Delia Country: How Delia Smith changed food in Norfolk and Suffolk.

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Sheila Dillon is on a trip through 'Delia Country'; Norwich, Norfolk and mid-Suffolk. An area with a rich agricultural past and a vibrant food present, and the place where Delia Smith has lived and worked for more than 50 years. In that time, she has championed local food traditions and food producers, and the broad variety of food and drink made in East Anglia has shaped her recipes.

Delia Smith invites Sheila to join her to watch Norwich City's first home game under their new manager. At Carrow Road football club, where Delia and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones are majority shareholders, Sheila meets Delia's Canary Catering team which every match day, serve 1250 sit down meals. She joins fans by the bar at half time and Delia in the Director's dining room.

In Norwich city centre, Sheila meets chef and food blogger Zena Leech-Calton and in the Waveney valley, farmer and cheesemaker Jonny Crickmore. They describe the quiet food revolution which has happened in Norfolk and Suffolk. And Suffolk fisherman and restaurateur Bill Pinney and Essex turkey farmer Derek Kelly dwell on earlier encounters with Delia.

Presented by Sheila Dillon. Produced in Bristol by Clare Salisbury.

Photo by Robert Wilson.

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0:50.0	It's a bright Saturday in February. It's early about 830 and I'm in Norwich with possibly the hottest ticket in the city
1:00.0	and I've left the outside chill behind as I walk into the main reception area at Caro Road Stadium, the home of Norwich City Football Club.
1:10.0	It's the best time to work on a match day.
1:12.0	Is it? Yeah, best time to work on a match day. Is it?
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