- 88
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 321
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 516M
- YouTube views
About Lunchbox Envy
From the makers of QI and No Such Thing As A Fish: Gastronomically-minded QI researchers Jack Chambers and Manu Henriot join chef and food writer Rosie MacKean to unpack the world of food and drink, one lunchbox at a time. Can you unboil an egg? Why would you milk a spider? How much Dairy Milk would it take to kill you? Dig in now to get answers to the questions you never knew you had.
- Publisher
- Lunchbox Envy
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Feb 2025
- Latest episode
- 20 Sept 2026
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27 of 88 episodes have a transcript.

20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
84: 🍞 When Bread Was Sold Stale...By Law

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82: 🍍 Does Pineapple Really Make S**** Taste Nicer?
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84: 🍞 When Bread Was Sold Stale...By Law
Published 20 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I've been to Paris in August and it's empty, basically. But yeah, it was a real issue that they were worried that if all the bakers went on holiday... you know they all happen to choose august then there would be no supply for anyone who's left in paris so they legally mandated that every other and they would choose them at random every year oh that's crazy but it doesn't exist anymore no i think they realized well i think they realized that like they're sort of modernizing france they don't sort of close the whole of sunday anymore like no 24 hours sometimes especially in an international city like paris yeah i remember i think we've spoken about this before and then i was wondering what would happen if you had like a couple who are both bakers and then you work in the same bakery yeah you're never allowed to take holidays no but i think it's the bakery that gets chosen Oh, I see. […]
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- YouTube views
- 516,395,862
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 47 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 274 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 59
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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