In One Sitting with Ruth Rogers at The River Cafe

Like many great chefs, Ruth Rogers wanted to cook the sort of food she made at home. Shrouded in secrecy, with a menu appositional to London’s soggy culinary scene, River Café opened 30 years ago to a small fanfare. “I’m going to tell you about a restaurant you can’t go to,” were the opening lines to its first review, which Ruth fondly recited to us with the air of a cabaret emcee. It’s this theatricality which has, in part, tied Ruth to the River Café for so long; overseeing a dozen cookbooks, visits from Michelin, and the upheaval of the restaurant scene around it. This space – its clean lines, shock pink oven, hand-written menus – has many imitators, but few rivals. But at 30, if the walls of the River Café could speak, what would we hear? You'll have to read, see and shop more on Semaine.com to find out... Want more of Ruth Rogers? Discover all on her Semaine - https://semaine.com/tastemakers_ruth-... Learn from Ruth Rogers' workbook - https://semaine.com/classroom/ Shop all of Ruth Rogers's essentials - https://semaine.com/?s=ruth+rogers Still haven’t subscribed to Semaine on YouTube? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmIB... Subscribe to Semaine Post: https://semaine.com/subscribe/ CONNECT WITH SEMAINE Web: http://www.semaine.com Instagram:   / semaine_online   TikTok:   / misssemaine   Facebook:   / semaineonline   Pinterest:   / semaine_online   ABOUT SEMAINE Meet Semaine. A new online magazine-meets-concept store here to aid in the quest for a perfectly curated existence. An immersive, elegantly designed lifestyle platform promoting a single tastemaker each week of the year while delivering shoppable insight into their own personal aesthetic. Our aim is to make the exclusive inclusive. Semaine offers a window into the lives of the chic and famous. #semaine #tastemakers #tastemaker #ruthrogers #cookingvideo #rivercafe #cookingvideos #cookingtutorial #spaghetti