The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Episodes to download
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One Armed Chef: The Food Adventures of Giles Duley.
Sun 26 Feb 2023
How the photographer injured in a conflict reinvented himself through food and cooking.
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Delia Country: How Delia Smith changed food in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Sun 19 Feb 2023
Delia Smith has had a profound influence on East Anglian food. Sheila Dillon investigates.
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Low Energy Cookers: Fad or For Life?
Sun 12 Feb 2023
They're having a moment - but can low-energy gadgets do more than simply save us money?
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Pierre Koffmann: A Life Through Food
Sun 5 Feb 2023
Born in Gascony, celebrated for cooking in London, Pierre Koffmann tells his food story.
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Brexit and Food: How is it working out?
Sun 29 Jan 2023
Jaega Wise finds out how Brexit is working out for food producers, three years on.
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The Wild West of Whisky: From Cask Investments to Dram Scams
Sun 22 Jan 2023
Jaega Wise explores the world of cask investment programmes, counterfeits and theft.
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Fixing Dan
Sun 15 Jan 2023
Dan Saladino needs to get in shape, but why do his attempts to change keep failing?
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Shellfish: A Very British Image Crisis
Sun 8 Jan 2023
The climate conscious food entrepreneurs who want us to think again about ugly shellfish.
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Hangovers: a guide to the morning after
New Year's Day 2023
Jaega Wise investigates the science, history and culture around the hangover.
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Food, Philosophy & Football: Christmas with Delia Smith
Christmas Day 2022
Delia Smith, the woman who taught the UK to cook speaks to Sheila Dillon.
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The Forgotten Foods of Christmas
Sun 18 Dec 2022
Dan Saladino and food historian Ivan Day explore the lost flavours of Christmas past.
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The Food Books of 2022
Sun 11 Dec 2022
Sheila Dillon discusses the year's best food books from a library in Blackburn
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Nutrition's Dark Matter: The New Science of Eating
Sun 4 Dec 2022
Professor Tim Spector discusses the latest research pointing to what and how we should eat
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Fred Sirieix: A Life Through Food
Sun 27 Nov 2022
Jaega Wise meets French maître d' Fred Sirieix to hear about his passion for hospitality.
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BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022: Second Course
Sun 20 Nov 2022
Sheila Dillon and Asma Khan reveal the winners of the 2022 BBC Food and Farming Awards.
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BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022: First Course
Sun 13 Nov 2022
Sheila Dillon and Asma Khan reveal the winners of the 2022 BBC Food and Farming Awards.
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Avoiding the Avocado?
Sun 6 Nov 2022
Leyla Kazim explores responses to the growing anxiety around avocado production.
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Best Food Producer: Meet the Finalists of 2022
Sun 30 Oct 2022
BBC Food and Farming Awards Food Producer finalists share their stories with Sheila Dillon
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Wine in a Changing Climate
Sun 23 Oct 2022
Jaega Wise explores how climate change is supercharging the UK wine industry.
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The Food Innovators
Sun 16 Oct 2022
Dan Saladino explore three big ideas set to influence the future of our food and farming.
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So You Want to Be a Bartender?
Sun 9 Oct 2022
Jaega Wise looks at the highs and lows of professional bartending.
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Cost of Living Crisis: Food Donations
Sun 2 Oct 2022
Leyla Kazim shares inspiring stories of community giving during the cost of living crisis.
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Hospital food - a turning point?
Sun 25 Sep 2022
Sheila Dillon meets pioneering catering teams improving food in the NHS.
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Cooperation: the solution to a food crisis?
Sun 18 Sep 2022
The cooperative that's saving land, a food culture and preventing villages being abandoned
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The Hairy Bikers: Full Throttle Food
Sun 11 Sep 2022
The Hairy Bikers talk food and three decades of friendship with Leyla Kazim.
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A Very British Restaurant Revolution – Jeremy Lee and the joy of ingredients that sing
Sun 4 Sep 2022
The food story of one of the most loved and admired chefs in the business, Jeremy Lee.
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Cost of Living Crisis: The Food Factor
Sun 28 Aug 2022
With food price inflation at 12% Dan Saladino finds out what lies in store for the winter.
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Fried Chicken: a story of race and identity
Sun 14 Aug 2022
Jaega Wise and Melissa Thompson look at the racial connotations of fried chicken.
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Reformulation – a fix for the obesity crisis?
Sun 7 Aug 2022
Sheila Dillon explores the challenges of reformulating unhealthy processed foods.
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