Kitchen obsessives: Why aim to cook the perfect dish?

Leyla Kazim meets cooking obsessives Felicity Cloake, Bill Buford and Kate Ng.

• 28 mins

Wheat Revolutions

Dan Saladino on the story of wheat from the Neolithic Revolution to the Green Revolution.

• 28 mins

Taking the Biscuit: How a long-life ration became the quintessential British comfort food

Sheila Dillon considers how the humble biscuit's become a beloved British institution.

• 28 mins

English Pastoral: James Rebanks on the future of food.

Dan Saladino talks to shepherd James Rebanks about the future of food and farming.

• 28 mins

Faith, Fasts and Feasts: The role of food in Jewish celebration

Leyla Kazim explores the integral role of food in Judaism’s autumn festivals.

• 28 mins

Eat Your Way to Power: Food and Politics on the Campaign Trail

Sheila Dillon investigates the tricky world of eating on the campaign trail.

• 28 mins

Nadiya Hussain: A Life Through Food

Nadiya Hussain and Tan France speak to Leyla Kazim about Nadiya's life and career.

• 29 mins

University Challenge: How students and universities are managing meals during the pandemic

Sheila Dillon hears stories around freshers and food in the age of COVID

• 28 mins

Raymond Blanc: The Lost Orchard

Raymond Blanc spent decades growing an orchard. He explains to Dan Saladino why it matters

• 27 mins

What’s the deal with "chlorinated chicken"?

Charlotte Smith explores the implications of a future US trade deal on the UK food sector.

• 28 mins

Cookbooks of 2020

Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Jaega Wise and Leyla Kazim discuss their books of the year

• 28 mins

The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 1: Origins

Dan Saladino explores the origins of cacao and rise of the chocolate bar.

• 28 mins

The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 2: The future.

Sheila Dillon asks what the future holds for the UK chocolate bar.

• 29 mins

Christmas Cooking: The 2020 Edit

Nigel Slater, Genevieve Taylor & Tamal Ray share food ideas for a Christmas like no other.

• 29 mins

Loving the Leftovers

How cooking with leftovers can not only reduce waste, but also deliver incredible dishes

• 28 mins

Inside the World Food Programme

Dan Saladino tells the inside story of Nobel Peace Prize winners the World Food Programme.

• 28 mins

BrewDog: Punks grown up?

Jaega Wise explores world of craft beer giants, BrewDog

• 28 mins

What to Eat to Save the Planet?

Sheila Dillon and guests break down the latest on low carbon food production.

• 29 mins

All at Sea? Fishing after Brexit

Dan Saladino finds out what the Brexit deal means for the UK's fishing industry.

• 28 mins

Flavours of Home: The refugees forging new lives through food

Sheila Dillon meets asylum seekers and refugees building new lives in the UK through food.

• 29 mins

Cooking Blind

Sheila Dillon meets the blind and partially sighted cooks inspiring others.

• 29 mins

Charles Campion: A Life Through Food.

Why was the late Charles Campion so driven to tell food stories? Dan Saladino finds out.

• 28 mins

Everything Stops For Tea.

Jaega Wise explores the ceremony and ritual of drinking tea.

• 28 mins

School Food: Re-imagined

Sheila Dillon asks school food visionaries how the system might be improved in future.

• 29 mins

Genome editing and the future of food

Dan Saladino looks at the future role of genome editing technology on food and farming.

• 29 mins

The Barrel Effect: Why Oak casks have stood the test of time.

Jaega Wise hears how oak barrels continue to thrive in the drinks industry.

• 28 mins

Food in Lockdown: One Year On

A year on, Sheila Dillon catches up with those who have been keeping the nation fed.

• 29 mins

Food, James Bond’s food

The James Bond novels drip with delectable food writing.

• 28 mins

The Magic of Mussels (And Their Troubled Trade)

Dan Saladino finds out how Brexit could wreck plans to make the mussel a mainstream food.

• 28 mins

The Urban Growing Revolution

From window-sills to rooftops, Leyla Kazim explores stories of food being grown in cities

• 29 mins

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.

• 29 mins

A Nominations Celebration

Sheila Dillon and Angela Hartnett open nominations for the 2021 BBC Food & Farming Awards.

• 29 mins

The Joy of Heat

Sheila Dillon investigates our love for the hot stuff.

• 29 mins

1971: A year that changed food forever?

Dan Saladino asks if the year 1971 was a turning point for how the world eats?

• 29 mins

Pure umami: should we learn to love MSG?

Leyla Kazim investigates the history, science and culture around MSG

• 28 mins

Socially Distanced Dining: Indoor restaurants reopen again

Leyla Kazim heads to Padstow to discover how restaurants are adapting to new Covid rules.

• 28 mins

India's Covid Crisis: The Food Story

Dan Saladino looks at Covid's impact on food in India and the efforts to feed communities.

• 29 mins

Tom Kerridge: A Life Through Food

Tom Kerridge shares his remarkable life in food, pubs and kitchens with Sheila Dillon.

• 28 mins

Eat Your Art Out: How Art Makes Us Eat

Jaega Wise discovers how art makes us eat; from cookbooks to curated menus and campaigns.

• 36 mins

The Medical Field: Why student doctors are getting out on farms

Could teaching medics about food production help improve the nation's health?

• 29 mins

Cyrus Todiwala: A Life Through Food

From Mumbai childhood to pioneering Indian chef in London: Mr Todiwala's Life Through Food

• 28 mins

Unpacking the Great British Picnic

Jaega Wise finds out how and why the picnic has become such an institution.

• 28 mins

Drinking Culture: The women calling out sexism in the alcohol industry

Jaega Wise speaks to those hoping to change how women are treated in the drinks world

• 29 mins

Plate of the Nation: Second Serving

Can the new National Food Strategy successfully transform the UK food system?

• 29 mins

The Great Food Reset?

Dan Saladino finds out why a United Nations food summit has become so controversial.

• 28 mins

Catering in Care Homes

Sheila Dillon explores the challenges around cooking up good quality food in care homes.

• 28 mins

Andrew Wong: A Life Through Food

Jaega Wise meets the chef bringing Chinese culture and history to life through his food.

• 29 mins

Flour to the People.

Dan Saladino finds out how wheat, flour and bread are being reclaimed in Scotland.

• 28 mins

The Story of the Digestive: From grain to biscuit.

Dan Saladino tells the story of one of Britain's oldest and most popular biscuits.

• 27 mins

Tastefully Worded: Exploring food in language

Sheila Dillon and Michael Rosen consider the power and persuasion of food language.

• 39 mins

Stirring Up Stories: The Business of Food PR

Leyla Kazim finds out how food PR is evolving to get us talking and eating.

• 28 mins

Buckfast: the Transformation of Scotland’s Most Controversial Drink

Jaega Wise finds out how a tonic wine with a troubled past became middle class.

• 29 mins

High Spirits: A story of vodka

Jaega Wise learns about the origin and evolution of vodka.

• 28 mins

Prue Leith: A Life Through Food

Sheila Dillon meets broadcaster and businesswoman Prue Leith to discuss her career in food

• 28 mins

Oz Clarke: A Life Through Wine

Jaega Wise talks to the writer about his lifelong passion for wine and its future.

• 28 mins

Best Food Producer of the Year: Meet the Finalists

Sheila Dillon and chef Angela Hartnett visit this year’s Best Food Producer finalists.

• 28 mins

Follow the Money: Investor power and the Future of Food

Dan Saladino meets investors using trillions of dollars to shape the global food system.

• 28 mins

A Personnel Problem: What's the solution to hospitality's staffing crisis?

Sheila Dillon and guests discuss why hospitality businesses just can't get the staff.

• 28 mins

Veg Invention: The stories of new kinds of fruit and vegetables

Leyla Kazim finds out how new varieties of fruit and veg make it from lab to plate.

• 28 mins

COP26: The Case for Cattle and Pigs.

With COP26 underway Dan Saladino explores the value of meat and dairy for our future food.

• 28 mins

Best Shop or Market of the Year: Meet the Finalists

Leyla Kazim visits 2021’s Best Shop or Market finalists in the BBC Food and Farming Awards

• 27 mins

Cookbooks of 2021

Our annual round up of the year's best food and drink books.

• 28 mins

The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021 - First Course

The winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021 are announced.

• 29 mins

The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021 - Second Course

Sheila Dillon presents more winners' stories from the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021

• 28 mins

The Meaning of Cod

In search of the meaning of cod, Dan Saladino travels to the Norwegian island of Lofoten.

• 28 mins

A Christmas Feast Special.

Big names in the food world join Dan and Sheila with their favourite Christmas dishes.

• 28 mins

The Rise of Ultra-Fast Grocery Delivery

Leyla Kazim dives into the world of rapid grocery delivery - could it change how we shop?

• 28 mins

#FoodTok: Mastering the Art of Cooking in Three Minutes

Jaega Wise explores how food has become a star on Gen Z video app, TikTok.

• 29 mins

Gabriella D'Cruz: Global Youth Champion

Meet Gabriella, who is trying to transform livelihoods and protect the planet with seaweed

• 28 mins

Keto: Diet fad or food fix?

Dan Saladino explores keto to understand the appeal of this low carb way of eating.

• 28 mins

Angela Hartnett: A Life Through Food

Chef Angela Hartnett OBE shares stories of her life in hospitality with Sheila Dillon.

• 29 mins

Wassail! Wassail! A celebration of cider, orchards and song

Dan Saladino goes in search of the history, meaning and spirit of wassails and cider.

• 28 mins

Eco-labelling for food - what difference could it make?

How could environmental-impact labels help lower the carbon footprint of food production?

• 28 mins

Ainsley Harriott: A Life Through Food

Jaega Wise meets TV chef Ainsley to talk life, cooking, his influence and being 'memefied'

• 29 mins

Fresh Grounds: The Search for the World's Rarest Coffee

Dan Saladino meets the plant hunters looking for the world's forgotten coffee varieties.

• 28 mins

Scotland, a Good Food Nation?

Can Scotland become a ‘Good Food Nation’? Sheila Dillon explores a new government bill.

• 27 mins

Ukraine: War in the breadbasket of the world

Dan Saladino looks at the war in Ukraine through the lens of food and farming.

• 27 mins

Animal-free dairy: Could this be the future of milk?

How far could animal-free dairy alternatives go in disrupting dairy production?

• 28 mins

The True Cost of Food

Sheila Dillon and expert panel discuss the hidden costs of food production

• 28 mins

Beans Part 1: Are Legumes the Answer?

Sheila Dillon asks if beans could be the answer to our and the planet's health problems.

• 29 mins

Beans Part 2: How Spain Does Beans

The humble bean is mighty in Spain. Sheila Dillon finds out why.

• 29 mins

Ukraine: The Food Dimension Part 2

Dan Saladino speaks to food suppliers and farmers in Ukraine about the impact of war.

• 28 mins

An Easter Special

Dan Saladino hears from cooks in Palermo, Marseille and Kyiv about Easter food traditions.

• 28 mins

Jack Monroe: A Life Through Food

Leyla Kazim meets food writer and poverty campaigner Jack Monroe.

• 29 mins

SPAM: food + war + memory in a can

Jaega Wise investigates the worldwide cultural importance of SPAM.

• 28 mins

Staffordshire Oatcakes – a Potteries tradition going strong

Leyla Kazim asks oatcake bakers about the future of the much-loved yeasted oatmeal pancake

• 28 mins

Madhur Jaffrey: A Legacy

Sheila Dillon hears how Madhur 'paved the way' in food for women of Indian heritage.

• 28 mins

Consider the Axe: Food, farming and the wonders of Stonehenge.

Dan Saladino and blacksmith Alex Pole explain how our food has been influenced by metals.

• 28 mins

Falafel: A recipe for connection

Leyla Kazim tracks the story of falafel and how it’s become a part of global food culture.

• 29 mins

The BBC Food and Farming Awards return for 2022

Sheila Dillon and judges Asma Khan and Michael Caines open nominations.

• 28 mins

Can we bring food diversity back to the table?

Dan Saladino meets people saving endangered foods and bringing diversity back to our diets

• 28 mins

Birmingham’s Food System Revolution

Birmingham’s grassroots food groups talk to Jaega Wise about the change they want to see.

• 28 mins

The Food Strategy: Is There One?

Dan Saladino and Sheila Dillon dig deep into the details of the Government Food Strategy.

• 28 mins

Bread: Why should we care more about it?

Sheila Dillon asks why we are being told to care more about the kind of bread we eat.

• 29 mins

Mindful Food and the Art of Attention

Why the simple art of paying attention could be the secret to great food and drink.

• 28 mins

Michael Caines: A Life Through Food

The award-winning and inspirational Devon chef tells his food story to Dan Saladino.

• 27 mins

Sandor Katz: Fermentation Journeys

Dan Saladino talks with Sandor Katz about the diversity of fermentation around the world.

• 27 mins

Protein: power in powder?

Jaega Wise investigates the hype around protein supplements.

• 28 mins

Reformulation – a fix for the obesity crisis?

Sheila Dillon explores the challenges of reformulating unhealthy processed foods.

• 28 mins