5 O' Clock Apron

Claire Thomson

claire@5oclockaprom.com

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Booking Overview

A cookery-and-personal-stories show where the host travels to someone’s home kitchen and cooks their favorite recipe shoulder-to-shoulder with a guest. It’s a strong booking option for public-facing experts—law, academia, politics, and more—who can connect their work or life to food and demonstrate they’re comfortable on-camera in an informal setting.

Metrics

Episodes: 31

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

claire@5oclockaprom.com

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Host

Claire Thomson - Chef and food writer Claire Thomson invites listeners into home kitchens across Britain and beyond, cooking other people’s tried-and-tested favourite recipes with guests from various professions.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Public-facing professionals with a recognizable career (e.g., academia/AI, law and politics, or established domain experts) who can also teach a home-style recipe and share personal context about why it matters.
Required Achievements:  
Academic publications/authority in a specialized field, Leadership roles in public service or policy, Industry/field recognition (e.g., major media features, notable accomplishments), Demonstrated ability to cook a tried-and-tested home recipe

Recent Guest Discussions

Gerald Stratford - Home Recipe Preparation In The Context Of Gardening; Cooking A Potato Salad And Related Ingredients With The Host In His Home And Garden.

Miriam Durntez Gonzlez - Basque Tuna Stew Cooking Alongside Conversation About Her Titles And Work In Law/charity/politics, Within An Informal Kitchen Setting.

Michael Wooldridge - Cooking Black Bean Chilli From Scratch And Discussing Ai—implications For Work, Robots, Food/farming, And Related Questions—while Cooking.

Recent Topics

Home Cooking, Food, Cookery, Hospitality, Education

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
5 O' Clock Apron
:

Potato Salad, Gherkins and Mortadella with Gardener Gerald Stratford

July 08, 2026

  Gerald Stratford is a gardener and a gentleman. Claire drove to the Cotswolds for this episode of 5 O Clock Apron Podcast. Knocking on Gerald’s front door, Claire is quickly whisked through the house, past Elizabeth, Gerald’s wife, and their dog, Bilbobaggins both sitting in the living room, on through the kitchen and out into Gerald’s garden. And what a garden it is! Gerald’s garden is immaculate and stuffed full to bursting with untold fruit and vegetables, the garden is a maze of w...

Marmitako (Basque Tuna Stew) with Lawyer and Politician Miriam Durántez González

July 01, 2026

Miriam Gonzaléz Durantéz is a force, and Claire loved cooking with her for this episode of 5 O’ Clock Apron Podcast. Worth noting here that Claire is keen to get the elephant in the room over with as soon as Claire and Miriam start cooking in Miriam’s immaculate London kitchen with Claire quizzing Miriam on her title of Lady Clegg. Miriam is quick to dismiss the title, with characteristic grace, as one she doesn’t necessarily identify with, saying it was given to her, because she is the wife...

Black Bean Chilli with Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Oxford University Michael Wooldridge 

June 24, 2026

In this episode of 5 O’Clock Apron Podcast, Claire drives to Oxford to cook with the Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, Michael Wooldridge. Michael’s field of work has been in Artificial Intelligence (AI) since 1989, a landscape which has seen wide-reaching change. Michael’s Wikipedia page, and in particular, the awards and honours section is extensive and hugely impressive. He has written over 350 scientific papers and co...

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