Food Season and the British Library | Sustainable Food Places

Our tastiest season of events is back.

Food Season returns for 2023 with a delectable menu of events online and at the Library inspired by the cookbooks, recipes and culinary stories in our collection, as well as some of the brightest and most influential names in food.

Speakers include Nigella Lawson, Nadiya Hussein, Andi Oliver, Ken Hom, Olia Hercules and Fergus Henderson.

Join us as we find ourselves travelling through food conversations from English farms to China, via the Caribbean and the Baltics. Plus, tuck in to conversations around feminist kitchens, fermented foodstuffs and the worlds of TV chefs.

Find many more of our previous events on our BLPlayer.

Series events

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AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Hand to Mouth: The Multiple Lives of the Sandwich

Mon 10 Jul 2023, 19:00 - 20:30

Chinese and British Food

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Chinese and British: Food Stories

Mon 17 Apr 2023, 19:00 - 20:30

Abby Allen, Henry Dimbleby, Tara Garnett, Dimitri Houtart, Nick Saltmarsh

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Feeding the World, Farming the Planet

Mon 24 Apr 2023, 19:00 - 20:30

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Food on Social Media: Photos, Fads, Feasts and Fans

Mon 15 May 2023, 19:00 - 20:30

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AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Eating for the Elderly

Wed 17 May 2023, 19:00 - 20:30

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AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Inspiring Entrepreneurs: The Business of Food – From Farm to Fork

Mon 22 May 2023, 18:30 - 20:30

Borough Market

After Hours at Borough Market

Tue 23 May 2023, 19:30 - 21:15

Leyla Kazim, Sandor Ellix Katz, Alissa Timoshkina, Kenji Morimoto, James Read

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Fermentation: How Cultures Shape Culture

Wed 24 May 2023, 19:00 - 20:45

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ONLINE

The Culinary Worlds of 18th-Century Women in Britain, USA and Türkiye

Thu 25 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30

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AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

African Caribbean Food Ways Day

Sat 27 May 2023, 12:00 - 18:30

AT THE LIBRARY

Building a Black Food Community

Sat 27 May 2023, 12:00 - 13:15

Left to right: Fatmata Binta, Denai Moore, Maria Bradford

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Smashing the Food Hierarchy: Re-Evaluating the World’s Foods

Sat 27 May 2023, 13:45 - 15:00

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AT THE LIBRARY

The Journey of Jollof

Sat 27 May 2023, 15:30 - 16:45

Left to right: Marie Mitchell, Andi Oliver, and Melissa Thompson

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Caribbean Connections: Stories and Recipes Across the Diaspora

Sat 27 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

British Library Food Season Super Sunday

Sun 28 May 2023, 11:30 - 18:00

Photos of Rebecca May Johnson, Sue O'Sullivan, Rosamund Grant and Shaila Shah, alongside the cover image for Turning the Tables

AT THE LIBRARY

The Feminist Kitchen: Turning the Tables

Sun 28 May 2023, 11:30 - 12:30

Photos of Angela Hartnett and Ravinder Bhogal side by side

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Cooking for Joy: Celebrating Joyce Molyneux

Sun 28 May 2023, 12:45 - 14:00

Photos of Polly and Mat Hilton, and Harry G West, alongside a photo of Jim Causley playing the accordion

AT THE LIBRARY

Here's To Thee! The Social World of Cider

Sun 28 May 2023, 14:15 - 15:15

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

London Finds Itself

Sun 28 May 2023, 15:30 - 16:30

Photos of ice cream shaped like fruits and animals

AT THE LIBRARY

Get the Scoop: The Everything of Ice-Cream

Sun 28 May 2023, 15:45 - 16:45

Nose to tail

AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

Nose to Tail: Fergus Henderson at 60

Sun 28 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:00

Photos of Gurdeep Loyal, Terri Mercieca, Rachel Rumbol and John Whaite

AT THE LIBRARY

Queering the Table

Fri 2 Jun 2023, 19:15 - 20:30

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AT THE LIBRARY AND ONLINE

TV Chefs Fact vs Fiction: Bonnie Garmus and Nadiya Hussain with Sara Cox

Tue 6 Jun 2023, 19:00 - 20:30

Olia Hercules – Credit: Joe Woodhouse

AT THE LIBRARY

The Bread Basket of Europe

Wed 7 Jun 2023, 19:15 - 20:45