Explore feasting in London – from medieval banquets to vibrant Christmas markets. Discover delicious traditions and stories.
Episode 145: London’s Feasting: History of Puddings, Pies & Markets
Host: Hazel Baker
Hazel is an active Londoner, a keen theatre-goer and qualified CIGA London tour guide.
She has won awards for tour guiding and is proud to be involved with some great organisations. She is a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Marketors and am an honorary member of The Leaders Council.
Channel 5’s Walking Wartime Britain(Episode 3) and Yesterday Channel’s The Architecture the Railways Built (Series 3, Episode 7). Het Rampjaar 1672, Afl. 2: Vijand Engeland and Arte.fr Invitation au Voyage, À Chelsea, une femme qui trompe énormément.
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Other Christmassy podcast episodes you may enjoy include:
Episode 34: London’s Old Shops – Food and Drink
Episode 74: Christmas in Post War London
Episode 75: The Christmas Cracker – A Victorian Invention
Episode 98. Christmas Puddings Through History
Episode 99. Royal Christmas Speech – a modern tradition
Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome and Overview
00:59 Guildhall Great Hall Origins
01:54 Medieval Banquet Spectacle
03:31 Food as Power Politics
04:28 Lord Mayor Banquet Legacy
06:22 Christmas Pudding Origins
09:24 Stir Up Sunday Rituals
11:49 Mince Pie Medieval Roots
14:41 Mince Pie Becomes Sweet
16:24 Smithfield Christmas Market
19:16 Smithfield Victorian Rebuild
21:56 Leadenhall Market Stories
24:42 Leadenhall Christmas Spectacle
26:42 Closing Reflections and Next
