The Food Programme Episodes Available now
Socially Distanced Dining: Indoor restaurants reopen again
Leyla Kazim heads to Padstow to discover how restaurants are adapting to new Covid rules.
Pure umami: should we learn to love MSG?
Leyla Kazim investigates the history, science and culture around MSG
1971: A year that changed food forever?
Dan Saladino asks if the year 1971 was a turning point for how the world eats?
The Joy of Heat
Sheila Dillon investigates our love for the hot stuff.
A Nominations Celebration
Sheila Dillon and Angela Hartnett open nominations for the 2021 BBC Food & Farming Awards.
Lab-grown meat: How long before it's on a menu near you?
Sheila Dillon looks at what the future holds for lab-grown or cultivated meat.
The Urban Growing Revolution
From window-sills to rooftops, Leyla Kazim explores stories of food being grown in cities
The Magic of Mussels (And Their Troubled Trade)
Dan Saladino finds out how Brexit could wreck plans to make the mussel a mainstream food.
Food, James Bond’s food
The James Bond novels drip with delectable food writing.
Food in Lockdown: One Year On
A year on, Sheila Dillon catches up with those who have been keeping the nation fed.