Cheeky Bites

Recipes, guides and kitchen know-how. Mostly useful, occasionally silly.

Everything food and drink from the Oliver's Kitchen family - recipes that work on a Tuesday, guides to the kit in your drawer, and the odd study into how mucky Britain's kitchens really are.

Oiling a bamboo chopping board with mineral oil, helped by the chilli and toast Cheeky Bites

Fresh out the oven

Updated 5 October 2026 6 min read

How to Clean and Oil a Wooden Chopping Board

Wash it by hand in hot soapy water, dry it standing up, and rub in food-grade mineral oil about once a month - or whenever a drop of water soaks in instead of beading. Never the dishwasher. Never olive oil.

Food from social media chefs: the pizza slice films a smelly takeaway while the jacket potato looks queasy

Updated 5 October 2026 6 min read

Brits Report Illness After Eating Food from Social Media Chefs

Report: A tenth of Brits report feeling unwell after consuming food from social media chefs At Oliver’s Kitchen we’ve made it our mission to keep up...

Lockdown beer waste: the chilli character floats in a pool of beer while the pizza slice holds an empty pint

Updated 5 October 2026 6 min read

Enough beer to fill 177 Olympic swimming pools could be wasted in lockdown 2.0

(that's 560 million pints!) On November 5, England entered a second national lockdown, in a bid to stop the rapid spread of coronavirus. New restrictions highlighted...

Updated 5 October 2026 9 min read

Is your kitchen dirtier than your toilet seat?

Here at Oliver’s Kitchen, we believe that the kitchen is the heart of the home, but are your kitchen habits keeping it beating whilst keeping you...