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?
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In search of a food champion
Thu 14 Jul 2022
As we search for a new global champion, we hear from two previous award winners
Food Chain highlights
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