In short: raclette on the radio is not just about adverts. In Switzerland, public broadcasters RTS and SRF give it features, interviews and even news bulletins when a record falls. In France, Europe 1 and ici (formerly France Bleu) have told its history and shared their tips, and the BBC slipped it into a recipe. We checked every official page and only kept dated shows, with a link to listen again.
After raclette in the movies and raclette in TV series, it is time for sound: when raclette comes up on air, you can almost hear the cheese sizzle.
In Switzerland, raclette makes the news
RTS La 1ère, Forum: Valais raclette turns 450 (September 16, 2024)
In 2024, Valais raclette celebrated 450 years of written history. The current affairs show Forum invited Eddy Baillifard, restaurant owner and cheesemaker in Bruson and ambassador of Raclette du Valais AOP, to talk about it. An interview of almost six minutes, right in the middle of the day’s news, which shows how seriously French-speaking Switzerland takes its raclette.
Radio SRF 1, A point: a national dish younger than you think (January 14, 2015)
In German-speaking Switzerland, the food show A point on Radio SRF 1 went back in time. People in the Alps have melted cheese by the fire since the Middle Ages, but the first written mention of melted cheese in Valais dates from 1574: hence the 450th anniversary in 2024. According to the show, raclette was presented as the “national dish of Valais” at a cantonal fair in Sion in 1909, then became famous all over Switzerland after the 1964 national exhibition in Lausanne, helped by the raclette ovens of the 1970s.
RTS: the world’s biggest raclette makes the news bulletin (2025 and 2026)
When a raclette record falls, Swiss public radio reports it. On April 6, 2025, the RTS lunchtime news Le 12h30 gave a little over two minutes to the “record for the biggest raclette in the world in Valais”. On April 19, 2026, the hourly news bulletin announced that the record had been broken once again in Martigny. And on June 1, 2025, Le 12h30 ran a story about a “Franco-Swiss peace treaty” between raclette and “raclonette”, signed in Saint-Gingolph, a village split between France and Switzerland. For these short items, we only know the title and length published by RTS.
RTS Option Musique and La 1ère: the raclette world championships (2023 and 2025)
Yes, raclette has its own world championships. On November 3, 2023, the show Rendez-vous on Option Musique covered the “first raclette world championships”. Two years later, on October 22, 2025, the guest of La Matinale on La 1ère was Isabelle Dubosson, president of the championships’ organising committee. Scraping half a wheel of cheese is almost a sport.
In the radio kitchen
RTS La 1ère, On en parle: raclette revisited (February 22, 2023)
In this consumer affairs show, Jennifer and Arnaud Favre, authors of the book Haute raclette, l’art du fromage à raclette en 52 recettes fondantes, suggest new ways to serve the cheese: onion and beer jam, whisky-marinated beef… always with a real raclette oven and its half wheel. A cooking segment of almost half an hour, produced by Marie Tschumi.
RTS La 1ère, Au goût du jour: “Les raclettes” (February 25, 2023)
Three days later, columnist Pierre-Etienne Joye went back to basics on the Saturday morning show: half a wheel of Raclette du Valais AOP, a potato, gherkins and pickled onions. Then he reviewed all the variations, from the most classic to the most “iconoclastic”. Five minutes to brush up on the classics before shaking them up.
ici (formerly France Bleu), Le défi de Charles Napoli: “Savez-vous faire une vraie raclette ?” (November 22, 2023)
On ICI Saint-Étienne Loire, French local public radio, Charles Napoli makes a simple case: no need to hunt for rare cheeses to impress the family. For him, the secret of a great raclette is one word, simplicity: two or three cheeses, a little charcuterie, some potatoes. To prove it, he asked Hugo Rivera, from the Chez Michel cheese shop in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, to prepare an authentic yet refined raclette. The five-minute segment was rebroadcast on November 6, 2024, proof that the topic comes back every winter.
BBC Radio Ulster, Cooking with Paula McIntyre: raclette in a bread roll (February 21, 2026)
In Northern Ireland, chef Paula McIntyre put raclette into one of her recipes: buttermilk bread rolls filled with rump steak, a mustard and gherkin mayonnaise and slices of raclette, baked until the cheese melts. The full recipe is on the programme page, which says you can swap the raclette for thin slices of cheddar. We’ll stick with raclette.
In France: history and cheesemaking on Europe 1
Europe 1, Papilles de la nation: “La raclette” (February 16, 2021)
In his column, aired in the show Historiquement vôtre, Olivier Poels looks for the origins of raclette. He traces it back to Valais, where it was then called “roasted cheese”: a piece of cheese held near the fire, then scraped onto the plate, at first with bread rather than potatoes. The columnist dates its beginnings to the 12th century. SRF, for its part, separates the very old practice of melting cheese in the Alps from the first written record in Valais, in 1574.
Europe 1, La table des bons vivants: how is raclette made? (March 7, 2020)
For Laurent Mariotte’s food show, Europe 1 travelled to Reignier in Haute-Savoie, to see Philippe Anthonioz-Blanc, who runs the Ferme des 4 saisons. The goal: to uncover the secrets of this comforting dish, on the French side this time.
Summary: the shows and their links
All the pages below were checked on November 12, 2026. Titles are the ones published by the radio stations, in their original language.
| Station | Show | Date | Episode (official page) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radio SRF 1 | A point | January 14, 2015 | Raclette – eine Nationalspeise jüngeren Datums |
| Europe 1 | La table des bons vivants | March 7, 2020 | REPORTAGE – Comment fabrique-t-on la raclette ? |
| Europe 1 | Papilles de la nation | February 16, 2021 | La raclette |
| RTS La 1ère | On en parle | February 22, 2023 | La raclette revisitée |
| RTS La 1ère | Six heures – Neuf heures, le samedi | February 25, 2023 | Au goût du jour – Les raclettes |
| RTS Option Musique | Rendez-vous | November 3, 2023 | Les premiers championnats du monde de raclette |
| ici (ex-France Bleu) | Le défi de Charles Napoli | November 22, 2023 | Savez-vous faire une vraie raclette ? |
| RTS La 1ère | Forum | September 16, 2024 | La raclette valaisanne fête ses 450 ans: interview d’Eddy Baillifard |
| RTS La 1ère | Le 12h30 | April 6, 2025 | Record de la plus grande raclette du monde en Valais |
| RTS La 1ère | L’invité-e de La Matinale | October 22, 2025 | L’invitée de La Matinale – Isabelle Dubosson |
| BBC Radio Ulster | Cooking with Paula McIntyre | February 21, 2026 | Buttermilk breadrolls with steak, raclette, gherkin and mustard mayonnaise |
| RTS La 1ère | Le Journal horaire | April 19, 2026 | Le record du monde de la plus grande raclette a une nouvelle fois été battu à Martigny |
Raclette on the radio: your questions
Where can I listen again to a radio show about raclette?
On each station’s website: RTS and SRF offer the players embedded above, and the Europe 1, ici and BBC pages let you play the episodes. All the links are in the summary table.
How long has raclette been around in Valais?
According to the show A point on Radio SRF 1, the first written mention of melted cheese in Valais dates from 1574, hence the 450th anniversary in 2024. The word “raclette” itself is much more recent.
Is there a raclette world championship?
Yes: RTS covered the first raclette world championships in November 2023, then interviewed the president of their organising committee, Isabelle Dubosson, in October 2025.
Have you heard raclette on the radio?
If you know another show, segment or radio podcast about raclette, tell us in the comments: we will check it and add it to the list. To keep listening, discover the songs about raclette and the celebrities who love raclette. And to move from theory to practice, our guide to choosing your raclette grill and our guide to cheese quantities per person are waiting for you.
Sources: Radio SRF 1, A point (14/01/2015), Europe 1, La table des bons vivants (07/03/2020), Europe 1, Papilles de la nation (16/02/2021), RTS La 1ère, On en parle (22/02/2023), RTS La 1ère, Six heures – Neuf heures, le samedi (25/02/2023), RTS Option Musique, Rendez-vous (03/11/2023), ici (ex-France Bleu), Le défi de Charles Napoli (22/11/2023), RTS La 1ère, Forum (16/09/2024), RTS La 1ère, Le 12h30 (06/04/2025), RTS La 1ère, L’invité-e de La Matinale (22/10/2025), BBC Radio Ulster, Cooking with Paula McIntyre (21/02/2026), RTS La 1ère, Le Journal horaire (19/04/2026), Europe 1, « Mais d’où vient l’incontournable raclette ? » (20/02/2021), RTS, Le 12h30, « Raclette ou raclonette » (01/06/2025)
