The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 756

Three inspirational cooks

2014/1/12

Sheila Dillon revisits the inspirational caterers from the very first BBC Food & Farming Awards.

Sheila Dillon, chef Richard Corrigan and food writer and broadcaster Valentine Warner help launch th

Fish & Chips

2014/1/3

Sheila Dillon explores a renaissance in the great British fish and chip shop, with the help of food

Sheila Dillon and Tim Hayward discuss the legacy of Elizabeth David 100 years after her birth. The i

For cook and author Nigel Slater, 'Nutmeg and citrus are the scents of Christmas' but Sheila Dillon

Bovril

2013/12/8

Cambridge University historian Lesley Steinitz explains the pioneering story of Bovril. From its beg

The Californian chef and campaigner Alice Waters shares her story with Sheila Dillon; from early lif

Cook Books

2013/11/27

Cookery Books of 2013.Ahead of the Christmas shopping season Sheila Dillon reviews this year's best

Fenland celery has recently joined a select list of only fifty-five British foods to achieve the sam

The Sugarman of Brazil

2013/11/10

Leontino Balbo - The Sugarman of Brazil. The incredible story of one maverick farmer who is trying t

In January of this year the Food Standards Agency confirmed results showing horsemeat had been found

Restaurant Reviews

2013/10/28

Restaurant reviews - who can we trust? Sheila Dillon investigates online review sites, newspaper rev

Award winning drinks writer Pete Brown joins Sheila Dillon to explain why bottles of cider should be

The Great British Hop

2013/10/13

Three decades ago Miles Warde worked on a hop farm in Herefordshire. Split shifts, tractors with lig

Cook Slow, Cook Fast

2013/10/7

Sheila Dillon meets a new generation of cooks using slow and pressure cookers. Sales of slow cookers

The School Food Plan

2013/9/30

The School Food Plan, written by Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent, aims to increase take-up of school

Myrtle and Darina Allen, revolutionised food in Ireland with their cooking. From pioneering restaura

Booze-free Bars

2013/9/16

Booze Free Bars - With an increasing number of us giving up alcohol, new bars are popping up across

Can street food change the world? Richard Johnson looks at ideas being tried around the world, from

DIY Food

2013/9/2

DIY Foods - Tim Hayward meets the people taking ambitious food production into their own hands. Andy