The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Bompas & Parr’s quest to save British menus
We’re in Vienna to see how conservative Austrian eaters are getting into the taste of experimental dining. We also hear how food-art duo Bompas & Parr are trying to save the heritage of British menus and get a taster of a new spirit called Solbeso.
San Francisco special
A San Francisco special: Alice Waters, mother of the farm-to-table movement, takes a look at how technology might change the way you dine. We also visit Double 8 Dairy, the only producer of water-buffalo milk gelato in the whole of the US and get recommendations for the best Californian wines.
The new Old Market Hall
A visit to Helsinki to hear how the Old Market Hall is bringing a new dimension to the city’s food scene. We also check out pop-ups in London celebrating the World Cup and meet Mansour Ourasanah, who wants to encourage everyone to farm grasshoppers in their kitchens.
The young ones: Luke Thomas
We are in Tokyo to visit the Norwegian Fuglen coffeehouse that has just opened a new roastery, we also meet the youngest head chef in the UK, Luke Thomas and hear how the city of Nablus is attempting to become the Palestinian food capital.
New Orleans’ greatest
New Orleans special: we meet some of New Orleans’ greatest culinary figures to learn what makes the city’s food unique, including a visit to Peche Seafood Grill. Plus we speak to the founders of Dinner Lab: a company that turns supper clubs into testing grounds for different food and restaurant…
The workers’ meal
We test a Brooklyn supper club on wheels, find out what the workers themselves eat at some of the world’s top restaurants and speak to the founders of the James Beard Foundation’s publication of the year, ‘Civil Eats’.
Pastries with Dominique Ansel
We visit Copenhagen where a new street-food market is giving an instant upgrade to the food you can get from a truck, we also speak to New York’s most famous pastry chef Dominique Ansel and meet author and photographer Jean–Pierre Gabriel to talk Thai cuisine.
Melbourne’s coffee convention
A round-up from Australia’s largest coffee convention in Melbourne, we compare how caviar produced in Brazil measures up to its Russian counterpart and find out how a new Norwegian design might change the way you taste your soup.
Jean-Pierre Jacob’s secrets
Two-Michelin-starred chef Jean-Pierre Jacob shares some of his cooking secrets. Another top French chef, Daniel Galmiche, tells us about his plans to revolutionise the kitchens of his home country and food writer James Steen explains some of the most surprising food and drink facts.
Why the UK is leading in street food
Richard Johnson, founder of the British Street Food awards, tells us why the UK is leading the way. We’re also be dining with strangers at a pop-up in Brooklyn – and cook, author and broadcaster Thomasina Miers gives us a lesson or two on how to get the most out…
