The Food Chain

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes t

Episodes

Total: 472

Why the Heat about Meat?

2018/11/29

Why do we get so angry when we talk about food? When conversation turns to meat in particular, it do

Million Dollar Mouths

2018/11/22

Who gets to decide what our food tastes like - and what gives them the authority to do so?Emily Thom

Inside the Abattoir

2018/11/15

This episode includes audio of the slaughter of farm animals, which some may find upsetting. But if

Behind the (Food) Scenes

2018/11/8

Three top food stylists - all of whom have ghost-written and cooked on behalf of the world’s top che

A powerful colossus is controlling most of what we eat. Who has the guts to take it on?Emily Thomas

I'm with the chef

2018/10/25

If you think you’d like your other half to be able to cook like a Michelin-starred chef, this episod

Have you ever felt the urge to share exactly the same culinary experience as your ancestors? Do you

Emily Thomas explores a stereotype with potentially life-threatening consequences - the idea that ea

From diet pills to vomit rooms, the Food Chain investigates the rise of eating disorders in China. I

Emily Thomas brings together a straight-talking crowd who are not afraid to ruffle a few feathers -

Going Off Cow's Milk?

2018/9/20

Emily Thomas asks whether we’re on a slow but steady path to abandoning our pervasive, long-standing

Widowed: Food After Loss

2018/9/13

In the second of two episodes on food and grief, Emily Thomas explores the food experiences of the w

Raw grief

2018/9/6

In the first of two episodes on food and grief, Emily Thomas explores how food can help us navigate

Emily Thomas asks whether the curious phenomenon of the celebrity chef, is undergoing a metamorphosi

The Invisible Ingredient

2018/8/22

We’re killing time on The Food Chain this week. From crops that grow in just eight weeks, to whole m

Meet the Michelin-starred chef who, when he hears word of a natural disaster, jumps on a plane to ge

We sit down with one of R&B’s most eccentric and compelling artists, Kelis. Over the past 20 yea

The Food Chain listens back to My Life in Five Dishes with the renowned Egyptian cookery writer Clau

The Food Chain listens back to My Life in Five Dishes with chef and broadcaster Gordon Ramsay, origi

Antonio Carluccio describes his most memorable dishes in his last ever interview. The cook, restaura