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Examining what it takes to put food on your plate

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

The Food Chain: Sexual Politics in the Kitchen

WOMEN WHO MAKE IT TO THE TOP IN THE KITCHEN

13/06/2015

Sexual Politics in the Kitchen

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, Sexual Politics in the Kitchen

How does gender affect what we eat, cook and what food we buy and why does it matter?

How does gender affect our relationship with food? Are old fashioned stereotypes still at work when it comes to what we eat, cook and buy, and if so, why?

How does our gender affect our relationship with food? Does it determine what we want to eat, how we cook or what we buy? And as gender roles change, how too are the traditional roles for men and women changing when it comes to food? We speak to renowned food campaigner and feminist Susie Orbach, retailer Andrew Opie and chef turned whole-food campaigner Michel Nischan about how food is marketed to women and about the gender stereotypes still prevalent. 

We talk to two Michelin starred female chefs about sexism in the professional kitchen. We visit Mauritania to hear about traditional gender roles in the fishing industry there and we get an insight into the 1970s idea of what constitutes 'masculine' food by taking a glance back at Playboy, with food historian Polly Russell.

(Photo: Michelin-starred French chef Helene Darroze in the kitchen. Credit: Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP/Getty Images)

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