The Food Chain

Ruth Alexander, Rumella Dasgupta

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Booking Overview

A BBC food-focused series that connects the business realities, science, and cultural meaning of getting food from farm/industry to your plate. Each episode spotlights experts and working professionals around a specific food-world theme, making it useful for PR teams pitching food, tourism, hospitality, and industry innovation stories.

Metrics

Episodes: 546

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Ruth Alexander - BBC journalist/presenter who reports on people, work, and culture within the food world, interviewing practitioners and experts to unpack how food industries operate and evolve.

Rumella Dasgupta - BBC presenter/journalist who travels to profile food-related businesses and the people behind them, combining reporting with expert commentary on business strategy and industry pressures.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Practitioners and recognized authorities in food businesses (restaurant turnaround, food tour companies), plus industry organizers/associations and experienced founders/operators; for craft segments, senior working professionals in the relevant role (e.g., master bartenders).
Required Achievements:  
Founded or leads an industry organization/association, Built a scalable food experience or hospitality business, Developed recognized culinary/travel offerings over many years, Demonstrated operational expertise (e.g., turnaround outcomes)

Recent Guest Discussions

David Hopkins - Restaurant Turnaround Strategy And Why Restaurants Are Difficult Businesses

Pauline Lee - Building And Operating Food Tours; Logistics, Hospitality, And Storytelling

Judith von Prockel - Evolution Of Attitudes Toward Food Travel And How People Plan Trips

Eric Wolf - Food Tourism Industry Growth And Global Expansion

Recent Topics

Food, Hospitality, Restaurants, Food Tourism, Tourism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Food Chain
:

Can music change the way food tastes?

June 11, 2026

Music is part of the backdrop to millions of meals every day. But what if it is doing more than simply creating atmosphere?In this episode of The Food Chain, Rumella Dasgupta explores the growing evidence that sound can shape the way we experience food and drink. From scientists studying how the brain combines hearing and taste, to chefs designing dishes around playlists, we ask whether music has become an ingredient in its own right.Chef Gaggan Anand explains why music sits at the centre of ...

Can I save the family restaurant?

June 03, 2026

Running a restaurant is hard. Long hours, tight margins and constant stress. In this week's programme Rumella Dasgupta travels to Edinburgh, Scotland, to meet Lisa He and her mum Sophie. Lisa has just put her life and acting career on hold, to try and help her mum save the family's restaurant, the China Star. A video she made documenting her attempt has gone viral, with more than fifteen million views. But is a viral video going to be enough to turn a failing business into a success? Lisa's g...

The business of food tours

May 27, 2026

Food tours are becoming one of the fastest-growing parts of the travel industry, with tourists increasingly choosing to explore cities and cultures through what they eat.In this episode, Ruth Alexander explores the global rise of guided food experiences and the people building businesses around them.In Manchester, food tour guide Julia Fairburn takes Ruth through some of the city’s best-known food spots, explaining how successful tours combine local history, storytelling and carefully paced e...

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