The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018: The Search Begins...
The Food Programme
BBC
4.4 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Where are the cooks changing the lives of their communities? Which food shops or markets make shopping a more unique experience? Who is making the UK a more delicious place through food and drink?
Rick Stein, Giorgio Locatelli, Angela Hartnett, Yotam Ottolenghi and this year's head judge Andi Oliver join Sheila Dillon to launch 2018's search for the best in UK food, drink and farming; the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2018. Sheila celebrates the impact of previous award winners and reveals the expert panel of judges who'll crown the Food and Farming Awards 'Class of 2018'. But it all begins with your nominations...
Presented by Sheila Dillon Produced by Clare Salisbury
NB. The BBC Food & Farming Awards will open for public nominations on Sunday 14th January for 2 weeks, closing on Monday 29th January. Details can be found at bbc.co.uk/foodawards.
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| 0:50.2 | I'm on a farm in Shropshire. It's a cold, frosty January day. |
| 0:56.5 | I'm surrounded by fields stretching off into the distance, |
| 1:01.2 | arable fields and some pure Hereford beef cattle |
| 1:06.6 | over there in an open barn. |
| 1:09.2 | The reason we're on this farm is that it's a big farm that grows food, not commodities. |
| 1:18.0 | The essence of what is making British food in 2018, some of the best in the world. |
| 1:25.0 | And that's what we're celebrating today, that food and the people who make it. |
| 1:30.0 | So welcome to the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2018. |
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