Jay Rayner welcomes much-loved North Yorkshire brewery onto BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet

It’s the sort of publicity money can’t buy – one of North Yorkshire’s most loved independent beers found itself the star of one of BBC Radio’s biggest shows at the weekend.
By Graham Chalmers
Published 6th Sep 2023, 15:15 BST
Updated 7th Sep 2023, 09:29 BST
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Now in its 12th series, the The Kitchen Cabinet attracts millions of listeners each week and is one of BBC Radio 4’s most popular programmes.

Similar in format to Gardeners Question Time, each episode sees presenter Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts travelling around the country visiting some of the UK’s most interesting food locations and meeting local food-loving people.

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The latest episode was based in the market town of Masham, located 20 miles from Harrogate.

BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet invited Jo Theakston, Executive Director at Black Sheep, pictured, onto the hit show at the weekend. (Picture contributed)BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet invited Jo Theakston, Executive Director at Black Sheep, pictured, onto the hit show at the weekend. (Picture contributed)
BBC Radio 4's The Kitchen Cabinet invited Jo Theakston, Executive Director at Black Sheep, pictured, onto the hit show at the weekend. (Picture contributed)

Although recorded in late July, the show was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 last Saturday.

Witty, fast-moving, and irreverent, the show afforded the packed audience inside Masham Town Hall the opportunity to put questions on anything and everything to do with food and drink.

The culinary panel programme also invited Jo Theakston, Executive Director at Black Sheep, based just 400 yards from the town hall, on to the show to speak a little bit about the independent brewery.

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Black Sheep Brewery was founded in 1992 after T & R Theakston was sold to larger brewer Scottish and Newcastle.

T & R Theakston returned to family control in 2003 when Simon Theakston and his brothers led a buy back, bringing the almost 200 year old brewery back into family control.

In the show Jo Theakston explained the origin’s of the name Black Sheep – and revealed the other possible names which had been rejected at the time.

For more information, visit: https://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/

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