The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 754

Generation Food

2012/1/23

Generation Food. The Food Programme hears from the people coming up with new ideas and fresh thinkin

Food and the Olympics. Guest presenter John Inverdale looks ahead to London 2012 and explores the hi

Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.Producer: Rich Ward.

New Year's Food Quiz

2012/1/1

Tim Hayward and The Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge in pursuit

The Food Quiz

2011/12/25

Nowhere else will you find a programme that juggles Elvis Presley's culinary history, questions over

Gin and Botanicals

2011/12/19

Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin. And hears how

The Price of Food

2011/12/12

Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat. From increases

Sheila Dillon talks to Food Award judges Jeremy Lee and Kath Dalmeny about some of the exciting gras

Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2011.

Mark Bittman is a high-profile figure in the United States. He's the chief food writer for the New Y

Future Food

2011/11/14

Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future. Will techniques used

Into the Wild

2011/11/7

Sheila Dillon looks at the world of the commercial forager. As chefs become increasingly interested

Palm Oil

2011/10/31

Used increasingly by the food industry in a wide array of products from chocolate, crisps, ready mea

The Calorie

2011/10/24

Sheila Dillon asks if the calorie is an outdated way of controlling diet and reducing obesity.

Pickling and Preserving

2011/10/17

Sheila Dillon looks at some of the ingenious ways we have developed of preserving food through the a

Los Angeles Street Food

2011/10/10

Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin. With the

Beer - Trouble Brewing?

2011/10/3

Britain is a brewing nation, with a long tradition of creating incredible beers to be enjoyed in any

Food ads and children

2011/9/26

Sheila Dillon explores the issue of advertising junk food to children, and how companies have change

The Honey Business

2011/9/19

Honey, prized since ancient times, is today shipped all over the planet. It is used as a pure foodst

Food Poverty

2011/9/12

Across the UK, people are going hungry and not getting enough of the foods that they need. Every wee