BBC Radio Podcasts from The Food Programme

Is our cheese heritage ancient history?

Sheila examines the heritage and health benefits of cheesemaking today.

Darina Allen: A Life Through Food

Dan Saladino finds out how a farm in west Cork became an influential cookery schools.

Denmark's Food Revolution?

Sheila Dillon explores Denmark's moves towards organic and plant-based eating.

When Saturday Comes

Farewell burnt burgers and hello souvlaki and samosas. How food at football is changing.

Are We Prepared? Could the UK Feed Itself in a Crisis?

Five years after the first lockdown Dan Saladino asks if food systems are better prepared.

Bradford: City of Food Culture

How did Bradford's diverse food cultures help it to win UK City of Culture 2025?

Communal Dining

Sheila Dillon hears why some think the UK needs a communal dining revival.

Closing London's 'Kitchen of the Universe'

Sheila Dillon examines the impact of closing Smithfield and Billingsgate markets in London

Regenerative farming and food. What does it mean?

It's a term used by small farmers and the big food businesses. But what is 'regen ag'?

Second to Nan

Sheila Dillon revisits the idea of our grannies’ cooking and how it shapes us.

Broken Policies

Sheila Dillon looks into why healthy eating policies often fail and future strategy.

Low and No

As Dry January ends, Jaega Wise looks at the rise of low alcohol and alcohol-free drinks.

Food and Exercise: A Puzzle

Want to lose weight? How much can you achieve through exercise? Dan Saladino investigates.

What's this emulsifier doing in my food?

Jaega Wise learns about one of the most common food additives: emulsifiers

Food and AI

Jaega Wise considers the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the food industry.

Food Bank Nation

Jaega Wise investigates the rise of the food bank in the UK and interviews Gordon Brown.

The Dickens Effect: How the Writer Influenced Food at Christmas.

Dan Saladino explores the impact a Christmas Carol and other novels had on festive eating.

Christmas: The Gift of Food

Jaega Wise explores the tradition, planning and heart that goes into festive food giving.

Restaurants: A Survival Guide

Restaurant businesses say it's getting tougher to survive? What does it take to succeed?

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2024

Join Sheila Dillon at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow for the BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Nan the Wiser

What can we learn from Grandma about food and cooking?

Once Upon a Mealtime

Sheila Dillon explores how leading children's writers depict food in their books.

Fishing for Change

Sheila Dillon explores the push to get us eating beyond the usual five species of fish.

Frankopan on Food

Peter Frankopan, author of Silk Roads and Earth Transformed, on food, history & the future

Back Stage Food – How performers eat before, during and after the show.

Jaega Wise explores what actors, dancers and musicians eat to fuel their performance.

Food Stories From Terra Madre

Dan Saladino shares stories of food and biodiversity at the Slow Food event Terra Madre.

Eating on the Spectrum

Leyla Kazim hears how neurodivergence can impact the way people experience food.

The Champagne of Dairy and other drinks

Jaega Wise meets the shortlisted Drinks Producers in the BBC Food and Farming Awards.

A Food Revolution in Ten Ideas.

Dan Saladino looks at ten potentially planet-changing ideas for the future of food.

The Brain Gut Connection

Heston Blumenthal and guests join Sheila Dillon at Abergavenny Food Festival.

Nuts about Nuts

Where do your nuts come from and are they really that good for you?

The Sourdough Library

Dan Saladino visits a unique collection of bread starters and finds a world of microbes.

Fresh Food Ideas? Some new MPs look ahead

Fresh Food Ideas? Sheila Dillon looks ahead with some new MPs

Food Waste: New Answers for Old Problems

Leyla Kazim considers new solutions from food waste laws to fridge redesigns.

Taste the World

Food, identity, myths and reality. In a globalised world can a dish reflect who we are?

Addicted to Food

Sheila Dillon hears from people who say they are addicted to food.

How did Food Help Finland Become the Happiest Country in the World?

Sheila Dillon searches the Nordic nation for their secrets to happiness.

Why Are Celebrity Drinks Everywhere?

Jaega Wise explores the exponential rise of celebrity-backed drinks brands.

Becoming Michelin

Sheila Dillon speaks to women who lead some of the UK's top fine dining restaurants.

Off the Rails: The Story of Train Food

Sheila Dillon journeys into the world of food and rail travel.

Just One Thing with The Food Programme

Sheila Dillon looks back at Dr Michael Mosley's legacy.

Has Finland Found the Future of Food?

Sheila Dillon visits the factory turning hydrogen into a new lab-grown food ingredient.

Pastry Nation: Hype Bakeries on the Rise

Leyla Kazim tracks a new wave of British bakeries and their viral viennoiseries.

What Makes Food Safe?

Sheila Dillon investigates the new strain of E coli behind the current outbreak.

D-Day - The Food that fuelled the assault

Leyla Kazim explores the food that fuelled the troops heading into D-Day.

The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2024: The Search Begins...

Nominations open for the 2024 BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Danny Trejo: A Life Through Food

Jaega Wise meets Hollywood actor Danny Trejo to talk family, prison, addiction and tacos.

The Fight to Improve School Food in 2024

How headteachers are transforming school meals in difficult economic conditions.

The Hong Kongers finding a new home through food

Jimi Famurewa finds out how food is helping a new wave of Hong Kongers settle in the UK.

Posh Nosh: Food's Class Dilemma

Sheila Dillon on what impact Britain's obsession with class has on how we eat now.

Lessons from Leeds and Amsterdam on childhood obesity

Two rare examples of how prevalence of childhood obesity has been cut.

The secrets of sport food

From the explosion in sport food and drink to the diet diaries of top athletes.

Brexit's Import Controls

What will be the impact on our food supplies? Jaega Wise investigates.

A Celebration of the Birthday Cake

Jaega Wise explores the history of the birthday cake, including tips from Dame Mary Berry

Cooking at home with Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker hosts Leyla Kazim for lunch and reveals his new-found love of cooking.

Lamb Season

Sheila Dillon explores the significance of eating lamb at Easter.

Stouts and Porters: How dark beers became cool

Jimi Famurewa finds out why stouts and porters like Guinness are having a bit of a moment.

The Plant-Based Diet Boom: How is it changing food culture?

What are the social and cultural shifts from the growth of the plant-based diet trend?

The herb and spice scam?

In this exclusive investigation, Jaega Wise tests everyday kitchen spices.

Feeding Norfolk

Delia Smith sends the team to Norfolk to see what's being done to fix food poverty there.

The power of poems to connect us to food

Farmer's stories through the eyes of poets – can it make us care how our food is grown?

A Bitter Taste?

From cooking and growing to new health research, Leyla Kazim explores the world of bitter.

Love on a Plate

Stories of food, love and romance with Jaega Wise.

Destination Food

Sheila Dillon explores what it means to travel to eat in a globalised world.

How has a small island become the nation with the highest rate of obesity?

Sheila Dilllon explores what we can learn from Nauru, the world's most obese country

Haggis and Hosting: Celebrating Burns Night

Sheila Dillon joins chef Julie Lin in Glasgow as she hosts friends for Burns Night 2024.

Eating for Two?

Jaega Wise is on a mission to find out what she should really be eating while pregnant.

A Seaweed Revolution in the UK?

Could seaweed farming be the answer to some of our biggest issues? Leyla Kazim finds out.

New Year’s Eve Food Around the World

Join Leyla Kazim for a tour of New Year’s Eve food traditions around the world.

Christmas with The Food Programme

Chef Thomasina Miers and Sheila Dillon on doing more with less at Christmas.

Reflections on rum

Jaega Wise chats to producer Nina Pullman on the making of the rum programme.

Dark and stormy: A journey through rum

From its origins on slave plantations to new ways of making it from scratch in the UK.

Recipes for Long Life

Could research into centenarians living in Blue Zones help us live longer?

The food books of 2023

Sheila Dillon presents The Food Programme’s favourite food books of the year.

Food Under Siege in Gaza

Sheila Dillon looks at the war in Gaza through the lens of food.

Older Men Learning to Cook

Jimi Famurewa talks to men who are learning or rediscovering cooking later in life.

Mezcal: A Beginners Guide

Dan Saladino explores the Mexican spirit mezcal and the diverse world of agave spirits.

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023: Second Course

Sheila Dillon presents more winners from the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023.

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023: First Course

The winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023 are announced.

Prescribing Fruit and Veg – A New Model for the NHS?

How healthcare is being brought out of GP surgeries and into communities in south London.

Eating Wild Part 2: Inside the Gut Microbiome

Dan Saladino finds out what happened to people who embarked on a wild food adventure.

Kombucha: A Miracle Drink?

Jaega Wise investigates the world of fermented tea.

Local food – is it working?

To what extent is food localism working, and how is that helping smaller producers?

Abergavenny at 25

Abergavenny Food Festival: 25 Years and Counting

BBC Food and Farming Awards: street food finalists

Street food, take-aways and small eateries, the finalists in BBC Food & Farming Awards.

The Food Innovators: Radical Thinkers, Big Ideas.

Dan Saladino meets the finalists for this year's Food Innovation Award.

Festival Food

What does it take to feed a music festival?

A Food Museum – can it make us care about food?

How can the UK's new food museum tell the story of food, past, present and future?

Wedding Food

The Food Programme celebrates wedding food and drink.

The Global Food System: Too Big to Fix?

World leaders met in Rome to fix the food system. Dan Saladino finds out what happened.

Medicinal mushrooms – magically good for our health?

Are mushrooms like Lion’s Mane, Shiitake, Chaga, and Turkey Tail really medicinal?

Feeding Your Brain: A Users Guide.

What the latest science is telling us about food, mental health and boosting brain power.

UPF WTF?

The UK loves ultra-processed food - but they are being linked to illness. So what now?

Smoke, Fire and Flame: Trends v Tradition

The story of smoke and live fire cooking, from current trends to traditions at risk.

Bread, Baking, War and Ukraine

Dan Saladino hears from the bakers in Ukraine supplying fresh bread to the front line.

The Wild Venison Project

The new campaign to make wild venison a mainstay for British meat eaters.

Agritourism: Italian-inspired hospitality in the UK

On the trail of the pioneers bringing Italian-style agritourism to the UK.

Learning to Eat Part 2 – How the French do it

What can we learn from the French in teaching children healthy eating habits?

Learning to Eat Part 1 – Do Kids Need Special Food?

Sheila Dillon explores how food habits are formed at home and nursery in the early years

Pavlov to Plant Breeding: Food Prizes that Changed the World.

From Nobel winners to great innovators, Dan Saladino explores prize-winning food ideas.

The Awards Return

Get your entries in now for the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023!

Tech, TikTok and the Future of Food Writing

How lists, maps and apps are transforming restaurant reviewing and food writing.

Eating Wild

Can you eat like a hunter-gatherer in modern Britain? Dan Saladino meets people who are.

Coronation 2023 – How is Food Bringing us Together?

Jaega Wise joins a community lunch, and explores the history of coronation eating.

Conversations in cafes: all hail the greasy spoon

Leyla Kazim explores the magic of the greasy spoon.

The Good Friday Food Revolution

How the peace process has nourished Northern Ireland's flourishing food culture.

Weight-loss drugs

Is hacking our biology the solution to an unhealthy food system and bad food culture?

Secret Supply Lines – Fruit & Veg Under the Radar

Could fruit and veg wholesale markets help build a more secure food system in Britain?

A Pudding Celebration

Join Sheila in her kitchen with some of the UK's best pudding chefs.

Glasgow: Seeking Asylum and Finding Refuge in Food

Leyla Kazim explores the central role food plays for forcibly displaced people in Glasgow.

Hospital Food: Agents of Change?

Sheila Dillon visits a hospital food factory, and will new regulations improve food?

A Food Rethink: Lessons from a Food Shortage

From energy to seasonality, Dan Saladino explores ideas prompted by supermarket shortages.

Halloumi and hellim: The story of an island and its cheese

Leyla Kazim speaks to Cypriots about the future of one of the UK's favourite food imports.

One Armed Chef: The Food Adventures of Giles Duley.

How the photographer injured in a conflict reinvented himself through food and cooking.

Delia Country: How Delia Smith changed food in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Delia Smith has had a profound influence on East Anglian food. Sheila Dillon investigates.

Low Energy Cookers: Fad or For Life?

They're having a moment - but can low-energy gadgets do more than simply save us money?

Pierre Koffmann: A Life Through Food

Born in Gascony, celebrated for cooking in London, Pierre Koffmann tells his food story.

Brexit and Food: How is it working out?

Jaega Wise finds out how Brexit is working out for food producers, three years on.

The Wild West of Whisky: From Cask Investments to Dram Scams

Jaega Wise explores the world of cask investment programmes, counterfeits and theft.

Fixing Dan

Dan Saladino needs to get in shape, but why do his attempts to change keep failing?

Shellfish: A Very British Image Crisis

The climate conscious food entrepreneurs who want us to think again about ugly shellfish.

Hangovers: a guide to the morning after

Jaega Wise investigates the science, history and culture around the hangover.

Food, Philosophy & Football: Christmas with Delia Smith

Delia Smith, the woman who taught the UK to cook speaks to Sheila Dillon.

The Forgotten Foods of Christmas

Dan Saladino and food historian Ivan Day explore the lost flavours of Christmas past.

The Food Books of 2022

Sheila Dillon discusses the year's best food books from a library in Blackburn

Nutrition's Dark Matter: The New Science of Eating

Professor Tim Spector discusses the latest research pointing to what and how we should eat

Fred Sirieix: A Life Through Food

Jaega Wise meets French maître d' Fred Sirieix to hear about his passion for hospitality.

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022: Second Course

Sheila Dillon and Asma Khan reveal the winners of the 2022 BBC Food and Farming Awards.

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2022: First Course

Sheila Dillon and Asma Khan reveal the winners of the 2022 BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Avoiding the Avocado?

Leyla Kazim explores responses to the growing anxiety around avocado production.

Best Food Producer: Meet the Finalists of 2022

BBC Food and Farming Awards Food Producer finalists share their stories with Sheila Dillon

Wine in a Changing Climate

Jaega Wise explores how climate change is supercharging the UK wine industry.

The Food Innovators

Dan Saladino explore three big ideas set to influence the future of our food and farming.

So You Want to Be a Bartender?

Jaega Wise looks at the highs and lows of professional bartending.

Cost of Living Crisis: Food Donations

Leyla Kazim shares inspiring stories of community giving during the cost of living crisis.

Hospital food - a turning point?

Sheila Dillon meets pioneering catering teams improving food in the NHS.

Cooperation: the solution to a food crisis?

The cooperative that's saving land, a food culture and preventing villages being abandoned

The Hairy Bikers: Full Throttle Food

The Hairy Bikers talk food and three decades of friendship with Leyla Kazim.

A Very British Restaurant Revolution – Jeremy Lee and the joy of ingredients that sing

The food story of one of the most loved and admired chefs in the business, Jeremy Lee.

Cost of Living Crisis: The Food Factor

With food price inflation at 12% Dan Saladino finds out what lies in store for the winter.

Feeding the Circus

Sheila Dillon meets a chef who ran away with the circus.

Fried Chicken: a story of race and identity

Jaega Wise and Melissa Thompson look at the racial connotations of fried chicken.

Reformulation – a fix for the obesity crisis?

Sheila Dillon explores the challenges of reformulating unhealthy processed foods.

Protein: power in powder?

Jaega Wise investigates the hype around protein supplements.

Sandor Katz: Fermentation Journeys

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

Michael Caines: A Life Through Food

The award-winning and inspirational Devon chef tells his food story to Dan Saladino.

Mindful Food and the Art of Attention

Why the simple art of paying attention could be the secret to great food and drink.

Bread: Why should we care more about it?

Sheila Dillon asks why we are being told to care more about the kind of bread we eat.

The Food Strategy: Is There One?

Dan Saladino and Sheila Dillon dig deep into the details of the Government Food Strategy.

Birmingham’s Food System Revolution

Birmingham’s grassroots food groups talk to Jaega Wise about the change they want to see.

Can we bring food diversity back to the table?

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

The BBC Food and Farming Awards return for 2022

Sheila Dillon and judges Asma Khan and Michael Caines open nominations.

Falafel: A recipe for connection

Leyla Kazim tracks the story of falafel and how it’s become a part of global food culture.

Consider the Axe: Food, farming and the wonders of Stonehenge.

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

Madhur Jaffrey: A Legacy

Sheila Dillon hears how Madhur 'paved the way' in food for women of Indian heritage.

Staffordshire Oatcakes – a Potteries tradition going strong

Leyla Kazim asks oatcake bakers about the future of the much-loved yeasted oatmeal pancake

SPAM: food + war + memory in a can

Jaega Wise investigates the worldwide cultural importance of SPAM.

Jack Monroe: A Life Through Food

Leyla Kazim meets food writer and poverty campaigner Jack Monroe.

An Easter Special

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

Ukraine: The Food Dimension Part 2

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

Beans Part 2: How Spain Does Beans

The humble bean is mighty in Spain. Sheila Dillon finds out why.

Beans Part 1: Are Legumes the Answer?

Sheila Dillon asks if beans could be the answer to our and the planet's health problems.

The True Cost of Food

Sheila Dillon and expert panel discuss the hidden costs of food production

Animal-free dairy: Could this be the future of milk?

How far could animal-free dairy alternatives go in disrupting dairy production?

Ukraine: War in the breadbasket of the world

Dan Saladino looks at the war in Ukraine through the lens of food and farming.

Scotland, a Good Food Nation?

Can Scotland become a ‘Good Food Nation’? Sheila Dillon explores a new government bill.

Fresh Grounds: The Search for the World's Rarest Coffee

Dan Saladino meets the plant hunters looking for the world's forgotten coffee varieties.

Ainsley Harriott: A Life Through Food

Jaega Wise meets TV chef Ainsley to talk life, cooking, his influence and being 'memefied'

Eco-labelling for food - what difference could it make?

How could environmental-impact labels help lower the carbon footprint of food production?

Wassail! Wassail! A celebration of cider, orchards and song

Dan Saladino goes in search of the history, meaning and spirit of wassails and cider.

Angela Hartnett: A Life Through Food

Chef Angela Hartnett OBE shares stories of her life in hospitality with Sheila Dillon.

Keto: Diet fad or food fix?

Dan Saladino explores keto to understand the appeal of this low carb way of eating.

Gabriella D'Cruz: Global Youth Champion

Meet Gabriella, who is trying to transform livelihoods and protect the planet with seaweed

#FoodTok: Mastering the Art of Cooking in Three Minutes

Jaega Wise explores how food has become a star on Gen Z video app, TikTok.

The Rise of Ultra-Fast Grocery Delivery

Leyla Kazim dives into the world of rapid grocery delivery - could it change how we shop?

A Christmas Feast Special.

Big names in the food world join Dan and Sheila with their favourite Christmas dishes.

The Meaning of Cod

In search of the meaning of cod, Dan Saladino travels to the Norwegian island of Lofoten.

The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021 - Second Course

Sheila Dillon presents more winners' stories from the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021

The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021 - First Course

The winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021 are announced.

Cookbooks of 2021

Our annual round up of the year's best food and drink books.

Best Shop or Market of the Year: Meet the Finalists

Leyla Kazim visits 2021’s Best Shop or Market finalists in the BBC Food and Farming Awards

COP26: The Case for Cattle and Pigs.

With COP26 underway Dan Saladino explores the value of meat and dairy for our future food.

Veg Invention: The stories of new kinds of fruit and vegetables

Leyla Kazim finds out how new varieties of fruit and veg make it from lab to plate.

A Personnel Problem: What's the solution to hospitality's staffing crisis?

Sheila Dillon and guests discuss why hospitality businesses just can't get the staff.

Follow the Money: Investor power and the Future of Food

Dan Saladino meets investors using trillions of dollars to shape the global food system.

Best Food Producer of the Year: Meet the Finalists

Sheila Dillon and chef Angela Hartnett visit this year’s Best Food Producer finalists.

Oz Clarke: A Life Through Wine

Jaega Wise talks to the writer about his lifelong passion for wine and its future.

Prue Leith: A Life Through Food

Sheila Dillon meets broadcaster and businesswoman Prue Leith to discuss her career in food

High Spirits: A story of vodka

Jaega Wise learns about the origin and evolution of vodka.

Buckfast: the Transformation of Scotland’s Most Controversial Drink

Jaega Wise finds out how a tonic wine with a troubled past became middle class.

Stirring Up Stories: The Business of Food PR

Leyla Kazim finds out how food PR is evolving to get us talking and eating.

Tastefully Worded: Exploring food in language

Sheila Dillon and Michael Rosen consider the power and persuasion of food language.

The Story of the Digestive: From grain to biscuit.

Dan Saladino tells the story of one of Britain's oldest and most popular biscuits.

Flour to the People.

Dan Saladino finds out how wheat, flour and bread are being reclaimed in Scotland.

Andrew Wong: A Life Through Food

Jaega Wise meets the chef bringing Chinese culture and history to life through his food.

Catering in Care Homes

Sheila Dillon explores the challenges around cooking up good quality food in care homes.

The Great Food Reset?

Dan Saladino finds out why a United Nations food summit has become so controversial.

Plate of the Nation: Second Serving

Can the new National Food Strategy successfully transform the UK food system?

Drinking Culture: The women calling out sexism in the alcohol industry

Jaega Wise speaks to those hoping to change how women are treated in the drinks world

Unpacking the Great British Picnic

Jaega Wise finds out how and why the picnic has become such an institution.

Cyrus Todiwala: A Life Through Food

From Mumbai childhood to pioneering Indian chef in London: Mr Todiwala's Life Through Food

The Medical Field: Why student doctors are getting out on farms

Could teaching medics about food production help improve the nation's health?

Eat Your Art Out: How Art Makes Us Eat

Jaega Wise discovers how art makes us eat; from cookbooks to curated menus and campaigns.

Tom Kerridge: A Life Through Food

Tom Kerridge shares his remarkable life in food, pubs and kitchens with Sheila Dillon.

India's Covid Crisis: The Food Story

Dan Saladino looks at Covid's impact on food in India and the efforts to feed communities.

Socially Distanced Dining: Indoor restaurants reopen again

Leyla Kazim heads to Padstow to discover how restaurants are adapting to new Covid rules.

Pure umami: should we learn to love MSG?

Leyla Kazim investigates the history, science and culture around MSG

1971: A year that changed food forever?

Dan Saladino asks if the year 1971 was a turning point for how the world eats?

The Joy of Heat

Sheila Dillon investigates our love for the hot stuff.

A Nominations Celebration

Sheila Dillon and Angela Hartnett open nominations for the 2021 BBC Food & Farming Awards.

Lab-grown meat: How long before it's on a menu near you?

Sheila Dillon looks at what the future holds for lab-grown or cultivated meat.

The Urban Growing Revolution

From window-sills to rooftops, Leyla Kazim explores stories of food being grown in cities

The Magic of Mussels (And Their Troubled Trade)

Dan Saladino finds out how Brexit could wreck plans to make the mussel a mainstream food.

Food, James Bond’s food

The James Bond novels drip with delectable food writing.

Food in Lockdown: One Year On

A year on, Sheila Dillon catches up with those who have been keeping the nation fed.

The Barrel Effect: Why Oak casks have stood the test of time.

Jaega Wise hears how oak barrels continue to thrive in the drinks industry.

Genome editing and the future of food

Dan Saladino looks at the future role of genome editing technology on food and farming.

School Food: Re-imagined

Sheila Dillon asks school food visionaries how the system might be improved in future.

Everything Stops For Tea.

Jaega Wise explores the ceremony and ritual of drinking tea.

Charles Campion: A Life Through Food.

Why was the late Charles Campion so driven to tell food stories? Dan Saladino finds out.

Cooking Blind

Sheila Dillon meets the blind and partially sighted cooks inspiring others.

Flavours of Home: The refugees forging new lives through food

Sheila Dillon meets asylum seekers and refugees building new lives in the UK through food.

All at Sea? Fishing after Brexit

Dan Saladino finds out what the Brexit deal means for the UK's fishing industry.

What to Eat to Save the Planet?

Sheila Dillon and guests break down the latest on low carbon food production.

BrewDog: Punks grown up?

Jaega Wise explores world of craft beer giants, BrewDog

Inside the World Food Programme

Dan Saladino tells the inside story of Nobel Peace Prize winners the World Food Programme.

Loving the Leftovers

How cooking with leftovers can not only reduce waste, but also deliver incredible dishes

Christmas Cooking: The 2020 Edit

Nigel Slater, Genevieve Taylor & Tamal Ray share food ideas for a Christmas like no other.

The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 2: The future.

Sheila Dillon asks what the future holds for the UK chocolate bar.

The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 1: Origins

Dan Saladino explores the origins of cacao and rise of the chocolate bar.

Cookbooks of 2020

Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Jaega Wise and Leyla Kazim discuss their books of the year

What’s the deal with "chlorinated chicken"?

Charlotte Smith explores the implications of a future US trade deal on the UK food sector.

Raymond Blanc: The Lost Orchard

Raymond Blanc spent decades growing an orchard. He explains to Dan Saladino why it matters

University Challenge: How students and universities are managing meals during the pandemic

Sheila Dillon hears stories around freshers and food in the age of COVID

Nadiya Hussain: A Life Through Food

Nadiya Hussain and Tan France speak to Leyla Kazim about Nadiya's life and career.

Eat Your Way to Power: Food and Politics on the Campaign Trail

Sheila Dillon investigates the tricky world of eating on the campaign trail.

Faith, Fasts and Feasts: The role of food in Jewish celebration

Leyla Kazim explores the integral role of food in Judaism’s autumn festivals.

English Pastoral: James Rebanks on the future of food.

Dan Saladino talks to shepherd James Rebanks about the future of food and farming.

Taking the Biscuit: How a long-life ration became the quintessential British comfort food

Sheila Dillon considers how the humble biscuit's become a beloved British institution.

Wheat Revolutions

Dan Saladino on the story of wheat from the Neolithic Revolution to the Green Revolution.

Kitchen obsessives: Why aim to cook the perfect dish?

Leyla Kazim meets cooking obsessives Felicity Cloake, Bill Buford and Kate Ng.

The Ice Cream Van: A Celebration.

Dan Saladino and his dad Bobo (a former ice-cream man) talk about scoops, cones and 99s.

A different kind of S.W.A.T team: Food in Lockdown

Romy Gill and Sheila Dillon hear how volunteers provided free food to all during lockdown.

Sitopia - a land with food at its centre

This special edition of The Food Programme comes from the year 2030.

Plate of the Nation

Discussing the future of UK food policy in light of the National Food Strategy

Food and the legacy of slavery

Jaega Wise and Dan Saladino investigate the hidden story of slavery in our food.

How Consumers Saved Our Cheese

When UK cheese makers were faced with ruin in lockdown, consumers stepped in to save them.

Return of the Restaurant?

Sheila Dillon finds out how the restaurant sector is handling the move out of lockdown.

Julian Metcalfe: A Life Through Food

The man behind Pret A Manger and itsu on the future of high-street food brands.

Food and Mood: how eating affects your mental health

Food and Mood: how eating affects your mental health

Child Food Poverty: What next after the Government's U-turn on Free School Meals?

Dame Emma Thompson and teenagers from across the UK call for action on child food poverty.

Is it harder to make it in the food industry if you’re black?

Jaega Wise meets three people speaking out about inequality in the food world.

Rethink: The Food Dimension.

As part of the BBC Rethink series Dan Saladino looks at food post-Covid.

Why The Corner Shop Has Come Into Its Own

Sheila Dillon hears from the corner shops thriving since the Coronavirus lockdown.

Seed Stories from the Lockdown

Dan Saladino meets some of the people who turned to seeds and grew food in the lockdown.

How food on film is the secret ingredient to storytelling

Hear how food brings film to life and is inspiring cooks to make meals from the screen.

Why Eat Wild Meat?

Dan Saladino investigates the global trade in wild meat, from the legal to the illegal.

Last Orders: Does coronavirus spell boom or bust for Britain’s drinks sector?

Is lockdown an opportunity as well as crisis, for alcoholic drinks vendors and producers?

Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food, through lockdown

Sheila Dillon and Joe Wicks talk PE, feeding family and his phenomenal rise to fame.

The Kitchen Front: How wartime food strategies influenced our eating ethos

Following VE Day, Sheila Dillon considers the legacy of WWII food and farming practices

Sheffield: A story of a city through its food

The independent spirit of the early steel works is inspiring change in modern Sheffield

Bonus Podcast: More from Sheffield's Pete McKee and Richard Hawley

Hear an extended cut of the interview from Sheffield: A Story of a City Through It's Food

Covid-19: The Food Waste Dimension.

Dan Saladino on how the crisis has resulted in vast amounts of food being lost and saved.

Love In The Time Of Corona: Stories of community support through food

Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino hear inspirational tales from those helping others via food

Takeaway transformed: Inside the food delivery revolution

Stepping into a 'dark kitchen', Sheila Dillon sees how takeaway is changing food culture.

05/04/2020

Sheila Dillon explores cheerful, back-of-the-cupboard cuisine.

Eating After Cancer: Can rebuilding relationships with food help cancer patients with their recovery?

How cancer can impact our relationship with food - and why it's so important to rebuild it

Coronavirus and Food: Your Questions Answered

As government updates its plans for coronavirus, Dan Saladino answers your food questions.

Covid-19: The Food Dimension.

Dan Saladino tracks the origins and impact of coronavirus within the food supply chain.

Is the Pasty Really Cornish?

Dr Polly Russell and Sheila Dillon talk to pasty makers from around the world.

Lights, Camera, Reaction: Life after Great British Bake Off with David Atherton

The Bake Off Winner talks fame, food and the freak outs of overnight celebrity.

A Tale of Two Fish: Salmon, the wild and farmed

Dan Saladino investigates fears of wild Atlantic salmon's possible extinction in 20 years.

What Is Making My Child Fat? Part 2: The Debate and Your Questions.

Sheila Dillon puts your questions on child obesity related health to an expert panel.

What Is Making My Child Fat? Part 1: Finding Solutions to the UK’s Child Obesity Issue

Sheila Dillon speaks to children and young people seeking solutions to obesity in the UK.

Mary Berry: A Life Through Food

Sheila Dillon meets baking guru, TV judge and home-cooking champion, Mary Berry

The Physicist In the Kitchen

Can science help us cook better? Dan Saladino asks Heston Blumenthal and Raymond Blanc.

Yes We Can: What do the tins we eat say about the UK?

Jack Monroe and Sheila Dillon ask whether tinned foods have an image problem in the UK.

Pints of progress: The brewers changing attitudes to learning disabilities

Jaega Wise meets the brewers pouring away preconceptions in the workplace

Could eating microalgae be the next big thing?

Sheila Dillon investigates why one day we could all be eating pond scum

Is The Dinner Party Dead?

Josceline Dimbleby, Alison Roman & Alexandra Dudley on how to have friends over for food.

Michel Roux Jr: A Life Through Food

Sheila Dillon meets the renowned chef to talk food, family and festive inspiration

The Sugar Plum Shift: Exploring the ballet world’s changing approach to food, nutrition and body image

Sheila Dillon explores how attitudes towards food and diet have changed in ballet

Cookbooks of 2019

Cerys Matthews and Lia Moutselou join Sheila Dillon to review 2019 in cookbooks.

Eating Animals Part 2: A Meat Q&A.

Dan Saladino, Sheila Dillon and a range of experts answer your questions on meat eating.

Eating Animals Part 1: The Future of Meat

Dan Saladino finds out why tensions are running so high over meat vs plant based diets.

The Food Programme at 40: Looking Forward (Part II)

Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Grace Dent & Leyla Kazim lead the celebrations. (2/2)

The Food Programme at 40: Looking Back (Part I)

Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Grace Dent & Leyla Kazim lead the celebrations. (1/2)

Smoke and Celebration: Exploring Bonfire Night food traditions

From parched peas to parkin, Sheila Dillon explores our Bonfire Night food favourites

Brexit: The Tomato's Story. What can one food tell us about the future?

Dan Saladino picks the tomato to examine the impact of the new Brexit deal on future food.

Could a food project from India solve the UK’s holiday hunger problem?

Charity Akshaya Patra feed 1.76 million school children a day. Now it's coming to the UK.

Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food

From bootcamps to book deals: Joe Wicks explains his phenomenal success to Sheila Dillon

The Return of Zing: How to Get Sour Back into Your Life.

Dan Saladino explores the tastes and temptations of sourness, in our evolution and cooking

Food Additives, Part 2: The Debate

Sheila Dillon and an expert panel discuss the role of food additives in our everyday lives

Food Additives, Part 1: Sherbet and other E number experiments

Exploring the world of additives, from fruity sherbert to ultra-processed-food flavourings

Island to Island: The journey of Mauritian cuisine

Leyla Kazim looks at how Mauritian cuisine is finding its place on the UK food scene

Ice Cream Nation

A visit to Redcar and Sheffield proves that UK ice cream culture is stronger than ever.

Taste the Music and Dance

Dan Saladino is at the Womad festival's Taste The World stage, where music meets foods.

Jamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part II

Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon on the 20th anniversary of 'The Naked Chef' Part II

Jamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part I

Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon on the 20th anniversary of 'The Naked Chef' Part I

Why did the chicken cross the road? How food became more than a comedy punchline

Comedian George Egg considers how food became more than comedy's slapstick sidekick.

The Search for Esiah's Seeds

Dan Saladino tells the story of food grower Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives.

The BarbeQ'n'A

Sheila joins a group of grilling gurus to address listeners’ barbecue queries

Good Enough for Granny: What's so special about the food our grandmothers cook?

Sheila Dillon meets grannies and grandchildren whose family dishes stand the test of time.

Is There A Perfect Diet Just For You? The Future of Personalised Nutrition

Dan Saladino takes part in a gruelling food study aimed at predicting his optimum diet.

Playing with Food: The world of video game gastronomy

Dan Saladino discovers what we can learn about food - from playing video games.

Can Anyone Learn To Cook? - A Life Through Food with Samin Nosrat

Netflix chef Samin Nosrat shares her life through food with Sheila Dillon.

Baking in the Nordics: The Bread Adventures of Chef Magnus Nilsson

One of the world's great chefs, Magnus Nilsson, takes Dan Saladino on a Nordic baking tour

The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019: Second Course

The winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol. Part II

The Food & Farming Awards 2019: First Course

The winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol - Part I

Ten Good Things

Dan Saladino selects ten of the remaining food and drink ideas from the 2019 Foods Awards.

Faith, Fasting and Feasting – A Ramadan Special

Yasmin Khan and comedian Tez Ilyas talk food and fasting in Ramadan 2019

An Education: Life lessons through food

How food education can deliver much more than just practical skills

Stranded! How to eat on a desert island.

Dan Saladino is on a beach for a Robinson Crusoe experience. Can he survive on wild food?

What makes an excellent food producer?

Angela Hartnett meets finalists for Best Food Producer in the BBC Food & Farming Awards 19

Feeding the High Street: Are food shops the answer?

Sheila Dillon talks to John Timpson about the future of our high streets.

How reassuring are food assurance labels?

Sheila Dillon considers the role of food assurance schemes in the UK today.

Top Banana: The Future of the World's Most Popular Fruit

Dan Saladino meets the scientists working on the future of a truly global food, the banana

How to Start a Food Revolution: The Food Adventures of Claus Meyer

Can you reinvent a food culture? Dan Saladino meets a man who did, Denmark's Claus Meyer.

Tipping Point: Time to Rethink the Service Charge?

Could tipping be too slapdash and subjective for an ever more calculated modern world?

Life of Pie

Sheila Dillon hears the stories of pies and the people whose lives were changed by them.

Would you let a robot cook you dinner?

Robot chefs are working in burger joints and pizzerias. Will they be in our homes next?

Delicious and Endangered: The Story of Bluefin Tuna

Dan Saladino travels from Brixham to Tokyo in search of the endangered bluefin tuna.

A different kind of S.W.A.T team

Chef Romy Gill joins a 1000-strong army of volunteers serving food to people in need.

Why is CBD on everyone's lips?

The story of how cannabis without the high has become one of the biggest buzzwords in food

The Secret Life of Spaghetti

Dan Saladino looks at our long and tangled relationship with a much-loved food, spaghetti.

Should I boycott palm oil?

Sheila Dillon asks whether we should avoid buying foods containing palm oil.

Curry house crisis... where are the women?

Sheila Dillon asks whey there aren't more women chefs in our South Asian restaurants.

Who are the new generation shaking up the food system?

Voices for change in the food system from across the UK launch a search for new talent.

What does a no-deal Brexit mean for our food?

From 'preppers' to big brands, Dan Saladino gathers thoughts on a no-deal Brexit and food.

The one where we talk about deep fried Mars Bars

Food writer Rachel McCormack explores deep fried cuisine throughout Europe

Feeding the Falklands

Gerard Baker finds out how Falkland Islanders meet the challenge of eating a varied diet.

Dog's Dinner

Posh nosh for pooches is becoming big business - but is it in our dogs' best interests?

Weak, small and free: How no and low alcohol is finding power without strength

The story of the drinks going from strength to low strength and shaking up pubs and bars

Nigella Lawson: A Life Through Food

You're invited to dinner with Nigella as she shares the memories and flavours of her life.

The Changing World of Chocolate

Charlotte Smith puts down her Kit Kat to ask what the future holds for chocolate

Sweet Chestnuts

Rachel Roddy and Sheila Dillon share their love of sweet chestnuts.

Cookbooks of 2018

Sheila Dillon, Chetna Makan, Tom Tivnan and Kate Young discuss the cookbooks of 2018.

The Food and Medicine Debate

Sheila Dillon and a group of food, diet and medical experts discuss food and lifestyle.

The Big Carb Debate

Carbohydrates - friend or foe?

Cambodia's Forgotten Food

Genevieve Taylor tells the story of the forgotten Cambodian food being rediscovered today.

How Instagram changed food

How Instagram changed food.

May Contain Nuts

Bee Wilson asks whether food labelling needs to change to protect allergy sufferers.

A Vintage Year for Homegrown Wine

Susie Barrie joins the harvest at the end of a landmark growing season for homegrown wine.

The C Word

A brewer's guide to modern cider.

How to Feed a Fresher

It’s freshers' week, and The Food Programme wants to know what students are eating!

The Meat-Free Meat Movement

Meat-free meat is on the up, but what is it? Vegan cook Rachel Ama investigates

Stories for a harvest moon

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

Rowley Leigh: A Life Through Food

Rowley Leigh, 'godfather' of modern British cooking, tells his food story to Dan Saladino.

The carnivore's guide to meat and fire

Tim Hayward on the very latest in meat and fire.

Label This!

Sheila Dillon investigates food labelling; what's on, what's not, and how we got here.

Seeds: a 400-million-year-old food story

Dan Saladino and Polly Russell share seed stories from this year's Oxford Food Symposium.

There's More to Mangoes

Sheila Dillon looks at how convenience mangoes have kept us from their true exotic flavour

Shetland - A Food Homecoming

Sheila Dillon travels to Shetland.

Keep It Sticky: The Extraordinary Story of Chef Marcus Samuelsson.

Harlem chef Marcus Samuelsson tells his food story, from Ethiopia and Sweden to New York.

Music and Food: Sounds Delicious!

Dan Saladino speaks to chefs and scientists about the relationship between tunes and taste

Richard Corrigan: A Life Through Food

A rare voice of authenticity from the kitchen and one of our most important chefs.

Birmingham's Beloved Balti

Yasmin Khan charts the rise and fall of Birmingham's British-Pakistani Balti Triangle.

Cycling and Food: Fuelling the Peloton

Behind the scenes at the world's biggest cycling events, the race is on in the kitchen.

Unedited: Sheila Dillon's interview with Prof. Louis Levy of Public Health England

Sheila Dillon's interview with Prof Louis Levy of Public Health England

The Eatwell Guide

Sheila Dillon looks at the Eatwell Plate.

What's Eating The Restaurant Trade?

A panel discussion about the future of restaurants presented by Grace Dent.

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2018: Second Course

Sheila Dillon presents the stories behind this year's Food and Farming Awards

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2018: First Course

Chefs, cooks and food writers gather to celebrate unsung food heroes.

Street Food 2018

Nigel Barden investigates the rapidly evolving world of street food in 2018.

The Mothership of Brewing: Beer and the Belgians

Dan Saladino and drinks writer Pete Brown find out why Belgium beer is so influential.

Life-changing Food

Sheila Dillon explores how food is used around the country to transform lives.

Food Stories From Syria (3)

Sheila Dillon shares food with people who have fled the war in Syria.

Japanese Whisky: A Beginners Guide

Dan Saladino on how Japanese distillers managed to make some of the world's best whisky.

The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018: Finalist stories

From Belfast via Barrow-in-Furness to Brighton. Sheila Dillon meets our 2018 finalists.

Is There a Place for Salt?

Sheila Dillon asks if there is a place for salt in our cooking and if all salts are equal.

Northern Ireland: Food at a Crossroads

Sheila Dillon explores food from the border to Belfast in a country on the brink of Brexit

The Sugar Tax: A (Short) History

Dan Saladino looks behind the headlines of the newly introduced sugar tax.

The Power of Food: Parabere Forum

Dan Saladino reports from the Parabere Forum, with five life-changing food stories.

Doctor's Orders: Getting Tomorrow's Medics Cooking

Meet the medical students and doctors who want more training on diet and nutrition.

The Future of Bread

Dan Saladino and Nathan Myhrvold discuss one of the biggest bread projects ever undertaken

African Food

Food writer Zoe Adjonyoh wants you to think again about saying 'African food'.

Eat to Run, Part 3

Dan Saladino meets the runners convinced low or no carbs is the way to peak performance.

The Big Pig Roadtrip

Tim Hayward travels the UK to meet the people who champion rare breeds of British pigs.

Comfort food for dark days

Sheila Dillon celebrates the power of food to comfort us in hard times.

The Vegetable Yoda: Charlie Hicks

Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino pay tribute to greengrocer extraordinaire Charlie Hicks.

The World Service Cookbook

Meet some of the people behind an extraordinary cookbook compiled by BBC World Service.

Britain's Secret Saffron Story

Yasmin Khan discovers the unexpected British story of her favourite spice, saffron.

What Delicious Future?

Dan Saladino looks at the ideas that could make a big impact on the future of our food.

The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018: The Search Begins...

Rick Stein, Andi Oliver and Yotam Ottolenghi launch the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018.

Porridge

Sheila Dillon explores porridge.

The Champagne Underground

Champagne sceptic Dan Saladino heads to the French region in search of mavericks of fizz.

Sheila Dillon's Christmas Dinner

Sheila Dillon and very special guests share their favourite Xmas food and drink treats.

The World's Most Popular Cheese: The Story of Cheddar

Dan Saladino on the past, present and future of the world's most popular cheese, cheddar.

Crisps

Sheila Dillon explores our national passion for crisps.

Cookbooks of 2017

Sheila Dillon and special guests look at the food, cookery and drink books of 2017.

Food on the Edge (A Food Story Mix-Tape)

Dan Saladino is at Food On The Edge, a gathering of people with great food stories to tell

Young and Vegan

Grace Dent finds out why so many young people are turning vegan.

Catalonia

Sheila Dillon discovers how the spirit of Catalonia is reflected in their passion for food

The Art of Fermentation - A Masterclass

Dan Saladino has a practical fermentation masterclass with writer and teacher Sandor Katz.

More Problems with Poultry?

Following years of reporting on UK chicken scandals, Dan Saladino looks at the latest.

How We Eat: 4. Eating as a Family

Sheila Dillon explores the reality and the myth of eating as a family.

How We Eat: 3. Eating By The Rules

Sheila Dillon talks to people who eat according to very strict rules.

How We Eat: 2. Eating with Strangers

Sheila Dillon finds out what happens when you eat with strangers.

How We Eat: 1. Eating Alone

Sheila Dillon explores the guilty pleasures of eating alone.

The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2017

Sheila Dillon presents the highlights of this year's awards with Giorgio Locatelli

Future Food

Dan Saladino meets the Future Food finalists in the 2017 BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Zero Compromise: A (Georgian) Natural Wine Story.

Dan Saladino travels into the Caucasus in search of zero-compromise natural wine makers.

Feast Like a Georgian: A Food Guide to the Caucasus.

Dan Saladino travels to a country now considered to be an undiscovered food gem, Georgia.

Salt Fish

Sheila Dillon asks why dried and salted cod is still loved by cooks around the world.

Chef Stress

Dan Saladino investigates pressures on chefs and the darker side of the restaurant kitchen

Dishing The Dirt on Clean Eating

Grace Dent discovers what has made Anthony Warner into the Angry Chef.

Patience Gray: A Life Through Food

Jojo Tulloh, Adam Federman and Louise Gray introduce the food writing of Patience Gray.

Summer camping special

Sheila Dillon, Cerys Matthews and friends go camping to celebrate food in the outdoors.

Greece: Return to the land?

Sheila Dillon is on a trip through crisis hit Greece to meet people making a life in food.

Sandor Katz and the Art of Fermentation

Dan Saladino heads to Tennessee to meet the fermentation teacher and writer Sandor Katz.

Hunting With The Hadza 2: The Microbiome.

Dan Saladino asks if hunter gatherers the Hadza tribe hold the key to our future health.

Hunting with the Hadza

Dan Saladino eats with one of the last remaining hunter gatherer tribes, Tanzania's Hadza.

Diet and Dementia: An Update

An update on cook Paula Wolfert and entrepreneur James Ashwell's food and dementia stories

Alastair Little: A Life through Food

Sheila Dillon meets pioneering chef and food writer Alastair Little.

Women & Beer

Beer sommelier Jane Peyton wants to persuade Sheila Dillon to drink beer made by women.

Cult Fiction and Food

Confederacy of Dunces to Absolute Beginners, Dan Saladino looks at food in cult fiction.

Turmeric

Sheila Dillon investigates the culinary use and the latest medical findings on turmeric.

Mac 'n' Cheese

Sheila Dillon on the humble mac'n'cheese, a dish that crosses culture and classes.

The Chef Who Vanished - The Story of Jeremiah Tower

Jeremiah Tower changed the idea of what a chef could be. Dan Saladino tells his story.

The Herbal World of Jekka McVicar

Culinary herb pioneer Jekka McVicar shares her life through food with Sheila Dillon.

Out Like a Lamb

Is lamb in a stew? SORTEDfood help understand why millennials aren't cooking with lamb.

The Potato

Sheila Dillon on how the potato changed the world, and might shape our food future.

Food Stories from Venezuela Part 2: Maria Fernanda Di Giacobbe

Dan Saladino meets a woman who believes Venezuela's escape from crisis rests on chocolate.

Food Stories from Venezuela: Eating in a Failed State.

Venezuela is seeing its worst crisis in living memory. Dan Saladino tells the food story.

Blood

Tim Hayward wants you to cook with blood. Surely it's not as scary as it sounds?...

Chef Dan Barber: The Third Plate

Dan Saladino meets influential US chef Dan Barber, in the UK on a food 'waste' mission.

BBC Food & Farming Awards 2017: The Finalists

The finalists of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2017 are revealed.

Tea: A Coffee Drinker's Guide, Part 2

Do we pay enough for tea? Dan Saladino continues his look at our love affair with the leaf

Tea: A Coffee Drinker's Guide

Dan Saladino investigates tea's past, present and future and explores our changing tastes.

Thailand: A Royal Food Legacy

How a 50-year-old food and farming project has helped rid Thailand of illegal opium.

Let's Do Lunch

In the time taken for your average midday meal, Sheila Dillon unpacks the future of lunch.

Citrus

Sheila Dillon steps into a vivid, flavour-filled and surprising world of citrus.

Gumbo

Dan Saladino finds out how one dish, gumbo, can reveal centuries of American history.

Leah Chase: The cook who changed America

Legendary New Orleans cook Leah Chase tells her story of seven decades in the kitchen.

Lancashire: My Food Roots

Sheila Dillon returns to her food roots, taking a road trip through Lancashire.

Introducing... The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2017

Giorgio Locatelli launches 2017's 'Oscars' of food and in 2017, the search goes global.

Belfast: Creating a New Food Tradition

Sheila Dillon explores the thriving new food culture of Northern Ireland.

Loch Fyne: Celebrating Food Tradition

Sheila Dillon explores how food binds together the rural Scottish community of Loch Fyne.

Wild Boar

Sheila Dillon explores the Wild Boar Feast, an ancient Christmas tradition.

A Passion for Cake

Sheila Dillon takes an irreverent look at baking and the history of cake.

The Future of Cheese

Dan Saladino finds out what the future holds for cheese, including the role of raw milk.

Sisters' Feast

A female takeover. Sheila Dillon speaks to ten women chefs coming together to fight hunger

Cookbooks of 2016

Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on the year's food books, including works by new writers.

Our Wild Spice Rack

Sheila Dillon heads to Galloway on a wild spice challenge set by forager Mark Williams.

Cooking clubs in Basqueland

Spain's Basque region exerts a powerful influence on global cuisine Dan Saladino asks why.

Gavin and the Chinese Food Olympics

How will British chef Gavin Chun and his team fare at the Olympics of Chinese Food?

Pumpkins and Winter Squash

Sheila Dillon and special guests discover a delicious world of pumpkins and winter squash.

Terra Madre Part 2: A Global Food Gathering

From ancient Egyptian bread to Native American food, Dan Saladino reports from Terra Madre

Terra Madre Part 1: A Global Food Gathering

A former child soldier from Sierra Leone tells Dan Saladino how food provided redemption.

The Apple: How British a Fruit?

Sheila Dillon in conversation with Pete Brown on magic, mystery and Britishness of apples.

Diet and Dementia

Dementia turns lives upside down, but where does food fit? Sheila Dillon investigates.

Food Stories from Syria 2

Dan Saladino updates how Syrians are managing to eat amidst ongoing conflict.

An Antarctic Chef

The story of Charles Green, Shackleton's chef who kept the men of the Endurance alive.

Cooking for Poldark

Food stylist Genevieve Taylor reveals how she created elaborate feasts for Poldark.

Coffee and the God Shot. The Drinks Menu

Dan Saladino, longtime espresso-drinker, journeys into coffee's past, present and future.

Whisky Britannia: The Drinks Menu

Why whisky is moving from its traditional roots and has a few surprises in store.

Time for an Aperitif? The Drinks Menu

Aperitif - A curiosity of our Mediterranean holidays? Or are they having a British moment?

Roger Protz: A Life Through Beer

Beer writer Roger Protz - from reviving real ale to the rise of the microbrewers.

The Surprising Strawberry

Why the global future of strawberry production is hanging by a tendril.

Raising the Pulse

Sheila Dillon discusses pulses with Sanjay Kumar, Jenny Chandler and Nick Saltmarsh.

A Fat Lot of Good

With a growing array of oils on sale, Sheila Dillon cuts through the latest thinking.

Kitchens of Power

From White House food to the Pope's favourite dessert, Dan Saladino on kitchens of power.

Albania and the Cheese Road

Dan Saladino travels on a new road in Albania that leads to an undiscovered cheese world.

School food: An uncertain future

Sheila Dillon investigates why schools are struggling to provide infant free school meals.

Brexit and Food: A Food Programme Special

Dan Saladino outlines the big food issues the UK faces because of the vote for Brexit.

That Gut Feeling: Part Two

Dan Saladino's further adventures into the world of food and the gut microbiome.

Food, Fishing and the Faroes

Dan Saladino tells a story of food, survival and fishing from the remote Faroe Islands.

That Gut Feeling: Part One

Dan Saladino discovers the gut microbiome, to find that food will never be the same again.

An Archive for Food

Historian Polly Russell and an archive with a century-long story to tell about UK food.

Diana Henry: A Life Through Food (Part 2)

Diana Henry continues to share her favourite readings from food writers who inspire her.

Best Food Producer: The Winner

Yotam Ottolenghi and Sheila Dillon meet the BBC Food & Farming Awards' Best Food Producer.

Best Food Producer: The Finalists

Yotam Ottolenghi and Sheila Dillon meet BBC Food and Farming Awards's best food producers.

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2016: Special Edition

Sheila Dillon presents the 2016 BBC Food & Farming Awards in this extended online special

Bristol - A story of a city through its food

Sheila Dillon and Genevive Taylor explore why Bristol has such a strong food scene.

Food in Extreme Places: Space (3/3)

Food in the most extreme cooking environment, space. Dan Saladino tries menus for Mars.

Food in Extreme Places: The Submarine (2/3)

Sheila Dillon explores how food is planned and cooked for up to three months under the sea

Food in Extreme Places: Antarctica (1/3)

What does it take to be a chef in the frozen South, the wildest place on Earth?

Food Is Mad - The Update

Dan Saladino hears how inspiring food projects from the Mad Symposium have spread globally

The Pizza

Dan Saladino charts the rise, fall and rise of traditional Neapolitan pizza.

Ferment

Sheila Dillon discovers why fermentation is the catalyst for a delicious revolution.

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2016: The Finalists

Sheila Dillon unveils the list of the 2016 BBC Food and Farming Awards finalists.

The Sake Revelation

Sheila Dillon can't stand sake... but she is about to have a revelation.

Feeding India

Dan Saladino explores the fierce debate over how 1.2bn people will be fed in the future.

First Bite

Sheila Dillon, author Bee Wilson and guests discuss how food habits can be changed.

Eating to Run: Part 2

Ultra-marathon champ Scott Jurek tells Dan Saladino how to eat vegan and run 100 miles.

Newcastle: The Story of a City through Its Food

Dan Saladino meets the people working to improve the food future of Newcastle.

Cardiff: The Story of a City through Its Food

Sheila Dillon finds out how waves of migration have shaped Cardiff's vibrant food scene.

Leeds: The Story of a City Through Its Food

Leeds is a city on the rise when it comes to food and drink. Dan Saladino finds out why.

2016 Food and Farming Awards Launch

Sheila Dillon and this year's judging team launch the 2016 BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Eating to Run: Part 1

How important is diet to running performance? Dan Saladino looks at, and tries, new ideas.

Yotam Ottolenghi: A Life Through Food

Yotam Ottolenghi shares his life through food with Sheila Dillon.

No Mere Trifle

Tim Hayward discovers the secret underground culture of 'dirty trifle'.

Juliet Harbutt: A Life Through Food

Cheese educator and campaigner Juliet Harbutt shares her life in food with Sheila Dillon.

Food Museums

With two new food museums in London and New York, Sheila Dillon asks how to exhibit food.

Cookbooks of 2015

Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on a year of cookery books and food writing.

Chinatowns

The changing story of the world's Chinatowns. Dan Saladino looks at the biggest and best.

Scotch Egg! Scotch Egg!

How did the scotch egg rise from humble bar snack to a chef's favourite? Joe Warwick knows

Trish Deseine Goes Home

The Northern Irish farmer's daughter who changed food writing in France for good.

The Pear

Sheila Dillon discovers the secrets of that misunderstood and overlooked fruit: the pear.

A Milk Appreciation

Do we take cows' milk for granted? Sheila Dillon asks if we need a reintroduction to it.

How Did the Chicken Cross the World?

Dan Saladino tells the story of a bird at the centre of human civilisation, the chicken.

Bitterness

Dan Saladino on whether bitterness is disappearing from our food, and why it matters.

Food Stories from Syria 1

From losing daily bread to an ancient food culture - what conflict has meant for Syrians.

The Ark of Taste: The Story so Far

Dan Saladino revisits highlights from our regular mini-series of endangered world foods.

Jam Tomorrow... Today

Diana Henry hosts a jam-making 'canning party'.

Libera Terra: Sicily's Anti-Mafia Farms

Dan Saladino learns how farms confiscated from Sicily's mafia are providing food and wine.

My Food Hero: Ella McSweeney Meets Wendell Berry

Ella McSweeney meets Wendell Berry - the farmer, author and campaigner who inspired her.

My Food Hero: Dan Saladino meets Mary Taylor-Simeti

Sicilian food expert Mary Taylor Simeti reveals the island's food secrets to Dan Saladino.

My Food Hero: Sheila Dillon meets writer and campaigner Susan George

Sheila Dillon speaks to her food hero, campaigner and writer Susan George.

My Food Hero: Tim Hayward meets Len Deighton

Best-selling author Len Deighton talks with Tim Hayward about his incredible food story.

Going Pop

Dan Saladino explores how our changing taste in soft drinks is shaking up the big brands.

Bread for Scotland

Sheila Dillon visits the community bakery teaching Edinburgh to bake.

Fast Food Workers

Sheila Dillon finds out how a fast food worker strike in the US is influencing the UK.

New Wine Generation

Sheila Dillon uncovers the new ways of drinking, selling and writing about wine.

Feeding the Commons - Part II: Lunch to Lights Out

Lunch to lights out in the mother of Parliaments, an insider's view of Westminster's food.

Feeding the Commons - Part I: Breakfast to Brunch

The incredible history of dining in Parliament. An insider's view of Westminster's food.

Fantastic Fiction and Fabulous Feasts

Sheila Dillon devours the delightful children's books that made us excited about food.

Simon Hopkinson: A Life Through Food - Part 2

Simon Hopkinson explains why he left the success of Bibendum's kitchen to write about food

Simon Hopkinson: A Life Through Food - Part 1

Cook and food writer Simon Hopkinson shares his culinary life story with Sheila Dillon.

Barbecue

Dan Saladino explores one of the food world's most misunderstood words - barbecue.

Rick Stein - A Life Through Food (Part 2)

Sheila Dillon continues to talk to chef Rick Stein about his TV career and travels.

Salt, Pepper... and Seaweed?

Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed can become a kitchen cupboard staple.

The Spice Explosion

Cyrus Todiwala celebrates the role of spice in Britain's community, identity and taste.

Jane Grigson - A Tribute: Part One

25 years after Jane Grigson's death, Sheila Dillon and special guests discuss her legacy.

The Legacy of the BBC Food and Farming Awards

Sheila Dillon looks back on 15 years of the BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Diet and Diabetes

Felicity Evans discusses the role of diet in diabetes.

School Dinners - A Progress Report

Can UK school food be made better by learning from abroad? Sheila Dillon investigates.

The Ark of Taste

Dan Saladino meets the people working to save foods and flavours at risk of extinction.

The Joy of Eggs

Sheila Dillon asks if the humble egg is breaking free of a once-tarnished reputation.

Sweet Britain

Sheila Dillon asks what is still driving British people's love affair with sweets.

Food Waste Pioneers

Dan Saladino hears how three individuals are reimagining the potential of food waste.

BBC Food and Farming Awards 2015: The Finalists

Sheila Dillon reveals the finalists for the 2015 BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Reconsider the Oyster!

Oysters are receiving renewed attention around the world. Dan Saladino explains why.

The 'Clean Label' Question

Sheila Dillon asks how food manufacturing has changed to create more 'natural' ingredients

The Clink - Revisited

A restaurant run by prisoners becomes the most popular in Cardiff.

The Secret Formula

Sheila Dillon lifts the lid on powdered baby milk.

Soup and the British

Tim Hayward asks why the British love soup and searches for the origins of brown Windsor.

How Britain fell in love with the microwave

The UK's guilty secret? Sheila Dillon charts the 60-year shift from pot to ping.

Christmas, food and being far from home

Sheila Dillon uncovers the food stories of those away from home on Christmas.

The Grain Divide

Dan Saladino discovers a global movement rethinking our most widely-grown food crop, wheat

The Future of Food Markets

Sheila Dillon and guests discuss what a food market needs for success in 2015.

2015 Food and Farming Awards Launch

Sheila Dillon and 2015's judging team open nominations for the BBC Food and Farming Awards

Your food science questions for Harold McGee

Sheila Dillon is joined by Harold McGee to answer listeners' food queries.

Redemption through Food

Sheila Dillon presents inspirational stories from The Food Programme in 2014.

Feeding Britain

The story of one shop which is changing the way we think about food waste and food poverty

Cookbooks of 2014

Sheila Dillon presents a review of the most exciting cookbooks of 2014.

A Bronx Food Tale

In New York's south Bronx, Sheila Dillon finds out how food is transforming communities.

Get Ahead Treats for Christmas

Diana Henry provides a guide to an Eastern Christmas with Bee Wilson and Sally Butcher.

Terra Madre

Terra Madre: Bringing the world together through food. Presented by Dan Saladino.

Mushrooms

Dan Saladino discovers a mysterious, surprising and delicious world of edible mushrooms.

Tom Jaine

Sheila Dillon talks to the publisher, writer and restaurateur Tom Jaine about his life.

Women in the Kitchen

Sheila Dillon looks at the state of play for female chefs in the professional kitchen.

A Life through Food: Harold McGee

Harold McGee, the man who helped explain the science of the kitchen, tells his food story.

In a Stew about Rabbits

Sheila Dillon explores rabbit meat. Is it delicious or unjustifiable?

Mouthwatering Mutton

Dan Saladino explores why we should all be demanding to eat older meat.

Bees and the City - the Urban Honey Story

As bee populations fall, Sheila Dillon asks if salvation may be found in city streets.

Food Is MAD

From 'guerrilla gardener' Ron Finley to Soviet cooking, Dan Saladino reports from MAD 4.

Ethiopian Teff - An Ancient Grain

Sheila Dillon tells the story of teff, an ancient grain for modern times.

A Taste of Britain Revisited - Yorkshire

From Yorkshire pudding to tripe, the change in regional foods.

A Taste of Britain Revisited - Wales

Dan Saladino revisits Derek Cooper's hunt for British regional foods, 40 years on.

A Taste of Britain Revisited - Dorset

Dan Saladino revisits Derek Cooper's hunt for British regional foods, four decades on.

Eat for Victory

How to revolutionize your cooking, 1940s style. With Sheila Dillon.

Growing Veg, Not Drugs

Sheila Dillon visits a salad business that employs ex-addicts.

Problems with Poultry?

Is the poultry industry fit for purpose? Dan Saladino looks at how UK chicken is produced.

English Wine

English and Welsh wines are on the up and up, as Sheila Dillon investigates.

Salad leaves

Dan Saladino reports on the increasingly complex world of salad leaves.

Food in Opera

Sheila Dillon hears how music and food have influenced each other over the past 400 years.

Food and the Curriculum

Stefan Gates talks to teachers, kids and cooks about food and the curriculum.

Mexican cooking and the food adventures of Diana Kennedy

Dan Saladino meets a world authority on the food of Mexico, British-born Diana Kennedy.

Sweeteners: The answer to our sugar cravings?

Could sweeteners be the way for us to cut down on sugar but keep eating sweet treats?

US Southern Cooking and Chef Sean Brock

Richard Johnson is in Charleston, South Carolina to see how a chef is reviving lost food.

Holy Food

Tim Hayward looks at the tradition of monastic food production.

Knives

Sheila Dillon takes a look at that most coveted of kitchen tools: the knife.

Wild Booze

Writer Andy Hamilton leads a wild journey foraging for plants to make incredible drinks.

Fish Farming

Sheila Dillon on the huge rise in farmed fish and the people trying to make it sustainable

Ken Hom 2 (of 2) - Politics, influence and the future

Sheila Dillon talks to Ken Hom about his extraordinary life through food. Part two of two.

Ken Hom 1 (of 2) - The Early Years

Sheila Dillon talks to Ken Hom about his extraordinary life through food. Part one of two.

Behind the Scenes at BBC Food and Farming Awards 2014

The story behind the Food and Farming Awards 2014.

Plantains and pleasure; Jamaican food in the UK

Tim Hayward on the evolution of Jamaican food in the UK with chefs and cooks in Bristol.

A Tribute to Derek Cooper

A special tribute to the late Derek Cooper who started the food programme back in 1979.

Food in Northern Ireland: A Golden Era?

Sheila Dillon meets Northern Ireland's chefs and producers leading a food renaissance.

Raw Milk

Sheila Dillon looks at the controversial subject of raw milk.

Wild Beer

Dan Saladino meets the brewers transforming the flavours and styles of British beer.

Micro-Bakeries

The rise & rise of the micro-bakery. How home baked bread became a business opportunity.

Hospital Food

Sheila Dillon investigates the government's latest plans to improve food in the NHS.

BBC Food & Farming Awards: Meet the Finalists

A rundown of who has made it through to the final stage of the BBC Food and Farming Awards

A Renaissance for Butchers?

Did the horsemeat scandal really did halt the decline of the high street butchers?

The Future of Fairtrade

Matthew Hill reports on the future of Fairtrade as the label marks its 20th anniversary.

Really Wild Food

From krill burgers to goat's blood, the intriguing diet of the BBC Natural History Unit.

Claudia Roden: A Life Through Food

Claudia Roden talks about her life, cooking and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food.

Britain and the Ready Meal

The ready meal after horsemeat, why it was good news for chilled but a problem for frozen.

Greek Yogurt: a global love affair

Sheila Dillon finds out why humble Greek yogurt triggered a worldwide food craze.

Food and the Future of Pubs

Sheila Dillon hears the latest on the role of food in the future of the British pub.

Three inspirational cooks

Sheila Dillon revisits the inspirational caterers from the BBC Food and Farming Awards.

The best of British food and farming.... the search begins

Sheila Dillon, Richard Corrigan and Valentine Warner launch the BBC Food & Farming Awards.

Fish & Chips

Sheila Dillon explores a renaissance in the great British fish and chip shop.

100 years of Elizabeth David

Sheila Dillon and Tim Hayward on the legacy of Elizabeth David, 100 years after her birth.

Nutmeg: The Smell of Christmas?

For Nigel Slater, nutmeg is 'the scent of Christmas', but Sheila Dillon needs convincing.

Bovril

Lesley Steinitz explains the pioneering story of Bovril - a very beefy love affair.

Alice Waters, a Delicious Revolution

Californian chef and campaigner Alice Waters shares her food story with Sheila Dillon.

Cook Books

Ahead of the Christmas shopping season, a review of 2013's best and worst cook books.

Why is Grimsby's smoked fish special?

Sheila Dillon investigates the impact of PGI status on Grimsby traditional smoked fish.

The Sugarman of Brazil

The incredible story of one farmer who is trying to change the way we produce our food.

Horsemeat - a Food Programme update

Sheila Dillon asks why no one has been prosecuted following on from the horsemeat scandal.

Restaurant Reviews

With an abundance of different restaurant reviews, Sheila Dillon asks who we can trust.

Cider: Britain's Most Misunderstood Drink?

Drinks writer Pete Brown explains why bottles of cider should be on the UK's dinner tables

The Great British Hop

Can there really be only 60 hop farmers left in the UK? Miles Warde finds out.

Cook Slow, Cook Fast

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

The School Food Plan

Sheila Dillon investigates the new School Food Plan and asks if it can make real change.

A Quiet Food Revolution: The Story of Myrtle and Darina Allen

How two women, Myrtle and Darina Allen, revolutionised food in Ireland with their cooking.

Booze-free Bars

Hardeep Singh Kohli discovers the new breed of non-alcoholic bars.

The Future of Street Food

Can street food change the world? Richard Johnson on new ideas unfolding around the world.

DIY Food

Tim Hayward meets the people taking ambitious food production into their own hands.

In Praise of Bacon

Hardeep Singh Kohli's personal plea to the nation to reflect on a food of wonder: bacon.

Feeding the Detectives

Dan Saladino looks at how food has increasingly become a big ingredient in crime fiction.

A World Stage for Food and Music

How cooks from 12 countries gathered to share food and music on stage at Womad.

The Banana - fascinating history, uncertain future

Sheila Dillon asks why the future of the UK's most popular fruit, the banana, is uncertain

Skint Foodies

Sheila Dillon meets the cooks who've specialised in making great food on very low incomes.

Rethinking Veganism

How a new generation is rethinking and embracing a meat and dairy free diet.

Valentine Warner and Magnus Nilsson's Food Exchange, Part 2

Magnus Nilsson and Valentine Warner fish the lakes of Sweden's Jamtland for wild trout.

Valentine Warner and Magnus Nilsson's Food Exchange

Valentine Warner and chef Magnus Nilsson swap food stories. In part one, British wild boar

Butter, a delicious story of decline and revival

Sheila Dillon meets a new generation of producers making butter special again.

Food, game changers and career movers

A look at the award winners who leaving high flying careers to follow their food passions.

The chocolate world of Mott Green

The story of Mott Green, Grenadian cocoa farmer, who tried to change the chocolate world.

Bereavement and Food

Sheila Dillon explores how bereavement can change our relationship with food.

Michael Pollan: Why Cooking Matters

Sheila Dillon speaks to Michael Pollan on the craft, science and pleasures of cooking.

Sugar: Pure, White and Deadly?

Sheila Dillon finds out why the debate about the role of sugar in our lives is hotting up.

Food, Cancer and Well-Being

Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer.

A Life Through Wine: Jancis Robinson

Sheila Dillon speaks to world-renowned wine writer and critic Jancis Robinson.

Digital Dishes - life stories through recipes

Inside one kitchen, 13 strangers from all over Europe share food and stories.

Black Pudding v Boudin Noir

Charles Campion reveals the secrets of great black pudding at the 'world championships'.

Food on the Road

Sheila Dillon goes trucking and finds out what it's like to work, live and eat on the road

Chilli Britannia

Tim Hayward bites into Britain's growing chilli scene, from growers to expert eaters.

Madhur Jaffrey, a life through food

Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cooking legend, returns to India and tells her food life story.

Fasting, old and new

Sheila Dillon looks at the practice of fasting from a religious and medical perspective.

Marmalade

Tim Hayward asks if Britain can still hold its own in the competitive marmalade stakes.

Our Changing Taste

How our sense of taste develops throughout our lifetimes and what happens when we lose it.

Forest foods, Africa's secret ingredients

Sheila Dillon explores Africa's forest foods, emergency larder and source of flavour.

The Death of Three Square Meals?

Sheila Dillon asks if snacking is killing the tradition of three square meals a day.

Garlic, the wonder bulb

Sheila Dillon explores a bulb which arouses strong feelings - and aromas - garlic.

Food on a Pension

Sheila Dillon investigates the food lives of people surviving on the basic state pension.

Horsemeat Scandal: A Food Programme Special

Sheila Dillon reports on the latest developments in the horsemeat scandal.

Food in the life of Sir Paul McCartney

Sheila Dillon with an exclusive food interview with former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney.

Horsemeat and the Irish burger scandal

Sheila Dillon investigates the horsemeat burger scandal affecting food in Ireland and UK.

Traffic light labels

Sheila Dillon asks if warning signs on food labels can change the way we eat.

From Our Own Food Correspondent

Sheila Dillon presents a special New Year show, with food stories from aroiund the world.

The cocktail, old and new

Dan Saladino explores the cocktail, from 18th century punch to new flavours in the USA.

Christmas Necessary Pleasures

Sheila Dillon hears from leading chefs and writers on their necessary Christmas pleasures.

Cheap Veg

Sheila Dillon discovers surprising stories behind humble British vegetables.

09/12/2012

Sheila Dillon looks at the role food plays in different faiths.

A Winning Meal - The BBC Food Awards menu

Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the story behind the BBC Food and Farming Awards menu.

Rethinking the hot dog

Tom Parker Bowles discovers the joys of the gourmet hot dog.

2012's Best "Big Food Ideas"

Sheila Dillon meets finalists in the Food and Farming Awards offering ideas for the future

Street food heroes

Valentine Warner and Charles Campion eat with the Food Award's 'Best Takeaway' finalists.

Lard

Tim Hayward learns to love lard, discussing our complicated relationship with animal fat.

Football and Food

John Inverdale on the way football is changing the relationship between food and sport.

The Future of the Oven

Tim Hayward discovers the future of the domestic oven, with the help of Mary Berry.

How to waste less food

Tristram Stuart reports on the latest ideas to tackle our growing mountains of food waste.

British Blue Cheese

Sheila Dillon finds out why new British blue cheeses are pushing their way into the market

Food and Farming Awards: The Finalists

Food writer Valentine Warner reveals this year's line-up of best food and drinks producers

Food and the Cinema

Tom Parker Bowles looks at the cinema eating experience.

Sourdough

Sheila Dillon finds out why sourdough bread is undergoing a major revival.

Australia's Food Revolution

How Australia, built on bulk exports of cheese and meat, became a gastronomic leader.

A Guide to Spice, Part 3: Mustard

Sheila Dillon explores a food story of decline and revival - British mustard.

A Guide to Spice, part 2: Vanilla

Sheila Dillon looks at the modern vanilla trade and meets a young British vanilla grower.

A Guide to Spice, part 1: Cloves

Sheila Dillon embarks on a journey through the world of spices, starting with the clove.

The Science of Taste

Can changing our dining utensils change the flavour of food? Simon Parkes investigates.

Camping Food

How camping food can be much more than tinned food and bangers. Tim Hayward finds out.

Favourite Foods

Simon Parkes reports on the latest stories coming in for the Food and Farming Awards.

Can Andrew Lansley change your diet?

Can health secretary Andrew Lansley change Britain's bad eating habits?

The Extraordinary Food Story of Martha Payne

Nine-year-old blogger Martha Payne explains how she triggered a debate on school food.

Can Food Save the High Street?

Sheila Dillon and Henrietta Green ask if food is the key to reviving UK high streets.

The Future of the Cookbook

Sheila Dillon investigates the future of the printed cookery book.

The Olympic Menu

Sheila Dillon meets Jan Matthews head of the UK's biggest catering job, London 2012.

The Best in Food and Farming

Sheila Dillon launches the search for the winners of the 2012 BBC Food and Farming Awards.

Tasting tomatoes

Sheila Dillon explores the world of the modern British tomato. Has flavour made a return?

Wine Trends

Simon Parkes reports on the latest trends in the wine industry.

Breakfast

Tim Hayward offers reflections on the past, present and future of the British breakfast.

The Life of Pie

Tim Hayward on how the public and chefs fell back in love with the humble British pie.

A Soya Bean Future?

What is the future for one of the world's most successful and controversial crops, soya?

Seaweed, a Forgotten Food?

Nutritious, tasty but overlooked, Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed is the food of the future?

A Scramble for Eggs?

Sheila Dillon looks at changes to egg supplies following the EU's ban on battery cages.

The New Beer Frontier

Dan Saladino finds out why America's brewing scene is a growing influence on British beer.

The Fermentation Revival

Sheila Dillon on an ancient, mysterious yet essential food-making process - fermentation.

The Therapy of Food

Sheila Dillon looks at the spiritual and therapeutic value many place on bread making.

Biscuits: A Serious Business

Simon Parkes delves into the fast-changing world of a British favourite, the biscuit.

In Praise of Stock

Tim Hayward explores one of the most humble and complex of kitchen staples, stock.

Free From Foods

Sheila Dillon investigates the rise in demand for 'free from' foods.

Japan, Fukushima and food

Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food.

The Food We Eat

Sheila Dillon and author Michael Pollan on the shifting sands of our global diet.

Britain's Food Safety Net

Who makes sure our food is safe and how? A report on Britain's food safety net.

Food Clubs

Sheila Dillon looks at how people are clubbing together to buy budget and luxury food.

Comfort Food

In these uncomfortable times, Sheila Dillon asks what role food plays in giving comfort.

Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine

Can a new wave of vegetarian chefs and food writers change mainstream cuisine?

The Trouble with Chocolate

Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a tricky future.

Generation Food

A profile of the people coming up with radical ideas for food in the UK.

London 2012, Coke and McDonalds

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

Food Stories: What Happened Next?

Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.

New Year's Food Quiz

Tim Hayward and the Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge.

The Food Quiz

Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz edition recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival

Gin and Botanicals

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

The Price of Food

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

Britain's best food markets

Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards

Britain's best food producers

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

A Special (Food) Relationship

Mark Bittman, chief food writer at the New York Times, meets three campaigning UK chefs.

Future Food

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

Into the Wild

Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers.

Palm Oil

A traditional cooking oil and a controversial food ingredient. What's up with palm oil?

The Calorie

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

Pickling and Preserving

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

Los Angeles Street Food

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

Beer - Trouble Brewing?

As tax on low-alcohol beer is cut, Sheila Dillon asks how problem drinking can be tackled.

Food ads and children

Sheila Dillon explores the issue of advertising junk food to children.

The Honey Business

Sheila Dillon takes a look behind the scenes of the honey industry.

Food Poverty

Simon Parkes reveals a Britain in which hunger and hard food choices are all too real.

Food Icons: George Perry-Smith

The story and legacy of the maverick, self taught, legendary chef George Perry-Smith.

Kitchen Designers

A special edition with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen looking at the history of kitchen design.

Food Icons: Major Patrick Rance

In a series on people who've changed the way we eat, The Food Programme profiles Pat Rance

Scotland's Food Policy

With Sheila Dillon. A look at Scotland's first ever national food policy.

Mario Cassandro

Sheila Dillon looks at the life of Mario Cassandro, a man who re-invented the restaurant.

Yeast

A global commodity, and now part of a food revival. Sheila Dillon on the wonders of yeast.

School Food

Sheila Dillon follows two schools as they attempt to transform the way their pupils eat.

Emergency Food

Sheila Dillon investigates how emergency foods are made for disasters, droughts and wars.

Trans-fats

Sheila Dillon investigates the issue of trans-fats in our food.

Food in the Scottish Borders

Sheila Dillon seeks out fish and cattle along the River Nith.

New Foodies

Food writer Tim Hayward investigates a new wave of food entrepreneurship.

Sanjay and the Sardine

Cornish chef Sanjay Kumar goes on a cooking mission to Italy to save the Cornish sardine.

National Trust

Has the National Trust succeeded in becoming a major proponent of good food?

Burgers and meat

Sheila Dillon looks at the hamburger and it how changed the world's attitudes to meat.

The Real Food Debate

Sheila Dillon investigates whether the Great British food renaissance is over.

Vinegar

Sheila Dillon reveals the secrets behind some of the world's great vinegars.

The Coffee Business

Coffee prices are at a 30 year high. Sheila Dillon traces the money along the supply chain

Climate Change Farm

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat. Presented by Sheila Dillon.

Royal Food

Simon Parkes explores the connection between royal wedding banquets and British food.

Margate's Food Stories - Pie Days and Holidays

Featuring Sophie Herxheimer, an artist who collects and draws food stories.

Borough Market

Sheila Dillon charts the success of London's Borough Market and asks, 'Where now?'.

Food and the Sicilian mafia

Sheila Dillon looks at the role of food businesses in combating the Sicilian mafia.

Food and the Unification of Italy

Sheila Dillon explores a food story behind the 150th anniversary of Italian unification.

Natural Wine

Natural wine is the latest buzz in the wine world but what is it? Sheila Dillon finds out.

Frozen Food

Frozen food has been a recession success, but can it muscle in on the premium market?

British Charcuterie

Food writer Tim Hayward goes in search of British charcuterie.

Japan's Food Dilemma

Simon Parkes reports from Japan on new ideas being developed for the future its food.

Malt

Sheila Dillon investigates the role malt plays in our drinks and diet.

Andrew Lansley on Food and Obesity

Food and the coalition. Sheila Dillon interviews Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.

What is milk?

What is milk? Sheila Dillon explores the familiar but constantly changing white stuff.

Cooking in Schools

Sheila Dillon looks at the future of cooking and food preparation in the school curriculum

Food in Ireland After the Crisis

Sheila Dillon investigates some of the food stories behind Ireland's economic collapse.

Lyme Bay and Shellfish

Sheila Dillon investigates developing trends in the shellfish trade.

Angela Hartnett's Best Producer Meal

Angela Hartnett cooks a winter's feast from the 2010 Best Producer Finalists' ingredients.

Gadgets

Sheila Dillon hears from food lovers about their favourite kitchen gadgets.

Food Writing 2010

Sheila Dillon discusses the legacy of Elizabeth David and reviews food writing in 2010.

Alternative Christmas Cakes

Panettone and chocolate logs: Sheila Dillon embraces our newer Christmas cake traditions.

Lapland & the World's Greatest Chef

Rene Redzepi, chef at the 'world's best restaurant' looks for food in Lapland and London.

Venison

Sheila Dillon explores the varieties of venison in butchers and supermarkets in the UK.

Street Food and Takeaways

Simon Parkes looks at the latest trends in British street food and takeaway meals.

Best Drinks Producer, Food & Farming Awards

Distiller, brewer, or cider maker - Sheila Dillon reveals the Best Drinks Producer.

Pub Food

Sheila Dillon looks at new ideas for using food to save the British pub.

Cut Price Fruit

Supermarket fruit wars - Sheila Dillon finds out if they cause pain for the producers.

Terra Madre

Sheila Dillon hears from some of the world's disappearing food tribes.

Sustainable Public Food and Nottingham

Can we afford new standards in public food? Simon Parkes finds out.

Student Food

What food do students have access to, what do they eat? Sheila Dillon investigates.

The Sandwich

Sheila Dillon hears from the people attempting to revolutionise the sandwich.

Northern Apples

Scagglethorpe Queening, Ribston Pippin, the Wass - in praise of a local apple tradition.

03/10/2010

Sheila Dillon looks at some of the new developments in airline food.

Pasta

Sheila Dillon looks behind the scenes of the world's largest and smallest pasta factories.

Northern Ireland and "Focus on Food"

Sheila Dillon visits Northern Ireland where food is being used to drive economic growth.

Ice Cream

Shelia Dillon explores the seemingly recession-proof ice cream market.

Mark Hix in Transylvania

Chef Mark Hix travels to Transylvania to help revive its disappearing food traditions.

The Doner Kebab

Food writer Richard Johnson is on a mission to revive the fortunes of the British kebab.