Rick Stein’s Food Stories

  • Premiered: Feb 2024
  • Episodes: 15
  • Followers: 2
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Monday at 18
  • Documentary Food Reality

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Season 1
1x1
Cumbria
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 12, 2024
In the Lake District, Rick shares mutton hot pot with sheep farmer and author James Rebanks. He meets an intrepid shrimp fisherman and is joined by his son Jack to cook his mum’s shepherd’s pie.
1x2
Argyll
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 13, 2024
In Argyll, Rick meets a Michelin Green Star-winning chef who cooks local and foraged ingredients. He catches langoustine with a teacher-turned-fisherwoman and makes tattie scones.
1x3
Lincolnshire
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 14, 2024
Rick meets inventor James Dyson on his futuristic Lincolnshire farm, where robots help grow strawberries all year round. With some superb local sausages, he makes bangers and mash.
1x4
Northern Ireland
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 15, 2024
In Northern Ireland, Rick has Filipino-style Sunday lunch, and meets a ‘no waste’ chef turning an unpopular fish into a stunning dish. At home, he cooks beef and Guinness pie.
1x5
Manchester
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 16, 2024
Rick immerses himself in north west England's food traditions at Britain’s best market, enjoys memories of Manchester’s music scene, and cooks an old favourite: liver, bacon and onions.
1x6
Wales
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 19, 2024
Rick Stein meets the people and discovers the stories behind Britain's beloved dishes.
1x7
Bristol
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 20, 2024
Rick eats the ultimate jerk chicken in Bristol and witnesses the healing power of food at a café staffed by victims of modern slavery. He makes a modern UK favourite, the burrito.
1x8
Suffolk
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 21, 2024
Halfway through his UK food tour, Rick visits a Suffolk bakery making artisan sourdough. He meets an old friend who sells fresh fish on the beach, and back at home, he has a go at making sushi!
1x9
London (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 22, 2024
London epitomises our international UK food scene. Here Rick discovers how Chinese dim sum and Italian mozzarella are made, before tucking into a Full English with Stuart Maconie.
1x10
London (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 23, 2024
London-based brewer Jaega Wise tries to turn Rick into a craft beer fan by putting some in a sauce for John Dory. Later, Rick enjoys borscht at a Ukrainian restaurant and brings back chicken kyiv.
1x11
Kent
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 26, 2024
Off the coast of Kent, Rick catches his favourite fish, Dover sole, then cooks it. He explores the history of fish and chips, harvests cherries and makes chocolate and cherry cupcakes.
1x12
Glasgow
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 27, 2024
Rick discovers the story of Italian food in Glasgow, as well as the best chocolate he’s ever had, made by an ex-car engineer. He makes profiteroles and a Stein family favourite, osso buco.
1x13
Yorkshire
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 28, 2024
In Yorkshire, Rick discovers the history of the yorkshire pudding and how best to make it. He visits the UK's biggest tofu factory and cooks delicious veggie dishes at home.
1x14
Midlands
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 29, 2024
Food writer Gurdeep Loyal tours Rick around Leicester’s best Indian food, from a hidden gem food truck to Indian high tea. At home, Rick cooks a British favourite, chicken tikka masala.
1x15 Season finale
West Country
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 01, 2024
In the West Country, Rick meets an organic food pioneer, Britain's most famous female cheese maker, and the master of simple British food, chef Mark Hix. Then, he cooks his own vegetarian dishes.

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