If you’re into food, you’ll likely read recipe books before you go to bed and gobble up food magazines as if they’re daily morning papers. It is also possible to listen to podcasts dedicated to all things food which can be a great way of keeping up to date with the latest foodie trends or great suggestions to try out in your kitchen. Given how much we love the food at Best10MealDelivery, we thought we would list our top 10 podcasts dedicated to all things culinary. Often best listened to, whilst eating — otherwise, you’ll be starving by the end of any episode.
Top 10 Podcasts for Foodies in 2021
Out To Lunch With Jay Rayner
Anyone into their food will have heard of Jay Rayner and his ability to launch blistering attacks on restaurants that do not quite scrub up to his high standards. As a result, he’s managed to produce a series of podcasts that are hilarious thanks to anecdote after anecdote of the times we were able to go out to eat and be sociable. The episodes themselves work by Rayner taking a celebrity out for lunch while he interviews them over food.
Racist Sandwich
Anyone looking for a podcast with a difference should try out Racist Sandwich. It looks at how demographics determine what we eat and where inequalities in our society are reflected in the food we consume. It will really make you look at food differently and how it can become a highly politicised subject — and not just something that many of us take for granted.
Fortnum’s Hungry Minds
Anyone who loves a trip to the ultimate supermarket, Fortnum and Mason, will love this podcast hosted by Tom Parker Bowles. He looks at the relationships between chefs and farmers while also talking with campaigners to discuss all things food. While he explores the latest in food trends, he also does not veer away from examining how science impacts the food we eat and what that means for our future.
Table Talk
Table Talk has been running for about two years now and it is hosted by Stefan Gates. As a food science writer, he brings a different spin on how to view food and therefore what he investigates and explores each week is incredibly interesting. He looks at sustainability and how food technology can help us in our quest to become more carbon neutral. He also touches upon the latest news from the culinary world as well as looking at what consumer trends are driving different product lines in supermarkets and restaurants alike.
The Delicious. Podcast
Delicious magazine is a sleek and slick operation that has many a dreamy meal on each one of its pages when it comes to the publication every month. The powers behind the magazine have also branched out into a similarly sleek podcast that reflects this highly successful mag. Due to being so popular, the podcast can attract some serious players in the world of food so expect big-name chefs in a number of episodes. However, the magazine is also happy to interview far smaller, independent producers that are doing things a little bit differently to put food on our plates.
Crazy Sexy Food
Crazy sexy food uses food as a means to get to know people. Hannay Haryley Young interviews her subjects to see how food impacts their lives. In doing so, you quickly see how important food is to so many people as well as starting to see how people around the world love their food. She interviews all types of people — some are those celebrities, but many are food industry experts. They could be chefs, restaurant owners or other industry professionals. You can try top-rated meal delivery services as well.
Food Tribe
While Georgie Creaven’s podcast does not reinvent the wheel, her hour-long podcasts are a quality piece of journalism that aims to discuss all aspects of the food industry. She, therefore, interviews both farmers and producers as well as chefs and restaurateurs to open up an interesting dialogue that offers a highly informed perspective on food production. Every episode is jam packed full of information.
The Snack Challenge Podcast
This podcast is definitely one to listen to when you have a spare 40 minutes or so. It is great because the presenters talk to the people making our food in the snack food sector. So, in addition to hearing live taste tests and reviews, the interviews manage to explore a company’s successes and failures. It is a must listen to anyone looking to enter the sector as an entrepreneur as it gives great insight into how to run a successful business in this hard to crack industry.
Need For Feed
While a lot of us eat food for pleasure — too much so sometimes — many of us also have to eat food for energy and sustenance. Athletes are the type of people that cannot always eat exactly what they want as it is not the type of food that will optimise their performance. In this podcast, by Ethan Waller — an ex-professional rugby player turned pizza business owner — he explores people in similar situations to him. He interviews athletes who have branched out into the food sector to see how they tackle an area of their lives that had been so controlled for so long.
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Olive Magazine
The Olive magazine is another publication that has such a great product that it also produces content for in a podcast and through its Instagram account. What’s great about this part of their offering is the fun facts that the team share as well as some expert advice. It’s the perfect thing to listen along to while cooking at home.
Bottom Line
Given how much life has changed in the last year for the majority of us, food has been an increasingly important part of our lives. After a day being stuck at home, with the kids going stir crazy during severe lockdown restrictions, food and meals offer a time to decompress and be together or take a break from work. Podcasts have had to reflect the changing backdrop of the foodie scene in the UK of the last 12 months so they’ve been a great way to keep things fresh in the kitchen — as well as keep up to date on the latest food news.
