The Food Programme

After concerns that honey from overseas is being watered down with cheap rice and corn syr... more

One thing that could make us all healthier is drinking less alcohol – and there’s now a hu... more

Fermented foods are more popular than ever, but what's the science? Dan Saladino explores ... more

Desi pubs, boozers run by people of South Asian heritage, have been around since the 1960s... more

Sheila Dillon goes foraging for wild mushrooms in the Peak District in Derbyshire to find ... more

Whisky writer Dave Broom has helped transform how the world tastes and talks about spirits... more

Dan Saladino explores culinary cultures and world religions to find out how the date becam... more

Annie Gray always rejects turkey and the trimmings at Christmas. She believes they are a c... more

Leyla Kazim takes a look at the best food books and writing from 2025, and chats to food w... more

When Tam o’ Braan began marketing Scottish Tea from his Wee Tea Plantation, the response w... more

The judges have reached their verdicts so who has won the coveted Food Programme chopping ... more

Dan Saladino and reporter Jack Thompson investigate the UK's growing dependence on two far... more

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day - but what happens when thousands... more

Dan Saladino looks at why eels numbers are plummeting and asks if the species can be saved... more

It's twenty years since the Aldeburgh Food Festival began. Sheila Dillon examines its impa... more

Sheila Dillon and this year’s head judge of the BBC Food and Farming Awards, Hugh Fearnley... more

Dan Saladino meets people behind pioneering projects rethinking the future of chocolate, s... more

Five years ago, after 160 years in Norwich, the Colman's factory shut its doors for the la... more

Sheila Dillon is joined by four guests who each have a deep connection with Welsh food and... more

As sales of matcha continue to boom, Leyla Kazim traces the story of the powdered green te... more

Sheila Dillon investigates the growing number of food tours and trails in the UK as consum... more

Jaega Wise heads to the Isle of Man to find out what’s driving a growing movement to produ... more

Historian Polly Russell and chef Pam Brunton explore Scotland's landscapes to answer the q... more

Butter superfan Felicity Cloake asks whether the movement against ultra-processed foods is... more

It’s been nearly 50 years since invasive American Signal Crayfish were introduced to the U... more

Since the early 2000s, one type of shop has quietly become a regular feature on British hi... more

Dan Saladino explores stories of food and 'the elements', the theme of this year's Oxford ... more

Sheila Dillon looks into claims that big food companies wield too much influence over gove... more

The adventures of Barbara and Tom Good in Surbiton brought self-sufficiency to the small s... more

Dan Saladino explores new science that's revealing the complexity hidden within our food. ... more