The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
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Keto: Diet fad or food fix?
Sun 16 Jan 2022
Dan Saladino explores keto to understand the appeal of this low carb way of eating.
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Gabriella D'Cruz: Global Youth Champion
Sun 9 Jan 2022
Meet Gabriella, who is trying to transform livelihoods and protect the planet with seaweed
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#FoodTok: Mastering the Art of Cooking in Three Minutes
Sun 2 Jan 2022
Jaega Wise explores how food has become a star on Gen Z video app, TikTok.
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The Rise of Ultra-Fast Grocery Delivery
Boxing Day 2021
Leyla Kazim dives into the world of rapid grocery delivery - could it change how we shop?
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A Christmas Feast Special.
Sun 19 Dec 2021
Big names in the food world join Dan and Sheila with their favourite Christmas dishes.
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The Meaning of Cod
Sun 12 Dec 2021
In search of the meaning of cod, Dan Saladino travels to the Norwegian island of Lofoten.
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The 成人快手 Food and Farming Awards 2021 - Second Course
Sun 5 Dec 2021
Sheila Dillon presents more winners' stories from the 成人快手 Food and Farming Awards 2021
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The 成人快手 Food and Farming Awards 2021 - First Course
Tue 30 Nov 2021
The winners of the 成人快手 Food and Farming Awards 2021 are announced.
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Best Shop or Market of the Year: Meet the Finalists
Sun 14 Nov 2021
Leyla Kazim visits 2021鈥檚 Best Shop or Market finalists in the 成人快手 Food and Farming Awards
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COP26: The Case for Cattle and Pigs.
Sun 7 Nov 2021
With COP26 underway Dan Saladino explores the value of meat and dairy for our future food.
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Veg Invention: The stories of new kinds of fruit and vegetables
Sun 31 Oct 2021
Leyla Kazim finds out how new varieties of fruit and veg make it from lab to plate.
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A Personnel Problem: What's the solution to hospitality's staffing crisis?
Sun 24 Oct 2021
Sheila Dillon and guests discuss why hospitality businesses just can't get the staff.
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Follow the Money: Investor power and the Future of Food
Sun 17 Oct 2021
Dan Saladino meets investors using trillions of dollars to shape the global food system.
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Best Food Producer of the Year: Meet the Finalists
Sun 10 Oct 2021
Sheila Dillon and chef Angela Hartnett visit this year鈥檚 Best Food Producer finalists.
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Oz Clarke: A Life Through Wine
Sun 3 Oct 2021
Jaega Wise talks to the writer about his lifelong passion for wine and its future.
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Prue Leith: A Life Through Food
Sun 26 Sep 2021
Sheila Dillon meets broadcaster and businesswoman Prue Leith to discuss her career in food
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High Spirits: A story of vodka
Sun 19 Sep 2021
Jaega Wise learns about the origin and evolution of vodka.
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Buckfast: the Transformation of Scotland鈥檚 Most Controversial Drink
Sun 12 Sep 2021
Jaega Wise finds out how a tonic wine with a troubled past became middle class.
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Stirring Up Stories: The Business of Food PR
Sun 5 Sep 2021
Leyla Kazim finds out how food PR is evolving to get us talking and eating.
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Tastefully Worded: Exploring food in language
Sun 29 Aug 2021
Sheila Dillon and Michael Rosen consider the power and persuasion of food language.
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The Story of the Digestive: From grain to biscuit.
Sun 22 Aug 2021
Dan Saladino tells the story of one of Britain's oldest and most popular biscuits.
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Flour to the People.
Sun 15 Aug 2021
Dan Saladino finds out how wheat, flour and bread are being reclaimed in Scotland.
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Andrew Wong: A Life Through Food
Sun 8 Aug 2021
Jaega Wise meets the chef bringing Chinese culture and history to life through his food.
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Catering in Care 成人快手s
Sun 1 Aug 2021
Sheila Dillon explores the challenges around cooking up good quality food in care homes.
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The Great Food Reset?
Sun 25 Jul 2021
Dan Saladino finds out why a United Nations food summit has become so controversial.
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Plate of the Nation: Second Serving
Sun 18 Jul 2021
Can the new National Food Strategy successfully transform the UK food system?
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Drinking Culture: The women calling out sexism in the alcohol industry
Sun 11 Jul 2021
Jaega Wise speaks to those hoping to change how women are treated in the drinks world
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Unpacking the Great British Picnic
Sun 4 Jul 2021
Jaega Wise finds out how and why the picnic has become such an institution.
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Cyrus Todiwala: A Life Through Food
Sun 27 Jun 2021
From Mumbai childhood to pioneering Indian chef in London: Mr Todiwala's Life Through Food
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