BBC Good Food
Hosted by Samuel Goldsmith · Good Food
4.5from 81 ratings
- 705
- Episodes
- 199
- Transcribed
- 81
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 105M
- YouTube views
About BBC Good Food
Join host Samuel Goldsmith every Tuesday as he chats with cooks, chefs, and food lovers. In each episode, Samuel dives into a sparkling conversation about the guest's life, their journey in the food and drink world, and, of course, their passion for food. Expect plenty of laughs, life lessons, and unforgettable stories from the people behind the plates. The fun doesn't stop there! Tune in for sections like My Favourite Dish, where the guest discusses their favourite dishes and how they've made them their own, Cookery Confessions, where guests share their funniest kitchen mishaps and culinary secrets, and Quick Fire Questions, a rapid round of surprises that reveal more about their tastes and quirks. Plus, on Thursdays, get a taste of new recipes in our bonus episodes—easy-to-follow cook-alongs to bring the flavours of the conversation to your kitchen. Do scroll back in the feed to our archive including special episodes hosted by Tom Kerridge, Orlando Murrin and Mallika Basu. The Good Food podcast has featured guests such as: Jamie Oliver, Nadiya Hussain, Michel Roux, Ainsley Harriot, Gennaro Contaldo, Claire Richards, Fred Sirieix, Big Zuu, Tess Daly, Liz Bonnin, Becky Excell, Professor Tim Spector, Rukmini Iyer, Riyadh Khalaf, John Whaite, Crystelle Pereira, Paul Ainsworth, The Hairy Bikers, Marcus Wareing, Sabrina Ghayour, Jane Dunn and Atul Kochhar. Discussing topics such as BBQ, fermenting, brunch, spices, Eurovision, Caribbean flavours, sustainability, chocolate, Spanish cuisine, vegan cooking, Bake Off, airfryers, health, wellbeing, nutrition, slow cookers, cocktails, pancakes, pressure cookers, seasonal food and cocktails.
- Publisher
- Good Food
- Category
- arts · leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Aug 2019
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
199 of 705 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jeremy Lee on the 30 year cookbook, 100 years of Quo Vadis and Scottish fare
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Hainanese Chicken Rice
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Nessie Welschinger on Real Housewives of London, Bake Off & Baking for the Queen
Inside a recent episode
Jeremy Lee on the 30 year cookbook, 100 years of Quo Vadis and Scottish fare
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You know, and I felt that life had moved on. And I think the great journey of from Calatau cooking, the Californian and Italian, great movement in California and Australia, and the works of Alice Waters and Gay Bilson and Maggie Beer, and that amazing Stephanie Farrell, Oh, it's amazing books. You know, and John Campbell at Australian Vogue Entertainment was so powerful and influential and modern. And then Alistair Little cooking at Fifth Street and 192. And then Rowley at Kensington Place and then Simon at Bibendum really changed everything. I mean, they completely rewrote the rule book for how a restaurant should be and gave the Michelin... driven chefs, you know, they put a sort of structure to restaurants we'd never had before. […]
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- Jeremy Lee
- Nessie Welschinger
- Poppy O'Toole
- Yotam Ottolenghi
- Angellica Bell
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 104,803,203
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 37 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 44 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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- Does not typically book guests
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Questions about BBC Good Food
Who hosts BBC Good Food?
Samuel Goldsmith host the show. Published by Good Food.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does BBC Good Food take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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