New Year’s Eve Food Around the World
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Leyla Kazim for a tour of New Year’s Eve food traditions around the world, from eating lentil...
Christmas with The Food Programme
24 Dec 2023
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Cooking at Christmas is so much more than just the main meal, so this year Sheila Dillon, and chef T...
Reflections on rum
17 Dec 2023
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Jaega Wise reflects on her findings and a few surprising moments during the making of this week's ru...
Dark and stormy: A journey through rum
17 Dec 2023
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A refreshing mojito? Rum punch? Maybe just a simple rum and coke? Many of us might think no further ...
Recipes for Long Life
10 Dec 2023
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Dan Buettner believes that "when a ritual lasts for hundreds or thousands of years, like prayer befo...
The food books of 2023
03 Dec 2023
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Over a coffee in community arts space The Place in Newport, south Wales, The Food Programme presente...
Food Under Siege in Gaza
26 Nov 2023
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Sheila Dillon looks at what the current conflict in Gaza has done to food supplies in one of the mos...
Older Men Learning to Cook
19 Nov 2023
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Jimi Famurewa talks to men learning or rediscovering cooking later in life, maybe due to a change of...
Mezcal: A Beginners Guide
12 Nov 2023
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Dan Saladino explores the Mexican spirit mezcal and the diverse world of agave spirits.Contents incl...
BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023: Second Course
05 Nov 2023
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Sheila Dillon presents more winners from the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023, including who was cro...
BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023: First Course
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sheila Dillon from the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport for the BBC Food and Fa...
Prescribing Fruit and Veg – A New Model for the NHS?
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A pilot public health scheme in south east London is prescribing fresh fruit & veg to people wit...
Eating Wild Part 2: Inside the Gut Microbiome
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino finds out what happened to people who embarked on a wild food adventure, including chef...
Kombucha: A Miracle Drink?
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kombucha has been around for a while but it has not had huge success in this country like it has in ...
Local food – is it working?
01 Oct 2023
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Local food networks thrived during lockdown with more people turning to local producers, farm shops ...
Abergavenny at 25
24 Sep 2023
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25 years ago two Monmouthshire farmers had a plan. BSE had hit the rural area hard, and they wanted ...
BBC Food and Farming Awards: street food finalists
17 Sep 2023
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Judges have been visiting the finalists in this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards. This episode of ...
The Food Innovators: Radical Thinkers, Big Ideas.
11 Sep 2023
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Dan Saladino judges the The Food Innovation Award part of the BBC Food & Farming Awards. He is s...
Festival Food
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As summer draws to a close, Jaega Wise heads to the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) to learn wha...
A Food Museum – can it make us care about food?
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If food is one of life’s greatest pleasures, and also a lens through which we can interpret our hi...
Wedding Food
20 Aug 2023
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Wedding food is one of the biggest costs on the big day but the sit-down three-course dinner is maki...
The Global Food System: Too Big to Fix?
13 Aug 2023
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World leaders met in Rome to fix the food system. Dan Saladino reports on what happened at the Unite...
Medicinal mushrooms – magically good for our health?
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mushrooms like Chaga, Reishi, Lion’s Mane and Turkey Tail are popping up all over the place at the...
Feeding Your Brain: A Users Guide.
30 Jul 2023
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Dan Saladino and psychologist Kimberley Wilson explore the latest science about food, mental health ...
UPF WTF?
23 Jul 2023
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Ultra-Processed Food makes up more than 50% of all calories consumed in the UK - but UPFs are being ...
Smoke, Fire and Flame: Trends v Tradition
16 Jul 2023
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The practice of smoking is one of the world’s oldest food preservation methods, but which techniqu...
Bread, Baking, War and Ukraine
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino hears from the bakers in Ukraine supplying fresh bread to the frontline, and journalist...
The Wild Venison Project
02 Jul 2023
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Eighty six year old Fergie MacDonald remembers shooting Red deer as a nine year old boy. The Second...
Agritourism: Italian-inspired hospitality in the UK
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Italy is famous the world over for its delicious food and beautiful countryside. The two come toget...
Learning to Eat Part 2 – How the French do it
18 Jun 2023
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The diets of children in the UK are now mostly made up of ultra-processed food, so can we learn from...
Learning to Eat Part 1 – Do Kids Need Special Food?
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sheila Dillon explores how food habits are formed in the early years, and how parents and nurseries ...
Pavlov to Plant Breeding: Food Prizes that Changed the World.
04 Jun 2023
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From Nobel winners to great innovators, Dan Saladino explores the history of prize-winning food idea...
The Awards Return
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC Food and Farming Awards are back for 2023 and now is the time to get nominating. This year t...
Tech, TikTok and the Future of Food Writing
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leyla Kazim examines the growing influence apps, maps and lists are having on restaurant recommendat...
Eating Wild
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Can you eat like a hunter-gatherer in 21st Century Britain? Dan Saladino meets a group of people doi...
Coronation 2023 – How is Food Bringing us Together?
07 May 2023
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As people around the country gather to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, Jaega Wise find...
Conversations in cafes: all hail the greasy spoon
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Traditional cafes, greasy spoon cafes - have been a fixture of our highstreets for at least a centur...
The Good Friday Food Revolution
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joris Minne, Northern Ireland's most respected food critic, takes Jaega Wise on a culinary expeditio...
Weight-loss drugs
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is hacking our biology the only solution left to an unhealthy food system and bad food culture? Prod...
Secret Supply Lines – Fruit & Veg Under the Radar
09 Apr 2023
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Sheila Dillon delves into the world of fresh produce wholesale markets – an unseen part of the foo...
A Pudding Celebration
02 Apr 2023
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Are we still a nation of pudding lovers and does pudding still matter? Join Sheila Dillon in her kit...
Glasgow: Seeking Asylum and Finding Refuge in Food
26 Mar 2023
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Leyla Kazim and producer Robbie Armstrong explore the central role of food in building community, sh...
Hospital Food: Agents of Change?
19 Mar 2023
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Hospital food has long had a bad reputation, but after several high profile campaigns, are things fi...
A Food Rethink: Lessons from a Food Shortage
12 Mar 2023
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From energy to seasonality, Dan Saladino explores the big ideas prompted by the recent shortage of f...
Halloumi and hellim: The story of an island and its cheese
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Halloumi, or hellim as its known by Turkish Cypriots, is now ubiquitous in our supermarkets, fast fo...
One Armed Chef: The Food Adventures of Giles Duley.
26 Feb 2023
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The story of how a photojournalist severely injured in a war zone reinvented himself through cooking...
Delia Country: How Delia Smith changed food in Norfolk and Suffolk.
19 Feb 2023
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Sheila Dillon is on a trip through 'Delia Country'; Norwich, Norfolk and mid-Suffolk. An area with a...
Low Energy Cookers: Fad or For Life?
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sales of air fryers, pressure cookers, slow cookers and even microwaves have been increasing over th...
Pierre Koffmann: A Life Through Food
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in Gascony but celebrated as a chef for his cooking in London, Pierre Koffmann share...
Brexit and Food: How is it working out?
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after the UK left the EU, and two years after the end of the transition period, Jaega Wi...
The Wild West of Whisky: From Cask Investments to Dram Scams
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whisky has long been associated with money and wealth, but in recent years prices of rare casks and ...
Fixing Dan
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Like so many of us, Dan Saladino knows he needs to be in better shape, but why do his attempts to ma...
Shellfish: A Very British Image Crisis
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When was the last time you tucked into cockle pie? Or stirred clams into a sumptuous pasta or stew? ...
Hangovers: a guide to the morning after
01 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For many, drinking is part of our national identity but the immediate after effects of alcohol, it t...
Food, Philosophy & Football: Christmas with Delia Smith
25 Dec 2022
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In food, there are household names. And then, there is Delia Smith. So synonymous is she with cookin...
The Forgotten Foods of Christmas
18 Dec 2022
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Dan Saladino and food historian Ivan Day rediscover lost flavours from Christmas past with a feast t...
The Food Books of 2022
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sheila Dillon and guests come together at Cherry Tree Library in Blackburn to discuss this year's be...
Nutrition's Dark Matter: The New Science of Eating
05 Dec 2022
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This year's winner of the Derek Cooper Lifetime Achievement award, scientist Professor Tim Spector e...
Fred Sirieix: A Life Through Food
27 Nov 2022
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Fred Sirieix, the French maître d’ joins Jaega Wise to share his ‘Life Through Food’ and pass...
BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022: Second Course
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022 are announced at a ceremony at the National Muse...
BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022: First Course
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022 are announced at a ceremony at the National Muse...
Avoiding the Avocado?
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's a growing anxiety around avocados. With more awareness of their impact on the countries wher...
Best Food Producer: Meet the Finalists of 2022
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sheila Dillon and chef Michael Caines meet the three Best Food Producer finalists of 2022, a communi...
Wine in a Changing Climate
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As rising temperatures supercharge the UK wine industry, Jaega Wise finds out what this means for wi...
The Food Innovators
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino explore three big ideas that are set to influence the future of food and farming: the r...
So You Want to Be a Bartender?
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the world of cocktails and the people who make them. As Jaega Wise discovers in this prog...
Cost of Living Crisis: Food Donations
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As energy bills rise to their new capped level at the start of October, Leyla Kazim shares some insp...
Hospital food - a turning point?
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The quality of hospital food around the country remains a very mixed picture, despite various initia...
Cooperation: the solution to a food crisis?
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The co-op that's saving land, a food culture and villages at risk of being abandoned. In Benevento, ...
The Hairy Bikers: Full Throttle Food
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty years ago, Dave Myers, a specialist prosthetic make-up artist walked into a pub in Newcastle ...
A Very British Restaurant Revolution – Jeremy Lee and the joy of ingredients that sing
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sheila Dillon hears the story of one of the most loved and admired chefs in the business, Jeremy Lee...
Cost of Living Crisis: The Food Factor
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The latest calculations from economists point to an inflation rate for average shopping baskets of j...
Feeding the Circus
21 Aug 2022
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Meet the chef who ran away with the circus. Ols Halas is one of the longest-serving cast members at ...
Fried Chicken: a story of race and identity
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the American Civil War to the present day, fried chicken has been used to create negative ster...
Reformulation – a fix for the obesity crisis?
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the UK poor diet is a worrying public health issue, and we rank one of the worst in Europe for le...
Protein: power in powder?
31 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Protein supplements have been around for a long time but recently it feels like they made the jump f...
Sandor Katz: Fermentation Journeys
24 Jul 2022
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Dan Saladino talks with Sandor Katz about the diversity of fermentation around the world. Produced a...
Michael Caines: A Life Through Food
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The award winning and inspirational chef tells his food story to Dan Saladino. One of his mentors, R...
Mindful Food and the Art of Attention
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where our attention spans are getting shorter, where we are rewarded not for the attentio...
Bread: Why should we care more about it?
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What difference would it make if more people rejected cheap bread made using the Chorleywood Process...
The Food Strategy: Is There One?
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino and Sheila Dillon dig deep into the details of the newly published Government Food Stra...
Birmingham’s Food System Revolution
19 Jun 2022
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The city of Birmingham is about to launch its own ambitious Food System Strategy. It’s vision is t...
Can we bring food diversity back to the table?
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino meets people saving endangered foods and bringing diversity back to our diets. Groups o...
The BBC Food and Farming Awards return for 2022
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sheila Dillon and judges Asma Khan and Michael Caines open nominations for the 2022 BBC Food & F...
Falafel: A recipe for connection
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Falafels are a widely celebrated and much loved food that have become an everyday part of street foo...
Consider the Axe: Food, farming and the wonders of Stonehenge.
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino and blacksmith Alex Pole explain how our food has been influenced by metals.
Madhur Jaffrey: A Legacy
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
40 years ago the BBC broadcast a new TV cooking series called "Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking". It ...
Staffordshire Oatcakes – a Potteries tradition going strong
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our world of globalised food, there are few things that have remained true local specialities, an...
SPAM: food + war + memory in a can
01 May 2022
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No other tinned meat has had the worldwide cultural impact of SPAM. Though often denigrated in this ...
Jack Monroe: A Life Through Food
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Monroe, the food writer and poverty campaigner sits down in her living room in Southend-on-Sea ...
An Easter Special
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino hears from cooks in Palermo, Marseille and Kyiv about Easter food traditions. Produced ...
Ukraine: The Food Dimension Part 2
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino speaks to food suppliers and farmers in Ukraine about the impact of war.Produced and pr...
Beans Part 2: How Spain Does Beans
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A few months ago, Sheila Dillon opened a glass jar of chickpeas in her kitchen. Their taste was so d...
Beans Part 1: Are Legumes the Answer?
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of two programmes all about beans, Sheila Dillon asks if they could be the answer to ou...
The True Cost of Food
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The price of food is rising alongside fuel, energy and other costs, and experts are warning that hou...
Animal-free dairy: Could this be the future of milk?
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dairy alternatives with real milk proteins but no use of cows are now becoming a reality. In the US ...
Ukraine: War in the breadbasket of the world
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino looks at the war in Ukraine through the lens of food. Are people already going hungry? ...
Scotland, a Good Food Nation?
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can Scotland become a nation where people from every walk of life ‘take pride and pleasure in the ...
Fresh Grounds: The Search for the World's Rarest Coffee
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Saladino meets the plant hunters searching for the world's lost and forgotten coffee varieties a...
Ainsley Harriott: A Life Through Food
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ainsley Harriott joins Jaega Wise to share his 'Life Through Food' from his kitchen in South London....