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Chef

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

The first of three stories about people connected to The Fork, a pay-what-you-feel cafe making delicious meals from food thrown out by supermarkets and restaurants - produce that would have ended up as landfill.

Georgia's fine-dining restaurant, The Knife, launched just before the pandemic. Now, with the cost of ingredients rising through the roof, her 12-course Tasting Menu is looking unsustainable. Georgia has always strived for culinary perfection but now finds herself hankering after her mum's steak and kidney pie, the kind of tasty, satisfying dish that they make at The Fork.

Written by Bethan Roberts and read by Cerris Morgan-Moyer.

Photo: Bethan Roberts

Produced and directed by Kate McAll
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 Show less

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