BBC Food is a division of the

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which controls a recipe website part of

BBC Online BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service. It is a large network of websites including such high-profile sites as BBC News and BBC Sport, Sport, the on-demand video and radio services branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, t ...

, an

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channel, and a former international commercial television channel focusing on food.

Website

BBC Food is the public service website which publishes recipes from BBC programmes. The BBC Food website has been running since the year 2000 and is part of BBC Learning. Most of the site's recipes are featured on television programmes, but the site also commissions original recipes to accompany public service campaigns to teach and encourage the public to cook. BBC Food publishes recipes that will be of use to the broadest possible audience, and refrains from publishing recipes that clearly require restaurant kitchen equipment or the skills of a professional chef. BBC Food is not related to the monthly magazine and media brand '' BBC Good Food'', which was acquired by

Immediate Media Company Immediate Media Company Limited (with IMMEDIATE styled in all uppercase as its logo) is a British multinational publishing house that produces a wide range of magazine titles, including ''Radio Times, BBC Top Gear, Good Food'' and many others ...

in 2018.

Television channel

BBC Food was also the name of the

's international commercial television channel focusing solely on food until it was replaced in the television markets in which it was broadcast by BBC Lifestyle. The channel was owned and operated by

BBC Worldwide BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995. The company monetised BBC brands, selling BBC and other British programming for broadcas ...

, the BBC's commercial arm. The channel launched in June 2002 and was available in

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and parts of

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. While much of the programming was from the BBC, having been shown on other outlets elsewhere, other content from other providers was included in the scheduling. Well known chefs who have appeared on the channel with their respective programmes have included: * Antonio Carluccio * Sophie Grigson * Ainsley Harriott * Ken Hom *

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Nigella Lawson Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is an English food writer and television cook. After graduating from Oxford, Lawson worked as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, later becoming the deputy literary editor of ''The Sunday Times'' in ...

* James Martin *

Jamie Oliver Jamie Trevor Oliver Order of the Star of Italy, OSI (born 27 May 1975) is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and o ...

Gary Rhodes Gary Rhodes (22 April 1960 – 26 November 2019) was an English restaurateur and television chef, known for his love of English cuisine and ingredients and for his distinctive spiked hair style. He fronted shows such as ''MasterChef'', '' Mas ...

Delia Smith Delia Ann Smith (born 18 June 1941) is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a direct style. One of the best-known celebrity chefs in British popular culture, Smith has influenced viewers to bec ...

* Rick Stein * Antony Worrall Thompson A similar service operated within the United Kingdom and Ireland called Good Food, owned by

Discovery, Inc Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1982, the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands, such as the namesake Discovery Chan ...

. It closed on 12 September 2019 after merging its programming with

Food Network Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, who manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both televi ...

. The BBC Food channel was phased out in Africa in September 2008, and in Scandinavia in December 2008. The channel was replaced by the new BBC Lifestyle. A free streaming service under the name BBC Food was launched in the United States via

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in 2021.

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