Podcast Episodes

Food, game changers and career movers

Sheila Dillon looks at the award winners who are leaving high flying careers to follow their passions and dreams in food production

Producer: Maggie A…

12 years, 6 months ago

The chocolate world of Mott Green

The story of Mott Green, cocoa farmer and chocolate maker, who was changing the industry one bar at a time.

Born in New York, this gifted engineer and…

12 years, 7 months ago

Bereavement and Food

In the throes of bereavement food can seem unimportant. People lose both their appetite and their sense of taste. But food and cooking can also play …

12 years, 7 months ago

Michael Pollan: Why Cooking Matters

Sheila Dillon speaks to the writer Michael Pollan on the craft, science and pleasures of cooking.

In his new book, Cooked, "a love letter to cooking"…

12 years, 7 months ago

Sugar: Pure, White and Deadly?

Sheila Dillon finds out why the debate about the role of sugar in our lives is hotting up. Recent books and news stories have re-awoken a forty year …

12 years, 7 months ago

Food, Cancer and Well-Being

Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer. Is the medical profession too reluctant to see food as an esse…

12 years, 7 months ago

A Life Through Wine: Jancis Robinson

Jancis Robinson remembers the specific bottle of wine which ignited her passion for both drinking wine and writing about it. She began reviewing for …

12 years, 8 months ago

Digital Dishes - life stories through recipes

Inside one kitchen in Bristol, thirteen strangers from all over Europe gathered to share food and stories about food. The Food Programme was there to…

12 years, 8 months ago

Black Pudding v Boudin Noir

Charles Campion reports from Normandy in France as he helps judge the world black pudding championships, which features entries from Japanese, Austri…

12 years, 8 months ago

Food on the Road

There's an army of lorries at work right now, transporting food and other goods all over the country. They keep food on our shelves and without them …

12 years, 8 months ago