After Party: A Look Back
How some of our strangest food stories panned out.
Find out what happens after the show ends.
Emily Thomas catches up with some people who’ve appeared on The Food Chain over the past 12 months and hears about the unexpected things that can happen after you step off our stage.
Propping up the bar with her is an experimental archaeologist who said she’d happily taste food thousands of years past its 'use by' date. Did she do something she probably shouldn't have in a historical food vault in Italy? Joining them - the man whose appearance on the show may have changed the way you eat jam on a plane, and the woman who told us one of the saddest stories we heard this year, who reveals a new joy.
And when all that's over, we revisit the least savoury place The Food Chain has set foot in this year - the kill floor of an abattoir. But this time, we’re taking you, the listener, with us.
(Photo: Lindsay Ostrom, Farrell Monaco and Adam Smith. Credit: Lindsay Ostrom/ Farrell Monaco/ Adam Smith/ BBC)
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What does 2,000 year old bread taste like?
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A recipe for joy or grief?
Duration: 01:41
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- Thu 27 Dec 201803:32GMTBBC World Service Online, UK DAB/Freeview, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
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