/leckerpodcast
    Substack: leckerpodcast.substack.com
    Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lecker/id1158028729

    Merch: leckerpodcast.com/merch

    Listen everywhere: leckerpodcast.com
    Instagram: @leckerpodcast

    Full transcript available at leckerpodcast.com

    Lecker is part of Heritage Radio Network - heritageradionetwork.org

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions
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    40 mins
  • 300 Meat Pies and a Michelin Star with Joké Bakare

    300 Meat Pies and a Michelin Star with Joké Bakare
    Oct 31 2025
    Joké Bakare on Nigerian Food, Michelin Stars and West African Hospitality

    Chef Joké Bakare joins Lecker for a live recording at the Festival of Encounters in Brixton - the same neighbourhood where she first emerged from the tube in 1999 to encounter the bright lights of Brixton. From selling 300-400 meat pies every Sunday outside her church to becoming the first Black female Michelin-starred chef in the UK, Joké's journey is one of persistence, community, and staying true to the food she grew up with.

    We talk about growing up in a multi-ethnic Nigerian household where food was a celebration of Yoruba and Igbo cultures, the specific ripeness of plantain that matters more than most people realise, and why she refuses to call her cooking "elevated."

    Many thanks to Van Gogh House for including Lecker in the 2025 Festival of Encounters programme! Special thanks to Anna Bromwich and Elysia Krishnadasan Torrens for all their work putting it together. And thanks to everyone who came to the event.

    About Joké Bakare: Joké Bakare is a Nigerian chef and founder of Chishuru Restaurant in Fitzrovia, London. She started her business with a food van outside her church in Southeast London, won a competition for a popup residency in Brixton Village, and in 2024 became the first Black female Michelin-starred chef in the UK.

    Find her: Instagram @jokebakare / @chishuru / chishuru.com

    Related Lecker episodes:
    Permission to Write with Melissa Thompson - on navigating a violent colonial legacy in the food of your heritage
    Matooke Goes With Everything - on the significance and specificity of sourcing ingredients

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    Lecker is a podcast about how food shapes our lives. Recorded mostly in kitchens, each episode explores personal stories to examine our relationships with food – and each other.

    Support Lecker:
    Patreon: patreon.com/leckerpodcast
    Substack: leckerpodcast.substack.com
    Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lecker/id1158028729

    Merch: leckerpodcast.com/merch

    Listen everywhere: leckerpodcast.com
    Instagram: @leckerpodcast

    Full transcript available at leckerpodcast.com

    Lecker is part of Heritage Radio Network - heritageradionetwork.org

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions
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    55 mins
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