Podcast Episodes

UPF WTF?

Ultra-Processed Food makes up more than 50% of all calories consumed in the UK - but UPFs are being linked with obesity and disease, and there are ca…

2 years, 5 months ago

Smoke, Fire and Flame: Trends v Tradition

The practice of smoking is one of the world’s oldest food preservation methods, but which techniques are catching fire today, while other processes r…

2 years, 6 months ago

Bread, Baking, War and Ukraine

Dan Saladino hears from the bakers in Ukraine supplying fresh bread to the frontline, and journalist Felicity Spector travels across the country to v…

2 years, 6 months ago

The Wild Venison Project

Eighty six year old Fergie MacDonald remembers shooting Red deer as a nine year old boy. The Second World War was on and food was scarce in his home…

2 years, 6 months ago

Agritourism: Italian-inspired hospitality in the UK

Italy is famous the world over for its delicious food and beautiful countryside. The two come together in the form of the agriturismo, a type of far…

2 years, 6 months ago

Learning to Eat Part 2 – How the French do it

The diets of children in the UK are now mostly made up of ultra-processed food, so can we learn from the French in how they teach children healthy ea…

2 years, 6 months ago

Learning to Eat Part 1 – Do Kids Need Special Food?

Sheila Dillon explores how food habits are formed in the early years, and how parents and nurseries are coping with a food environment full of unheal…

2 years, 7 months ago

Pavlov to Plant Breeding: Food Prizes that Changed the World.

From Nobel winners to great innovators, Dan Saladino explores the history of prize-winning food ideas that changed the world, including researchers w…

2 years, 7 months ago

The Awards Return

The BBC Food and Farming Awards are back for 2023 and now is the time to get nominating.

This year the judging will be lead by former Masterchef winn…

2 years, 7 months ago

Tech, TikTok and the Future of Food Writing

Leyla Kazim examines the growing influence apps, maps and lists are having on restaurant recommendations, food writing and the way we eat. Leyla s…

2 years, 7 months ago