The Food Chain - Small kitchens
From Michelin starred kitchens to Hong Kong’s high rise tower blocks, via informal settlements in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Ruth Alexander hears from people making the best out of the cramped and tiny spaces they’re cooking in.
Gina Lai shows her around the kitchen in her cramped Hong Kong high rise flat and Ruth visits chef Ryan Blackburn who has retained a Michelin star whilst cooking out of the tinest of professional kitchens in Northern England.
Plus Leah and her daughter Janice explain how they cook family meals in an informal settlement in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and AJ Forget describes what it's like to give up a big kitchen for a new life on the road, living and cooking in a converted bus.
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Produced by Izzy Greenfield, Rumella Dasgupta and Lexy O'Connor
Image Description: Gina Lai is cooking in her tiny Hong Kong flat. (Credit Gina Lai/BBC)
Published on Thursday, 26th February 2026.
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