The Food Chain Podcast
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
Episodes to download
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What's the big deal about fine dining?
Thu 2 Feb 2023
The world鈥檚 so-called 鈥榖est restaurant鈥� is closing 鈥� so what?
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Why can鈥檛 my child swallow?
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Dysphagia: parents share their experiences of feeding a child with swallowing problems
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Chefs who changed course
Thu 5 Jan 2023
Chefs who left the heat of the professional kitchen, and what they do now.
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A Ukrainian table at Christmas
Thu 22 Dec 2022
Ukrainians living in the UK talk about how they鈥檒l mark the festive season
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Why does Africa import a lot of food?
Thu 8 Dec 2022
We speak to food entrepreneurs about how Africa can be more self sufficient
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Samuel Ikua: Global Youth Champion 2022
Thu 24 Nov 2022
This year鈥檚 award winner and his mission to get people farming in the city
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Food as rehabilitation
Thu 17 Nov 2022
Could changing the food behind bars improve prisoner outcomes?
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The buffet business
Thu 3 Nov 2022
How do you make money out of them, and what happens to all the leftovers?
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Forbidden food: The Jews of Spain
Thu 27 Oct 2022
The suppression of Jewish cooking under the Spanish Inquisition, and its global spread
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Can farmers influence food prices?
Thu 13 Oct 2022
How rising global prices impact food production around the world
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Inheriting grandma's pan
Thu 6 Oct 2022
The significance of family cookware and what we lose if we throw our old pots out
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The flavourists
Thu 15 Sep 2022
Meeting the people bridging art and science to make food taste delicious
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Inside food safety scares
Thu 8 Sep 2022
The people trying to stop contaminated food reaching your plate
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Tomorrow鈥檚 food crops
Thu 1 Sep 2022
A changing climate means farmers need to change the crops they grow
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Running a restaurant with your relatives
Thu 25 Aug 2022
One city, two cuisines, multiple family members
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Liquid gold: The price of cooking oil
Thu 18 Aug 2022
What rising vegetable oil prices mean for food businesses
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What can we do about drought?
Thu 11 Aug 2022
As millions of people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya face hunger, what are the solutions?
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The food illustrators
Thu 4 Aug 2022
Meet the artists tasked with creating pictures that look good enough to eat
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Fuelling a female footballer
Thu 28 Jul 2022
As the Women's Euros reach a climax, how much could nutrition boost performance?
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Why use food for fuel?
Thu 21 Jul 2022
As food prices rise around the world, why are we turning crops into fuel?
Food Chain highlights
Tea, coffee, spices, chillies ... snack on a selection of programme highlights
