The Food Chain

How to cope with cooking burnout

Nov. 11, 2021

28:27

One small change

Nov. 4, 2021

28:57

A farmer's nightmare

Oct. 22, 2021

26:59

Last orders: Why I quit hospitality

Oct. 13, 2021

28:17

The drinking experiment

Oct. 7, 2021

27:59

The bug business

Sept. 29, 2021

28:29

Cooking by computer

Sept. 22, 2021

27:06

OCD, the kitchen, and me

Sept. 15, 2021

28:44

The power of a photograph

Sept. 8, 2021

35:34

The unstoppable rise of starch

Aug. 25, 2021

30:17

Is there a ‘chefsplainer’ in your kitchen?

Aug. 4, 2021

29:27

Is it time to kill the calorie?

July 28, 2021

32:05

Should 'junk food' sponsor sport?

July 21, 2021

30:37

Life lessons from the honey bee

July 7, 2021

29:35

The endurance diet

June 30, 2021

28:27

The lure of on-demand groceries

June 23, 2021

27:00

The school that food built

June 16, 2021

36:57

Raymond Blanc: My life in five dishes

June 9, 2021

35:24

Inside the mind of a kitchen gadget

June 2, 2021

27:03

Do we need to talk about ‘ultra-processed food’?

May 26, 2021

34:56

What's the appetite for gene edited food?

May 19, 2021

36:07

Dan Barber: My life in five dishes

May 12, 2021

28:03

The blind cooks

May 5, 2021

28:28

America's 'food apartheid'

April 28, 2021

26:15

The man taking on fast food

April 21, 2021

31:21

How to love chillies

April 14, 2021

26:32

Portion distortion

April 7, 2021

31:57

A year in the life of a Chinese restaurant

March 31, 2021

26:30

Should the US abandon tipping?

March 25, 2021

26:43

The food that broke through lockdown

March 18, 2021

28:32

Is it time to add vitamin D to food?

March 11, 2021

29:27

How to feed a footballer

March 4, 2021

29:34

Alice Waters: My life in five dishes

Feb. 25, 2021

34:06

Sourdough love stories

Feb. 18, 2021

29:10

Has coronavirus changed school meals for ever?

Feb. 11, 2021

32:53

Nigella Lawson: My life in five dishes

Feb. 4, 2021

37:44

Divided by drink: A tale from dry America

Jan. 28, 2021

29:58

The power of food emojis

Jan. 21, 2021

26:17

The arctic eating adventure

Jan. 14, 2021

30:52

Yotam Ottolenghi: My life in five dishes

Jan. 7, 2021

31:10

Too many cookbooks?

Dec. 31, 2020

26:13

What's food got to do with destiny?

Dec. 24, 2020

27:30

Lockdown food fails

Dec. 17, 2020

27:02

The chef who took on hospital food

Dec. 3, 2020

27:08

Why the whale hunt continues

Nov. 26, 2020

31:09

Selassie Atadika: My life in five dishes

Nov. 12, 2020

35:10

Opening a restaurant in a pandemic

Nov. 5, 2020

27:04

How to enjoy eating with your own children

Oct. 29, 2020

28:29

One election, two farmers

Oct. 21, 2020

26:36

How does food make a president?

Oct. 14, 2020

29:10

Facing fat hatred

Oct. 7, 2020

28:43

Plundering the planet under cover of coronavirus

Sept. 30, 2020

35:11

Coronavirus: Obesity's defining moment?

Sept. 23, 2020

27:16

The preppers and the pandemic

Sept. 16, 2020

27:30

The fertiliser that blew up Beirut

Sept. 9, 2020

29:44

Margarita Forés: My life in five dishes

Sept. 3, 2020

30:10

Sean Sherman: My life in five dishes

Aug. 26, 2020

32:38

Food media's moment of reckoning?

Aug. 19, 2020

28:53

Meatpacking's coronavirus problem

Aug. 12, 2020

27:33

Single parents: Cooking solo

Aug. 6, 2020

27:40

Dominique Crenn: My life in five dishes

July 30, 2020

31:10

Does comfort food really comfort us?

July 23, 2020

32:37

Asma Khan: My life in five dishes

July 16, 2020

26:16

Jacques Pépin: My life in five dishes

July 9, 2020

34:47

Losing your taste to coronavirus

July 2, 2020

29:15

Is lockdown good news for fish?

June 24, 2020

26:22

Antonio Carluccio: My life in five dishes

June 18, 2020

27:13

Coronavirus: The survival business

June 11, 2020

30:25

Has the crisis made us more generous?

June 3, 2020

26:48

Is our food creating pandemics?

May 27, 2020

28:37

Should China ban 'wet' markets?

May 14, 2020

28:35

What next for restaurants?

May 6, 2020

27:08

Coronavirus: Chefs fight back

April 30, 2020

29:41

Death by coronavirus or hunger?

April 22, 2020

29:44

My quarantine kitchen

April 16, 2020

28:20

Coronavirus: Food’s frontline heroes

April 8, 2020

28:28

Coronavirus: Where did all the food go?

April 1, 2020

29:06

How not to run a brewery

March 26, 2020

26:22

The mystery of mukbang

March 19, 2020

31:15

The end of the road for street food?

March 12, 2020

27:38

Fried chicken: Fast food champion

March 5, 2020

27:13

Made in space

Feb. 27, 2020

29:41

Why are people putting chemicals in our food?

Feb. 20, 2020

26:20

Nobu Matsuhisa: My life in five dishes

Feb. 13, 2020

28:46

Why is wheat making people sick?

Feb. 6, 2020

27:25

The tipping point

Jan. 30, 2020

28:00

Fantasy, fiction and food

Jan. 23, 2020

26:19

What's climate change doing to cows?

Jan. 16, 2020

26:11

Eat the year

Jan. 2, 2020

26:09

Samin Nosrat: My life in five dishes

Dec. 26, 2019

26:29

I hate Christmas pudding!

Dec. 19, 2019

26:19

Can chocolate be clean?

Dec. 12, 2019

26:05

Sommeliers: Wine waiters uncorked

Dec. 5, 2019

25:56

Marcus Samuelsson: My life in five dishes

Nov. 28, 2019

26:27

Can palm oil be sustainable?

Nov. 21, 2019

32:07

Bakers: Earning a crust

Nov. 14, 2019

26:28

Can you have your plate and eat it?

Nov. 7, 2019

26:40

How dangerous is your food delivery?

Oct. 31, 2019

26:28

Will robot pickers change our fruit?

Oct. 17, 2019

26:29

How to date a vegan

Oct. 10, 2019

26:28

How to cook for a megastar

Oct. 3, 2019

26:29

Down on the farm: Suicide, stress and farmers

Sept. 26, 2019

27:40

Ken Hom: My life in five dishes

Sept. 19, 2019

26:29

Eating with Etna

Sept. 12, 2019

26:28

Foraging: Pleasure or profit?

Sept. 5, 2019

26:29

Ritual slaughter under threat

Aug. 29, 2019

26:28

The young pub bosses reviving the British boozer

Aug. 22, 2019

26:28

Dynasties

Aug. 15, 2019

26:28

Blogs! Money! Power!

Aug. 8, 2019

26:27

Food under siege

Aug. 1, 2019

26:55

Baristas: The daily grind

July 25, 2019

26:28

Angela Hartnett: My life in five dishes

July 18, 2019

26:28

The pig plague

July 11, 2019

26:28

When is a burger not a burger?

July 4, 2019

26:28

The quest for black gold

June 27, 2019

26:28

How not to run a restaurant

June 20, 2019

30:17

Lunches changing lives

June 13, 2019

26:28

Finding a food champion: The finalists

June 6, 2019

26:30

Samin Nosrat: My life in five dishes

May 30, 2019

26:28

Bitter sweets

May 23, 2019

26:28

Food on the streets: London and Los Angeles

May 16, 2019

26:28

Organic Inc

May 9, 2019

26:29

Widowed: Food after loss

May 2, 2019

26:29

Raw grief

April 25, 2019

26:29

The pot washers

April 18, 2019

26:28

An inspector calls

April 11, 2019

26:28

How to tell a food story

April 4, 2019

44:55

Gut feelings

March 28, 2019

26:28

When breast isn't best

March 21, 2019

26:28

How to feed the Falklands

March 14, 2019

26:28

When foods get famous

Feb. 28, 2019

26:28

A senseless generation?

Feb. 21, 2019

26:28

Untold food stories: Rohingya and Uighur cuisine

Feb. 14, 2019

26:29

High Stakes Cakes

Feb. 7, 2019

26:28

André Cointreau: My life in five dishes

Jan. 31, 2019

26:29

Uncut: Butchers Talk Chop

Jan. 24, 2019

27:35

Is Product Placement Getting in Your Face?

Jan. 17, 2019

26:28

The New Food Bank Frontline

Jan. 10, 2019

27:31

After Party: A Look Back

Dec. 27, 2018

26:28

Taking the Buzz out of Coffee

Dec. 13, 2018

26:29

Can a Strong Drink Revive a City?

Dec. 6, 2018

27:06

Why the Heat about Meat?

Nov. 29, 2018

26:28

Million Dollar Mouths

Nov. 22, 2018

26:29

Inside the Abattoir

Nov. 15, 2018

26:28

Behind the (Food) Scenes

Nov. 8, 2018

26:28

I Took on the Food Industry

Nov. 1, 2018

26:27

I'm with the chef

Oct. 25, 2018

26:28

Aristocrats and Archaeo-Food Nerds

Oct. 18, 2018

26:29

Not Just a Rich White Woman’s Problem

Oct. 11, 2018

26:28

Unseen: The Rise of Eating Disorders in China

Oct. 4, 2018

26:28

Restaurant Critics: The Ungarnished Truth

Sept. 27, 2018

26:28

Going Off Cow's Milk?

Sept. 20, 2018

26:29

Widowed: Food After Loss

Sept. 13, 2018

26:29

Raw grief

Sept. 6, 2018

26:28

Rethinking the Celebrity Chef

Aug. 29, 2018

26:33

The Invisible Ingredient

Aug. 22, 2018

26:33

José Andrés: My life in five dishes

Aug. 15, 2018

26:29

Kelis: My life in five dishes

Aug. 8, 2018

26:35

Claudia Roden: My life in five dishes

Aug. 2, 2018

26:29

Gordon Ramsay: My life in five dishes

July 26, 2018

26:29

Antonio Carluccio: My life in five dishes

July 19, 2018

26:29

Madhur Jaffrey: My life in five dishes

July 12, 2018

26:28

Jeremiah Tower: My life in five dishes

July 4, 2018

26:29

#MeToo Food

June 28, 2018

26:29

The Real Junk Food

June 21, 2018

26:38

Pony Tales

June 6, 2018

27:48

I am the Bread Man

May 30, 2018

26:59

Kelis: My life in five dishes

May 24, 2018

26:29

Critical Mass Catering

May 16, 2018

26:29

Absolute Food: Part II

May 9, 2018

26:37

Absolute Food: Part I

May 3, 2018

26:29

Fussy Old World

April 26, 2018

26:36

Claudia Roden: My Life in Five Dishes

April 20, 2018

26:29

Food Confidential

April 11, 2018

27:00

Eating Blockchain

April 4, 2018

27:11

A Poisonous Business

March 29, 2018

26:48

Do Not Feed the Animals

March 22, 2018

27:00

This Food Will Save Your Life*

March 7, 2018

27:15

Eat, Stay, Love

March 1, 2018

26:52

The New Animals

Feb. 15, 2018

26:50

The Pig Problem

Feb. 8, 2018

26:14

The Food Pilgrims

Feb. 1, 2018

26:58

I Can't Taste!

Jan. 25, 2018

26:58

Gordon Ramsay: My life in five dishes

Jan. 18, 2018

26:44

In Search of Wine's 'Holy Grail'

Jan. 11, 2018

27:03

The Comedy of Food

Jan. 4, 2018

27:01

Big Tech Wants Your Food Shop

Dec. 28, 2017

26:28

Food Chain: The Quiz 2017

Dec. 21, 2017

26:29

How to Make a Farmer

Dec. 14, 2017

26:56

I Won't Farm!

Dec. 7, 2017

27:58

Where's my African Takeaway?

Nov. 30, 2017

27:50

The 'Disneyland' of Food?

Nov. 23, 2017

26:29

The Boundless Ambition of Gum

Nov. 9, 2017

26:29

Contain Yourself!

Nov. 2, 2017

26:29

Competitive Eating: Chewing it Over

Oct. 19, 2017

26:59

Competitive Eating: The 'Gurgitators'

Oct. 12, 2017

27:12

Madhur Jaffrey: My Life in Five Dishes

Oct. 5, 2017

26:57

A Fly Future?

Sept. 28, 2017

27:38

The Maggot Masters

Sept. 21, 2017

27:02

Cow Candy

Sept. 14, 2017

27:00

Finding a Food Champion

Sept. 7, 2017

27:15

The Art of Fermentation

Aug. 31, 2017

26:49

Upper Crust?

Aug. 24, 2017

27:08

Is Social Media Putting You Off Your Lunch?

Aug. 17, 2017

28:51

Stockpiles? What Stockpiles?

Aug. 10, 2017

27:55

What Will You Eat if the Apocalypse Comes?

Aug. 3, 2017

27:16

Have We Cracked the Nut Problem?

July 27, 2017

27:15

Health lessons with the Hadza

July 20, 2017

26:43

Hunting with the Hadza

July 13, 2017

26:38

Fortification: Too Much of a Good thing?

July 6, 2017

26:40

The Unlikely Power of Cookbooks

June 29, 2017

26:46

Food Secrets of Centenarians

June 22, 2017

27:06

What Time is Dinner?

June 15, 2017

27:03

Much Ado About Michelin

June 8, 2017

27:21

Talking Rot

June 1, 2017

27:13

Hands Off My Food!

May 25, 2017

27:11

The Real Value of a Cup of Tea

May 22, 2017

27:16

Foodunnit?

May 11, 2017

26:54

I Don't Cook

May 4, 2017

26:53

The Fish Japan Ate

April 27, 2017

26:57

Liberte, Egalite, Gastronomie?

April 20, 2017

26:54

Little Kitchen of Horrors

April 13, 2017

27:05

Orthorexia Nervosa: When 'Healthy' Food Becomes Harmful

April 6, 2017

26:57

Hey, Hey We're The Food Chain

March 30, 2017

27:07

One Potato More

March 25, 2017

26:29

Poor Old Potato

March 18, 2017

26:28

The Food We Breathe

March 11, 2017

26:29

McAsia?

March 3, 2017

26:29

Post-Truth Food

Feb. 25, 2017

26:28

Wheelchair Fajitas and Talking Scales

Feb. 18, 2017

26:29

The Plankton Problem

Feb. 11, 2017

26:29

Got Gumbo?

Feb. 4, 2017

26:28

Should You Drink Your Food?

Jan. 21, 2017

26:29

Of Maize and Men: Unpicked

Jan. 14, 2017

26:29

Of Maize and Men: The Rise

Jan. 7, 2017

26:28

Food Chain: The Quiz

Dec. 31, 2016

26:29

Food Chain: The Musical

Dec. 24, 2016

26:29

Survival Stories: ‘We Ate Spiders, Flies and Worms’

Dec. 17, 2016

26:29

Hunger in the Rich World

Dec. 10, 2016

26:28

The Hidden Cost of a Home-Cooked Meal

Dec. 3, 2016

26:28

Full English Brexit

Nov. 26, 2016

26:28

Burnt

Nov. 19, 2016

26:29

In Search of Lost Foods

Nov. 12, 2016

26:29

Plate of the Union

Nov. 5, 2016

26:29

Dining with the Dead

Oct. 29, 2016

26:29

Vegan Babies: Should You Restrict Your Child’s Diet?

Oct. 22, 2016

26:29

Should We All Be Vegans?

Oct. 15, 2016

26:28

Stories from Syria

Oct. 8, 2016

26:29

The Olympics of Chinese Food

Oct. 1, 2016

26:30

Pestatarians

Sept. 24, 2016

26:28

The New Sushi

Sept. 17, 2016

26:28

Food on the Open Road

Sept. 10, 2016

26:29

Big Beer

Sept. 2, 2016

26:29

Naturally Misleading?

Aug. 27, 2016

26:29

Survival Stories: Fish bacon for breakfast

Aug. 20, 2016

26:29

Survival Stories: Lost in the Desert

Aug. 13, 2016

26:29

Fertile Food

Aug. 6, 2016

26:29

Food on the Move: What We Want, When We Want It

July 30, 2016

26:29

Inside the Kitchens of Power

July 26, 2016

26:29

Beauty from Within?

July 16, 2016

26:29

Can Cheese Help Save an Economy?

July 9, 2016

26:29

Plough Your Own Furrow?

July 2, 2016

26:28

Mind your Manners

June 25, 2016

26:29

Seeds, Syrup and Subversion

June 18, 2016

26:29

Faster Food

June 11, 2016

26:28

Extreme Farming

June 4, 2016

26:29

Is Junk Food the New Smoking?

May 28, 2016

26:28

Fish Fight

May 21, 2016

26:29

A Dog's Dinner?

May 14, 2016

26:29

Disaster Food: Feeding a Country in Crisis

May 7, 2016

26:29

Bottled Water: Do We Really Need It?

April 30, 2016

26:29

Eating With Our Ears: The Sound of Food

April 23, 2016

26:28

Animals on Antibiotics: Could Pigs on Pills Make us Ill?

April 16, 2016

26:29

Food Chain Late Night

April 9, 2016

26:29

Front of House

April 2, 2016

26:28

Food and Nostalgia

March 26, 2016

26:29

Is Convenience Killing Us?

March 19, 2016

26:29

Food Waste: How Low Can it Go?

March 12, 2016

26:29

No Such Thing as a Free Lunch?

March 5, 2016

26:26

Food, Power and Punishment

Feb. 27, 2016

26:29

The Truth About Diabetes

Feb. 6, 2016

26:28

Down with 'Foodies'?

Dec. 12, 2015

26:29

Breast Practice

Nov. 28, 2015

26:29

Chinatown

Nov. 21, 2015

26:29

Back of House

Nov. 14, 2015

26:27

Food Far From Home

Oct. 31, 2015

30:06

Food of War

Sept. 12, 2015

26:29

India: How to Feed a Nation

Sept. 5, 2015

26:29

India: Faith, Food, and Politics

Aug. 29, 2015

26:29

Food of Love

Aug. 15, 2015

26:29