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Vectis RadioMaggie, Kelvin & Leisha talk to Paul Bellchambers about a Calm Christmas.Reduce the Christmas Culinary Stress!
2025-12-0312 minVectis RadioPaul Bellchambers preparing a Clementine, Feta and Leaf Salad at Vectis Radiohttps://theislandchef.co.uk/salad-recipes-the-island-chef
2025-08-1308 min
Aboriginal WayKaurna burns again at WirraparingaThe practice of managing Country with fire has returned to Wirraparinga (Brownhill Creek) on Kaurna Country.
During April, a Firesticks team including Clem Newchurch, Paul Dixon Jr and Quahli Newchurch carried out a cultural burn in an area of Kangaroo Grass at Wirraparinga (Brownhill Creek) for the first time in hundreds
of years.
Among those who attended these significant burns were
involved Kaurna people, community members, students, politicians, and the Governor of South Australia, the Honourable Frances Adamson AC.
During this episode AW spoke...
2024-05-1028 min
Food and Music IOWGet me to Gurnard Press Bistro Please!Michele and Ava Newton took on the business of the much-loved Gurnard Press in Worsley Road, Gurnard. It is a family-run business that values hospitality! Michele has experience in the food industry as a chef, food safety advisor, restaurant owner, nutritionist, and trainer. She also runs the Four Seasons Cookery Academy. Ava is a chef, and her other skills are as a trainer for hospitality, customer service, cooking workshops, plus an event organizer/manager. She also holds a personal license.
During our conversation, the grandmother and granddaughter have a strong bond with each other. Their s...
2023-09-2145 minFood and Music IOWWhere to eat, Eat Street IOW of course!Eat Street IOW! In this episode, I talk to Laurel and Alex Wibberley, who are a dynamic team with a business that has attracted a growing following here on the Isle of Wight! They share the work and the loads equally. Alex is the chef, who worked on the Cunard ships until the pandemic. Laurel is multi-talented, doing the finance and website for the Eat Street IOW! They also use social media extremely well! Now securely installed in their new HQ on the edge of Cowes, they are establishing a great reputation for the food and service they offer...
2023-08-2557 minFood and Music IOWThe Great Wight Bite! THE new food and drink festival for the Isle of Wight!This is a special episode of the podcast which is bringing the exciting news of the first Great Wight Bite Festival! This is taking place on the 9/10 September 2023 at Northwood House in Cowes! I was so excited when I heard about this festival earlier this year. So I contacted Richard to find out more about the plans. I have watched as the festival has come together. That it is only weeks away now, I am getting so excited!
The idea of a festival celebrating the food, drink, chefs, restaurants and the range of hospitality here on the...
2023-08-1632 minFood and Music IOWBreaking Bread with Grace's Bakery!Welcome to this latest episode of my Food and music IOW podcast! This episode is about bread and baking, as I chat with Sarah and David Redrup. Sister and brother who work as part of a truly family business that was founded in 1997 in Ryde.
The baking HQ is in what was an old working mill in the centre of Ryde. The family took on the café and a small part of the building that backs on to the Victoria Road carpark. Over the years, they expanded into the larger building that has three floors! With the o...
2023-07-2751 minFood and Music IOWThe Wight Wine, yes it's red, white and blue!Here is the fourth episode: it is about the Adgestone Vineyard! Run by Russ and Philippa Broughton, who took on the vineyard around ten or so years ago. The vineyard sits on a south facing slope in the rolling countryside in Brading. You reach the vineyard via a narrow single track road that runs along the base of the hill. From the main building on the site, there are commanding views of the island and the channel!
The vineyard came to the attention of the island and the rest of the UK earlier this year. In the...
2023-06-2537 minFood and Music IOWBlueberrys Cafe, most definitely a happy place!A huge welcome to the third episode of the Food and Music IoW podcast! This episode is about a business with so much to offer the discerning cake lover and great freshly prepared homemade food! With fresh coffee and teas, plus milkshakes, beer and wine. What more could you want? Plus the view is amazing, so there is something for everyone!
Claire and Liam Eede took on the Blueberry Cafe in Shanklin, in 2017. This conversation covers why they bought it, building a team and a wonderful hospitality business. Built on good recipes and homemade food, the cafe...
2023-05-1242 minFood and Music IOWGet the Wight Meat - The Isle of Wight Meat Company - (Voice only episode)I found the Isle of Wight Meat Company when I was looking for a meat supplier. Located nearby at Cheverton Farm, Shorwell, the farm rears beef, sheep and pigs. With a new butchery, cold store and ageing rooms, they have a modern and safe facility. Customers can buy directly online from them and collect their order. For other clients such as restaurants, hotels and so on they will deliver orders as needed.
When I contacted Rikki at the IOW Meat Company, went to meet him, and swiftly bundled into a 4x4 truck for a 30-minute tour of...
2023-04-1939 minFood and Music IOWFlour Power! The Water Mill at Calbourne on the Isle of Wight. (Voice only - no music)The Water Mill at Calbourne.
This is the only working water mill on the Isle of Wight! Sally Chaucer is the custodian and owner, along with her children. They have a historic site and technology which is still producing flour. The history spans two millennia and is a vital part of the collective history of the Isle of Wight. The care and dedication that Sally takes with the mill and all the things they do there is wonderful. I think that comes across in the conversation we had. Her choice of music is also a powerful reflection...
2023-03-0838 minFood and Music IOWFood and Music IOW Podcast - TrailerWelcome to the Food and Music IOW Podcast!
The first trailer episode introduces the podcast. This is a food and drink podcast which includes my conversations with producers of food and drink, chefs, and any place where food and drink is made, prepared, cooked, served, plus a some recipes for you to try. The settling is the Isle of Wight which boasts beautiful beaches, countryside, wildlife and so much more. I hope the podcast will inspire you about food and drink, also about the Isle of Wight.
I am a chef, catering for clients here on the island, holiday makers...
2023-02-1101 min