The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 757

As people cut down and cut out booze, no and low alcohol drinks are pouring onto the market. Brewer

"I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater." So

Presenter Charlotte Smith puts down her beloved Kit Kat to discover a world of rich, bitter and ofte

Sweet Chestnuts

2018/12/9

Rachel Roddy and Sheila Dillon share their love of Sweet Chestnuts and find out how they're for so m

Cookbooks of 2018

2018/12/2

Sheila Dillon is joined by cook and food-writer Chetna Makan, Tom Tivnan from The Bookseller’—the bo

Food as part of a prescription for health and wellbeing. What has gone wrong with our diets in the

The Big Carb Debate

2018/11/18

The Food Programme invites a panel of four to discuss the merits of a low versus high carbohydrate

Cambodia's Forgotten Food

2018/11/12

Food writer, chef and presenter Genevieve Taylor tells the story of how Cambodia’s cooking history w

How Instagram changed food - with journalist George Reynolds and Anissa Helou, the author of Feast.

May Contain Nuts

2018/10/28

Following the recent high-profile cases involving food allergy deaths, Bee Wilson investigates wheth

After the summer heatwave, Master of Wine Susie Barrie meets winemakers bringing in what could be a

The C Word

2018/10/14

Foxwhelp, cat's head, sheep's nose, hen's turd, yellow willy .... did you know there are over 200 va

How to Feed a Fresher

2018/10/7

It’s fresher’s week, and all over the country students are settling in to their new digs, franticall

Meat-free meat is having a moment. As more and more people move to a plant-based diet the range of s

Stories of harvest from around the UK to celebrate the autumn equinox and the passing of the summer.

Rowley Leigh, to many the "godfather" of modern British cooking tells his story to Dan Saladino. Alo

Meat, drink, fire and bands - every year top chefs gather in London for a hearty celebration that ha

Label This!

2018/9/2

Sheila Dillon investigates the world of food and drink labelling; what has to go on, what doesn't, h

Dan Saladino and food historian Polly Russell share stories of seeds as told at this year's Oxford S

There's More to Mangoes

2018/8/19

There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of varieties of mango. Some creamy and sweet, some a bit hot, s