The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 767

In the UK poor diet is a worrying public health issue, and we rank one of the worst in Europe for le

Protein supplements have been around for a long time but recently it feels like they made the jump f

Dan Saladino talks with Sandor Katz about the diversity of fermentation around the world. Produced a

The award winning and inspirational chef tells his food story to Dan Saladino. One of his mentors, R

In a world where our attention spans are getting shorter, where we are rewarded not for the attentio

What difference would it make if more people rejected cheap bread made using the Chorleywood Process

Dan Saladino and Sheila Dillon dig deep into the details of the newly published Government Food Stra

The city of Birmingham is about to launch its own ambitious Food System Strategy. It’s vision is to

Dan Saladino meets people saving endangered foods and bringing diversity back to our diets. Groups o

Sheila Dillon and judges Asma Khan and Michael Caines open nominations for the 2022 BBC Food & F

Falafels are a widely celebrated and much loved food that have become an everyday part of street foo

Dan Saladino and blacksmith Alex Pole explain how our food has been influenced by metals.

Madhur Jaffrey: A Legacy

2022/5/15

40 years ago the BBC broadcast a new TV cooking series called "Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking". It

In our world of globalised food, there are few things that have remained true local specialities, an

No other tinned meat has had the worldwide cultural impact of SPAM. Though often denigrated in this

Jack Monroe, the food writer and poverty campaigner sits down in her living room in Southend-on-Sea

An Easter Special

2022/4/19

Dan Saladino hears from cooks in Palermo, Marseille and Kyiv about Easter food traditions. Produced

Dan Saladino speaks to food suppliers and farmers in Ukraine about the impact of war.Produced and pr

A few months ago, Sheila Dillon opened a glass jar of chickpeas in her kitchen. Their taste was so d

In the first of two programmes all about beans, Sheila Dillon asks if they could be the answer to ou