The Full English

Feb 12 2025 37 ep. 45 mins 107
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The show that sees the world through food. Hosted by chef and researcher Lewis Bassett, with music and mixing from Forest DLG.

Winner of the Guild of Food Writers podcast award 2023.
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Floyd and Stein with John Merrick - Last episode!

Feb 12 2025 73 mins  
It's the final episode of the Full English and we're talking about Rick Stein and Keith Floyd, two of the most popular cooks on TV in Britain.Lewis is speaking to the editor and writer John Merrick. Find his essay on Stein here.The Full English is produced by Lewis Bassett. Mixing and sound design is from Forest DLG.Follow the Full English on Instagram. Follow Lewis on Instagram he

Fergus Henderson with Zoe Williams and Amber Husain

Nov 18 2024 54 mins  
Fergus Henderson! The man who thirty years ago opened St John and ever since has implored us to eat from "nose to tail".Lewis Bassett talks to Zoe Williams, columnist at the Guardian newspaper, and Amber Husain, author of Meat Love: An Ideology of The Flesh.Read Lewis' article on St John here.The Full English is produced by Lewis Bassett. Mixing and sound design is from Forest DLG.

Jamie Oliver with Rachel Roddy

Oct 14 2024 45 mins  
The only person who has sold more books in Britain than Jamie Oliver is J. K. Rowling. Jamie has been watched and read by millions. His enthusiasm for food is often infectious. His cooking and his campaigning have changed the way we eat.I'm speaking about Jamie with Rachel Roddy, author of a regular column on Italian food for the Guardian.We focus mainly on how Jamie, and others, h

Alexis Soyer with Pen Vogler and Miranda Carter

Oct 01 2024 54 mins  
Alexis Soyer cooked for the rich and poor alike. He transformed elite restaurant kitchens in London with new technologies such as gas stoves and he provided nourishment to the starving in Ireland and the battered and the bloody during the Crimean war. Soyer's fierce desire to feed people went against the grain of Victorian common sense and he helped change how we think about who is

Elizabeth Raffald with Neil Buttery

Aug 19 2024 46 mins  
The most influential cook that you've probably never heard of, according to food historian Neil Buttery.Elizabeth Raffald captured the distinctly modern English food of the 18th century. The Heston Blumental of her time, inspiring cooks like Fergus Henderson today.Neil Buttery is the author of "Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England's Most Influential Housekeeper". He's also

Madhur Jaffrey with Mayukh Sen

Aug 04 2024 57 mins  
Obviously we were going to do an episode about Madhur Jaffrey, and so here it is.Madhur Jaffrey: the actress who taught British and American audiences how to cook Indian food.Lewis Bassett speaks about Madur with Mayuk Sen, author of Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America. We talk about Madur's life, some of the barriers to her success as an actress

Ken Hom with Angela Hui

Jul 15 2024 52 mins  
Ken Hom taught the British how to cook Chinese food, but Chinese takeaways showed us what it was in the first place.Lewis Bassett talks to journalist Angela Hui about Ken's impact and about her book Takeaway: Stories From a Childhood Behind the Counter.The Full English is produced by Lewis Bassett. Mixing and sound design is from Forest DLG.Follow the Full English on Twitter, Insta

Elizabeth David part 2 with Ruth Rogers and Jeremy Lee

Jun 20 2024 46 mins  
Part two on Elizabeth David is all about the impact of her work, with Jeremy Lee and Ruth Rogers.Jeremy Lee's award winning cookery book is called "Cooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many". The River Cafe have a number of brilliant cookbooks and, in recent news, have also opened a cafe (a River Cafe Cafe) next door to their main restaurant in West London.The Full English is produ

Elizabeth David part 1 with Artemis Cooper

Jun 17 2024 51 mins  
Elizabeth David led a life whose story is as compelling as her impact on the way we eat. In part one of two episodes, Lewis speaks to Artemis Cooper, author of Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David. Part two featuring Ruth Rogers and Jeremy Lee will appear soon.The Full English is produced by Lewis Bassett. Mixing and sound design is from Forest

Marco Pierre White with Ida Février

Jun 05 2024 58 mins  
Marco Pierre White, once the "enfant terrible" of the UK restaurant scene today the face of Knor stock cubes. Who is Marco, what impact has he had on how we eat and just why is he so weird?Answering the questions for a change is The Full English's Lewis Bassett. Taking over is Ida Février and her show No Man Land. Join us for this special crossover episode, part of our season on