Podcast Episodes

Is anyone following dietary guidelines?

Around 100 countries have official dietary guidelines, and more are on their way. But who is following them?

Ruth Alexander asks how realistic healt…

1 year, 4 months ago

Should we eat less rice?

Rice is the main staple for over half the world’s population.

The crop has problems though – it is vulnerable to climate change, whether that’s dro…

1 year, 4 months ago

What's the point of cookbooks?

When there are so many recipes available for free online, why does anyone still buy cookbooks?

In this programme we look into the business of selling…

1 year, 4 months ago

Has Christmas food gone mad?

Prosecco flavoured crisps? Eggnog chicken? Sticky toffee pudding trifle?

The innovation for novelty Christmas products seems endless, but is there t…

1 year, 5 months ago

Stadium food

Which food do you associate with your favourite sport?

Pie and chips at an English football match, biriyanis at the cricket in Pakistan or grilling …

1 year, 5 months ago

Croffle, anyone?

Crookie, anyone? Cronut, croffle?

Ruth Alexander looks at the rise of the dessert café and the extraordinary creations it’s spawned.

She visits one…

1 year, 5 months ago

How did fast food become so successful?

From America to Mongolia, you can go into a restaurant run by a global fast-food chain, and buy the same meal. So how did fast food become so success…

1 year, 6 months ago

We are 10!

We are celebrating 10 years of The Food Chain with some of our favourite programme moments from the past decade.

Fishing to stay alive, chopping onio…

1 year, 6 months ago

Just vanilla

Dull? Boring? Plain?

Vanilla is a byword for something which is ordinary or standard.

In this programme Ruth Alexander finds the story of the popula…

1 year, 6 months ago

How work changed lunch

How do our work habits shape what we eat?

In this programme Izzy Greenfield discovers the history of the workplace lunch and the ways in which socie…

1 year, 6 months ago