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Food businesses have been some of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Worldwide lockdowns have forced thousands of restaurants, bars and cafes to close, but many entrepreneurs have managed to keep their businesses afloat, forced to innovate to survive.

We revisit some past Food Chain guests to find out how they鈥檝e been coping and ask what they鈥檝e learned about their business, their customers, and themselves. Tamasin Ford speaks to a chocolate maker in Ghana who hasn鈥檛 sold a single bar since the country locked down in March, and a fried chicken entrepreneur in South Africa who鈥檚 turned to feeding frontline workers to keep his kitchens and staff going.

But business hasn鈥檛 been all bad - we hear from a baker in Montreal, Canada, who says he鈥檚 never sold more bread and has started selling bags of flour to meet a growing demand from home bakers. Plus, a restaurant critic from Melbourne, Australia, tells us what it was like going out for a meal for the first time in more than three months.

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Presenter: Tamasin Ford
Producers: Simon Tulett and Siobhan O鈥機onnell
Studio manager: Hal Haines

(Picture: A woman picks up food and a drink from a restaurant during lockdown. Credit: Getty Images/大象传媒)