The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

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The Search for Esiah's Seeds
Dan Saladino tells the story of food grower Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives.
04 Aug 2019,24 mins
The BarbeQ'n'A
Sheila joins a group of grilling gurus to address listeners’ barbecue queries
28 Jul 2019,24 mins
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.
21 Jul 2019,28 mins
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.
14 Jul 2019,28 mins
Playing with Food: The world of video game gastronomy
Dan Saladino discovers what we can learn about food - from playing video games.
07 Jul 2019,28 mins
Can Anyone Learn To Cook? - A Life Through Food with Samin Nosrat
Netflix chef Samin Nosrat shares her life through food with Sheila Dillon.
30 Jun 2019,28 mins
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
23 Jun 2019,28 mins
The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019: Second Course
The winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol. Part II
17 Jun 2019,28 mins
The Food & Farming Awards 2019: First Course
The winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019 are revealed in Bristol - Part I
16 Jun 2019,24 mins
Ten Good Things
Dan Saladino selects ten of the remaining food and drink ideas from the 2019 Foods Awards.
09 Jun 2019,28 mins
Faith, Fasting and Feasting – A Ramadan Special
Yasmin Khan and comedian Tez Ilyas talk food and fasting in Ramadan 2019
02 Jun 2019,28 mins
An Education: Life lessons through food
How food education can deliver much more than just practical skills
26 May 2019,28 mins
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?
19 May 2019,28 mins
What makes an excellent food producer?
Angela Hartnett meets finalists for Best Food Producer in the BBC Food & Farming Awards 19
12 May 2019,28 mins
Feeding the High Street: Are food shops the answer?
Sheila Dillon talks to John Timpson about the future of our high streets.
05 May 2019,28 mins
How reassuring are food assurance labels?
Sheila Dillon considers the role of food assurance schemes in the UK today.
28 Apr 2019,28 mins
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
21 Apr 2019,28 mins
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.
14 Apr 2019,24 mins
Tipping Point: Time to Rethink the Service Charge?
Could tipping be too slapdash and subjective for an ever more calculated modern world?
07 Apr 2019,24 mins
Life of Pie
Sheila Dillon hears the stories of pies and the people whose lives were changed by them.
31 Mar 2019,28 mins
Would you let a robot cook you dinner?
Robot chefs are working in burger joints and pizzerias. Will they be in our homes next?
24 Mar 2019,28 mins
Delicious and Endangered: The Story of Bluefin Tuna
Dan Saladino travels from Brixham to Tokyo in search of the endangered bluefin tuna.
17 Mar 2019,28 mins
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.
10 Mar 2019,28 mins
Why is CBD on everyone's lips?
The story of how cannabis without the high has become one of the biggest buzzwords in food
03 Mar 2019,28 mins
The Secret Life of Spaghetti
Dan Saladino looks at our long and tangled relationship with a much-loved food, spaghetti.
24 Feb 2019,28 mins
Should I boycott palm oil?
Sheila Dillon asks whether we should avoid buying foods containing palm oil.
17 Feb 2019,28 mins
Curry house crisis... where are the women?
Sheila Dillon asks whey there aren't more women chefs in our South Asian restaurants.
10 Feb 2019,28 mins
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.
03 Feb 2019,28 mins
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.
27 Jan 2019,28 mins
The one where we talk about deep fried Mars Bars
Food writer Rachel McCormack explores deep fried cuisine throughout Europe
20 Jan 2019,28 mins