The Food Chain

BBC World Service

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

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553 episodes
Updated Wednesday

Episodes553

Newest first

Jul 31, 2024 · 31 min
What is 'super sweet' corn?
How and why the taste of our vegetables is changing
Jul 24, 2024 · 28 min
What Olympians eat
We find out about the diets of elite athletes and how to cater for them
Jul 17, 2024 · 26 min
Cooking is chemistry
We explore the science behind what you do in the kitchen
Jul 10, 2024 · 26 min
'Happy' cafes
The restaurants in Paris, Mumbai and Istanbul whose staff have learning disabilities.
Jul 3, 2024 · 30 min
Your taste is unique
How your perception of taste is informed by your DNA
Jun 26, 2024 · 26 min
How safe is the soil in our cities?
Managing the risks of growing food where land is contaminated
Jun 19, 2024 · 29 min
Food double-acts: Couples
The couples that make both a relationship and a restaurant work
Jun 12, 2024 · 26 min
The bakers
The art and business of bread making with bakers from Nigeria, Canada & Lebanon
Jun 5, 2024 · 30 min
Taking weight-loss drugs
How do new weight-loss medications work, and what could they mean for the diet industry?
May 29, 2024 · 26 min
Eating in the heat
What people in Delhi eat to keep cool in the city’s blazing summer
May 22, 2024 · 26 min
The burrito story
We trace the origins of the spicy wrap from humble Mexican street food to global hit
May 15, 2024 · 26 min
Can beef be carbon neutral?
Farmers in Uruguay are working towards making cattle farming more environmentally friendly
May 8, 2024 · 30 min
Eat with your hands
The art, joy and benefits of eating with your hands
May 1, 2024 · 26 min
Can I eat this flower?
How edible flowers might add more to a dish than just decoration
Apr 24, 2024 · 26 min
To salt or not to salt?
What sodium chloride does to your food and your body
Apr 17, 2024 · 26 min
Hungry at sea
Why some seafarers on board cargo ships don’t have enough to eat
Apr 10, 2024 · 29 min
Food double-acts: TV chefs
The chefs who have found brilliant on-screen chemistry with a friend
Apr 3, 2024 · 26 min
How to run a restaurant
With restaurants up against it, what is the winning formula for running one?
Mar 28, 2024 · 27 min
The real Willy Wonkas
What’s it really like to work in a chocolate factory?
Mar 21, 2024 · 32 min
Fasting and feasting
Is fasting for faith good for the mind and body?

The Food Chain

What is 'super sweet' corn?

What Olympians eat

Cooking is chemistry

'Happy' cafes

Your taste is unique

How safe is the soil in our cities?

Food double-acts: Couples

The bakers

Taking weight-loss drugs

Eating in the heat

The burrito story

Can beef be carbon neutral?

Eat with your hands

Can I eat this flower?

To salt or not to salt?

Hungry at sea

Food double-acts: TV chefs

How to run a restaurant

The real Willy Wonkas

Fasting and feasting