Introducing... The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2017
The Food Programme
BBC
4.4 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The BBC Food & Farming Awards are back. Based on public nominations, the awards celebrate the unsung heroes of UK food and farming; From school cooks to chip shops, from cider makers to supermarkets, corner shops to carrot farmers.
In the awards' 17th year, Giorgio Locatelli and Yotam Ottolenghi are part of a national appeal by chefs, cooks, food writers and food producers from across the country, calling on you to nominate the people who make food great where you live.
And in 2017, the BBC Food & Farming Awards are going global. For the first time, the judges will be honouring someone who has changed the way the world thinks about food and farming.
Let the search commence...
Presented by Sheila Dillon Produced by Clare Salisbury
NB. The BBC Food & Farming Awards will open for public nominations on Sunday 15th January for 2 weeks, closing on Sunday 29th January. Details can be found at bbc.co.uk/foodawards.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:04.0 | Hello, you've downloaded a podcast of BBC Radio 4's The Food Program. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome to our world, from cooking to culture, politics to pleasure. We hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:17.0 | Hello you've reached the BBC Food and Farming Awards office. No one's here at the |
| 0:21.9 | moment but please leave your number and we'll |
| 0:24.5 | return your call. |
| 0:27.5 | Hello BBC Food and Farming Awards. This is Sanjay Kumar Community Chef from Cornwall. |
| 0:32.2 | Hi my name's Pam Warhaz. |
| 0:33.8 | My name's Tessa Allingham, and I'm a food writer and journalist based in East Anglia. |
| 0:38.4 | My name is Kalamage. |
| 0:39.6 | I run a butcher's business on the whittle in Merseys. |
| 0:44.0 | I've been cooking in and around the area for about 20 years. |
| 0:48.0 | My name is Laphtha Lee. |
| 0:50.0 | I am of Brummy. |
| 0:51.0 | Northern Ireland is probably one of the most exciting places now for food in Europe. |
| 0:54.7 | I've heard of people coming to Sheffield to go round and see all these little food producers. |
| 0:59.4 | Traditional dishes and Quality food and who gets it and who doesn't is now part of the national debate. |
| 1:15.0 | A debate that's been helped along by the BBC Food and Farming Awards since 2000. |
| 1:21.0 | For 17 years we've been looking for, finding and celebrating the people transforming |
| 1:27.2 | Britain through good food. |
| 1:29.7 | When we started we were appealing to just the radio for audience. |
| 1:33.0 | Now we're reaching out across the whole BBC firmament, TV and radio, |
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