27 episodes

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.
Get extra content and support the show on Patreon
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The Full English Lewis Bassett

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    • 5.0 • 28 Ratings

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.
Get extra content and support the show on Patreon
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Auguste Escoffier with Luke Barr

    Auguste Escoffier with Luke Barr

    Episode two in our series on cooks that have changed the way we eat.
    Lewis Bassett speaks to Luke Barr, author of 'Ritz and Escoffier: The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class' about the French chef Auguste Escoffier, who rose to fame in London at the Savoy in the 1890s.
    Mixing and sound design from Forest DLG.
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    • 35 min
    Season 4 trailer

    Season 4 trailer

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    • 1 min
    Delia Smith with Felicity Cloake and Zoe Williams

    Delia Smith with Felicity Cloake and Zoe Williams

    Delia Smith: friend of the royals, a national treasure who taught us how to boil and egg and an advocate for radical spiritualism.
    In this episode Lewis Bassett, Felicity Cloak and Zoe Williams unpick who Delia is and what her impact has been on how we eat in Britain.
    This is the first episode of our new series on cooks who've change the way we eat. Subscribe to hear future episodes on everyone from Madhur Jaffrey to Jamie Oliver.
    Mixing and sound design from Forest DLG.
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    • 57 min
    A pervert's guide to fine dining

    A pervert's guide to fine dining

    Who or what are ultra elite restaurants for? Welcome to a pervert's guide to fine dining.
    Produced and presented by Lewis Bassett, featuring Andy Hayler, Erin McDonnell and Robin Burrow.
    Mixing and sound design from Forest DLG.
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    Clips from:
    The Bear, FXGrant Achatz on Chef's Table, NetflixDan Barber on Chef's Table, NetflixArtisans of Craft: Thomas Keller, Peter MillarMasterchef The Professionals with Rasmus Munk, BBCThe Menu, Searchlight Pictures'World's best restaurant will close', Euronews Boiling Point, ITVMarco, BBC

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    • 36 min
    Why do we eat turkey at Xmas? A Full English festive special!

    Why do we eat turkey at Xmas? A Full English festive special!

    Join us, join us, join us for a Full English Christmas special! Get the turkey in the oven and warm some wine as we answer all your questions on why we eat and drink in the ways we do at Christmas. And hear us rate the best and worse mince pies from high street coffee shops.
    Lewis Bassett is joined by the man of music Forest DLG, master baker Rebecca Spaven, the talented Jemma Greenwood and the food historian Neil Buttery.
    Hohoho and sponsor our show: https://www.patreon.com/fullenglish
    Find more about Neil, including links to his wonderful books and his podcast here.
    Have a good one!
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    What did the Romans do for us?

    What did the Romans do for us?

    What did the ancient Romans do for us? Well, according to Thom Ntinas from The Delicious Legacy podcast, they were the first to give Britain the burger.
    Find out more about the lasting culinary legacies of ancient Roman Britain in this special cross over episode.
    Presented by Thom Ntinas and Lewis Bassett. Produced and edited by Thom Ntinas. Music from Pavlos Kapralos.
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    • 1 hr

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
28 Ratings

28 Ratings

Limmy stanners ,

Great stuff

The way this podcast seamlessly weaves together English capitalist development and contemporary food culture is exemplary analysis and compelling storytelling. Bravo.

Eric or little by little ,

Loved this podcast

Great podcast in the search of English food, in all its divo

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