Explore every episode of the podcast The Nightcap

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Wagamamas walk-in policy, 100,000 job opportunities for young people, protein boom, Laura Kimber’s new restaurant - The Lloyd, The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Gala at The Dorchester, and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Sunday dinner at Paul’s, Hidden Food Tour in Nottingham, Paris fire tragedy, No 1 in the Philippines, Brick’s, turning veg, following recipes and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: The British Podcast Awards 2026, The Audley Pub - Mount St Restaurant, pasta machines, college curriculum, Lita in Marylebone, National Chef of the Year and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: 20 courses and 18 michelin stars at a charity dinner, Hide restaurant, The Ivy, cars, designer labels and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Marco Pierre White’s “dinner party” comments, Quince update, medlars, mid-week dinners, food content creators and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Breakfast at Moor Hall, Grace Dent’s “restaurant hills she will die on”, Paul’s insane night at Anfield, New York’s viral $60 dollar rye bread and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Impatient customers, kitchen gossip, Si’s trip to Newport and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Cooking a £20 Lidl meal, The Audley Pub, James Martin, Big Feastival, Sharp’s Brewery, Opheem and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Paul’s on holiday - so it’s quiz time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Paul’s trip to Paris. Plus, Si’s brother-in-law's wedding, pastry, Tom Brown & Brad Carter relocating, summer jobs being back and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Impact of the UK drought on agriculture. Plus, food waste management at home, kitchen hygiene essentials, expiration dates, pasta alla vodka, Top 5 countries with Michelin Stars, Paul’s coffee mug and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Aktar Islam’s Oudh 1722, UK fruit problems, Si’s mulberries, Paul’s Birthday, Top 5 most satisfying words in cooking, youtube algorithm’s  and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Wingfest 2026, family life in hospitality, comedians, red vs white onions and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: The Final Season of The Bear, British Podcast Awards Nomination, Balthazar, soy sauce, The Devonshire (again), emergency dishes and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: An 1894 menu, weather woes, peaches, peers approval vs being loved by the masses, summer salads  and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys record during a World Cup sleepover for England vs Mexico. Plus - Panzanella, tiramisu, Eel Sushi in Notting Hill, Books for Cooks, steak stealers, spicy nuts and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Tucci in Italy, Italy’s Blue Zones, sports days, water mills, more cold brew chat and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Paul’s back from New York City so we discuss… Wylie Dufresne, cinnamon buns, cheesecake, Coqodaq, cold brew, basketball, pizza, The World Cup and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee... but this week, Paul is in New York City. The boys briefly catch up on food, the World Cup, the Knicks and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: The Big VAT Debate in Hospitality. We discuss the perception of VAT prices, the differences between VATable and non-VATable items and what needs to change. Plus, Tommy Banks on Food Unfiltered, pastries, foie gras and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Great British Menu Reunion. Grace & Savour, Tommy Banks in York, Vieni, Tenderstem Broccoli, summer sandwiches, World Cup wall charts,  and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Judging Student Chef of the Year, FarmFest 2026, coping with the heat, lager status symbols, culinary education debate and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Simon and Hayley have a full weekend of it in London, including: Imad’s Syrian Kitchen, Kricket, Bar Line, The Bun House, The Devonshire and Steve Gerrard. Plus, the big chip debate, speakeasies and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Pesca, Inter Scaldes, Lan y Mor, Bessie’s and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: The boys are on holiday, so a special Top 5 edition: Cold puddings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Paul’s lost phone, climate change’s impact on hospitality and farming, Race Across the World, Paul’s upcoming Netherlands trip and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Coventry City get promoted, Pete Sanchez heads up Gwen, Mcdonalds paid work placements, Danny Young’s Dishpatch box, QVC, male role models and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. Dartmouth, Ashley Palmer-Watts on Food Unfiltered, George the Butcher, Football in pubs, The Grand National, Seagull toastie tax and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Paul’s sliding doors moment, Roe, Cornus, Pubs, career advice, becoming a first time head chef, backflips and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up over coffee. This week: Paul’s Holland trip, generation’s attitude to food, Esme’s samosa update, insane Devonshire stats, Trillium cake and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Esme’s school samosas, Daise by Tony Parkin, Mother’s Day meals, Noma scandal, pork pies, childhood smells, listener questions and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Sat Bains' Caviar take, Paul on QVC, truffles, unsung heroes of cooking shows, Cheltenham Festival and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Prept Food Fight review, Paul’s bout with Niall Keating, Si’s lost phone, Breakfast at Pavyllon and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Being Gordon Ramsey on Netflix, Food Fight Preview, stumbling upon greatness and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: The Michelin Awards UK & Ireland 2026. New 1 stars and 2 new 2 stars - Paul and Si review this years winners, plus - Paul’s Grassfed closure, boxing training update and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: The boys are off, so a bitesized edition of the pod, all about the Top 5 Hardest Jobs in the Kitchen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: UK & Ireland Michelin Predictions 2026, Pete Sanchez food tour around Bristol, Top 50 Gastro Pubs, rustic vs fine dining and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Pubs & Music Venues given Business Rates discount, Ricki Weston and Whatley Manor on Food Unfiltered, training nutrition, wine cellars, country house hotels  and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons appoints Arnaud Donckele, Daise in The Wirral, Paul’s Top 5 boxing entrance music selections, mash potatoes, soggy pork and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Food Fight Boxing Charity Event - Media Day. Si has Paul round for dinner, oven temps, Aktar’s new place, white cabbage, tarte tatin’s and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Venison & Tiramisu’s, Leftovers, Michael O’Hare’s new restaurant, news of Daise by Tony Parkin, Awful Netflix movies, Paul boxing Niall Keating and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Trillium, Comedy nights out, Christmas Dinner banishments, festive films, childhood presents and chewing the industry fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Beef Wellington, Calum Franklin on Food Unfiltered, gravy thickness, chopping techniques and Part 2 of the Top 5 mistakes people make on Christmas Day. Plus, chewing the industry fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Padstow Christmas Fayre, The Mariners, Food Unfiltered 12 Days of Xmas, Part 1 of the Top 5 mistakes people make on Christmas Day and chewing the industry fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Lunch at Ibai, Tom Barnes’ Tiramisu, sauce making, drinking NOT for special occasions, Tik Tok meet up and chewing the industry fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Lunch at The Elephant, Dinner at The Woodsman, filming in Devon, Sat’s seabass dish, Cotswolds Distillery Tour, At home with The Roux Brothers and chewing the industry fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Tom Barnes on Food Unfiltered. Skof, old fashioned with a twist, British Culinary Federation judging, Christmas decorations and chewing the industry fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: The weirdest meal of Paul’s life, Bologna, Judy Joo on Food Unfiltered and chewing the industry fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: Sat Bains’ Food Unfiltered Episode review! Cooking “live,” bees, tobacco, Japanese influence, the importance of self awareness and chewing the industry fat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each week, Paul Foster & Simon Alexander catch up for coffee. This week: La Trompette, Paul on QVC, Aktar Islam’s Biryani, Knife’s Edge - Chasing Michelin Stars, Paul Welburn’s new book, sugar content in puddings and chewing the industry fat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices