The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Food Neighbourhoods 224: Recipe edition, George Mendes
The Michelin-starred American-Portuguese chef shares a recipe for a Goan shrimp dish and a cocktail to match.
Success in tough times
We look at the valuable lessons that the hospitality industry has learned from the past 12 months. Plus: US chef Andrew D’Ambrosi’s new culinary concept in one of the most beautiful corners of the UK.
Food Neighbourhoods 223: Recipe edition, Harriet Mansell
A recipe by the head chef of newly opened restaurant Robin Wylde in Lyme Regis, in the southwest of England.
The Ethical Butcher
A British business offering some of the healthiest and most environmentally healthy meat you can find. Plus: how Simon Rogan got his new Michelin green star for sustainability.
Food Neighbourhoods 222: Recipe edition, Bo Bech
An easy cauliflower recipe by one of Denmark’s best-known chefs.
How Chinese is Chinese cuisine?
Author and broadcaster Jonathan Clements on the surprising origins of Chinese food. Plus: why entrepreneur Markus Thesleff thinks this may be the right time to open a new restaurant in London.
Food Neighbourhoods 221: Recipe edition, Robin Gill
A popular Irish recipe for smoked haddock.
The power of photography
Danish top chef Bo Bech on how photography and travel changed his approach in the kitchen. Plus: the new London food delivery platform that some of the capital’s best restaurants want to sign up to.
Food Neighbourhoods 220: Recipe edition, John Chantarasak
A top recipe that creatively combines British and Thai flavours.
Alice Waters, Richie Hawtin and Solla Eiríksdóttir
Continuing with highlights from the past nine years of ‘The Menu’, we meet Alice Waters who has changed the way Americans eat. Also in the programme: DJ Richie Hawtin, who launched his own saké brand, and Solla Eiríksdóttir, who popularised raw food in Iceland.
