The Food Chain

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

Episodes

Total: 472

Breast Practice

2015/11/28

As part of the BBC's 100 Women season, The Food Chain dedicates an episode to working mothers and ho

Chinatown

2015/11/21

Nearly every major city in the world has one- a district where Chinese immigrants have settled to l

Back of House

2015/11/14

It can be a tough life in the pressure cooker of the professional kitchen. A restaurant is a crucibl

Food Far From Home

2015/10/31

The biggest refugee crisis since World War Two continues to intensify and once the treacherous journ

Food of War

2015/9/12

What are the challenges of finding the next meal in times of war? Feeding an army is a giant exercis

Can the world’s largest democracy guarantee its citizens the right to their next meal? As part of th

How food, identity, religion, and politics are changing the way India eats. Anu Anand visits Mumbai’

Food of Love

2015/8/15

From a baby’s first cry to the funeral feast: food as the language of love. This week, the Food Chai

We explore one of the world’s most important foods - the chicken. It is set to become the world’s mo

Do you have a family recipe that friends say you should bottle and sell? Simon Jack looks at how you

How does our gender affect our relationship with food? Does it determine what we want to eat, how we

Most of the food we eat - beef chicken, wheat, apples, corn - is farmed on the land, produced under

Why is food advice so confusing? Up for debate is the role of fat in our diet. Adrian Golberg takes

Spice and Status

2015/5/23

A deeper look at the global network of commerce that comes with the flavouring of our food. Marnie C

How the coffee industry is changing for growers, sellers, and consumers around the world. This week

Fighting Food Crime

2015/3/27

We meet some of the people fighting food fraud around the world. Manuela Saragosa asks what risks th

Picky Eaters

2015/3/20

Why won’t your kid eat broccoli? And should you bother to force them? We ask whether children need a

Eating For Two?

2015/3/13

What do snails, tamarind and parsley all have in common? They are all foods that - according to Worl

Farm and Fortune?

2015/3/6

The origins of our food can be scrutinised, analysed, inspected, and disrupted but the production of

Does the government have a duty to feed us? Or should we each look after our own table? Angela Saini