Welcome to Shackbaggerly, the foodie type podcast which has now reached 68 countries, all of them probably thinking, ‘what the devil are they talking about?!’

Your hosts are good pals, Katie Johnson and Howard Middleton, who you may recognise from series 4 of the Great British Bake Off.

This episode, as always, old cookery books feature, alongside some unexpected news regards Howard’s time on Bake Off, plus, exactly when was the sausage acknowledged?

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, please tell your friends, and if you want to find out more about the podcast, our Facebook and Instagram pages are the places to go.

Please note:

unfortunately, our email is down at the moment.

Until the next time,

Katie & Howard x

See you again on Friday 6 February

Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of Shackbaggerly for 2026, and it’s a cold one here in the UK, so to keep warm, we revisit the Nun’s Cookbook, and discover an old name for Rhubarb. Speaking of old, there was a patent given back in 1791, with a method on how to keep eggs for longer than we would probably want to (and indeed should), and have you ever heard of a talking candle?

Thank you for your lovely messages over the Christmas period, including kind words regards the song. We love hearing from you on our Facebook and Instagram pages, just look for Shackbaggerly. Sadly our email is still down at the moment, but fingers crossed for news soon.

Until the next time,

Katie & Howard x

See you again Friday 23 January

Welcome to Shackbaggerly, the podcast from good friends, Katie Johnson and Howard Middleton, who you may recognise from series 4 of the Great British Bake Off.

This episode, as we build up to our Christmas song (yes there is chance for you to bale out in plenty of time)! we’ll discover the identity of Lady Maria Clutterbuck and the link to Charles Dickens.

Why are we rolling in crushed cornflakes this Christmas? and there’s the occasional cracker joke.

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, we’d love it if you could kindly leave a comment and/or review please, and do keep spreading the word.

Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you on our Facebook and Instagram pages - unfortunately, our email is down at the moment.

Until the next time, wishing you a very Happy Christmas to you and yours.

Katie & Howard x

See you again next year, on Friday 9 January