The Food Chain Episodes Episode guide
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(Film) Set menu
The gruelling job of feeding cast and crew on a major movie or TV production
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How rationing changed me
A German and a Brit share food memories of growing up during World War Two
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Gabriella D'Cruz: Global Youth Champion
This year's award-winner and her mission to change lives and revive oceans using seaweed
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How a new cuisine is born
The evolution of ‘Cape-Malay’ and ‘Viet-Cajun’ cuisines
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How to cope with cooking burnout
Three food lovers on why the Covid-19 pandemic has sucked the joy out of the kitchen
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One small change
Your stories of small, achievable changes around food to help the environment
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A farmer's nightmare
A major worker shortage leaving UK farmers with heartbreaking choices
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Last orders: Why I quit hospitality
Three former restaurant staff on why the pandemic prompted them to leave
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The drinking experiment
What happens when you give up alcohol in a drinking culture?
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The bug business
How do you convince more people to eat insects?
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Cooking by computer
How Covid-19 inspired a new world of virtual cooking classes
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OCD, the kitchen, and me
Cooking, eating and living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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The power of a photograph
Can a still image change the way we think about our food?
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The unstoppable rise of starch
The most important processed food ingredient you’ve probably never thought about
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Is there a ‘chefsplainer’ in your kitchen?
Why some people can’t resist telling others exactly how to cook
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Is it time to kill the calorie?
Why many of us misunderstand calories, and why it matters.
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Should 'junk food' sponsor sport?
The fizzy drink and burger brands backing everything from the Olympics to junior football
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Life lessons from the honey bee
What can these tiny pollinators can teach us about our world and ourselves?
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The endurance diet
How athletes feed themselves during extreme sporting events
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The lure of on-demand groceries
The obvious next step in our busy lives, or a cause for concern?
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The school that food built
One headteacher's mission to put food at the heart of all learning
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Raymond Blanc: My life in five dishes
The renowned French chef tells his life story through five dishes.
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Inside the mind of a kitchen gadget
The philosophy and passion behind your kitchen tools.
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Do we need to talk about ‘ultra-processed food’?
The debate over ultra-processed foods and whether we should avoid them
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What's the appetite for gene edited food?
Scientists claim it’s the future, but can they convince us to eat it?
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The blind cooks
Learning to cook after sight-loss and empowering others to do the same
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America's 'food apartheid'
Life without easy access to affordable, fresh food in Albany and St. Louis
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The man taking on fast food
Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, on the movement's relevance in a post-pandemic world
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How to love chillies
Three cooks explain how you can teach a child to embrace hot food.
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Portion distortion
How the food industry convinced us to upsize, and why shrinking portions is so hard