TV & Radio
- TV and radio research and presenting
- Expert in food science and culinary history
TV: Inside the Factory
BBC2
Series 5, Episode 7: Pots and pans-Le Creuset
Dr Sue and Cherry Healey create the perfect beef casserole with a spicing of kitchen food science.
TV: The Great British Bake Off
Channel 4
Season 8, Episode 5: Puddings
Culinary history consultant Sue shows Sandi Toksvig how to make a Tudor Cambridge Pudding filmed in Queen’s College Old Kitchen.
TV: Rip Off Britain: Food
BBC1
Series 5, Episode 7 ‘ Sugar Free’ drinks and foods
Food scientist Sue investigating ‘zero sugar’ fizzy drinks with Julia Somerville in the labs at London Metropolitan University.
TV: The Shocking Truth About Food
Channel 5
Episode 1
One of the experts as a food and consumer science specialist throughout this consumer show uncovering some of the shadier aspects of the food processing industry.
TV: Food Unwrapped - What’s in a prawn cracker
Channel 4
Series 11 Episode 3
On camera food expert showing Jimmy Docherty how to make a home-made prawn cracker – “Let’s meet Dr Sue Bailey – the Miss Marple of Food Science”.
TV: Save Money: Good Health
ITV
Series 2 Episode 2
On camera food and health expert with Sian Williams. Looking at herbs and herbal teas as a way to get a better night’s sleep – without spending a fortune.
Radio: PM News and Current Affairs
BBC Radio 4
July 2022
Coverage of the first day of the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend with Evan Davis. Dr Sue Bailey discusses food history of the ox roast and why the hog roast has supplanted it.
Radio: The World Tonight
BBC Radio 4
February 2019
Is it time for a Brexit cookery book?
Dr Sue Bailey revisits Fanny Cradock and World War Two food culture.
Podcast: Naked Scientists Podcast
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio Five Live and ABC Australia
June 2016
Science meets MasterChef.
Frying the perfect fish with a food scientist and a chef. Why does brown food taste better and how can a blowtorch improve your cooking?
TV – On Camera expert and researcher
Here is a list of some more TV appearances over the last few years
Channel 5 | Secrets of Your Supermarket Food | 2021 | Expert ‘talking head’ interview contributions on a range of topical food science areas
BBC News Channel | Snacking on public transport | 2019 | Live studio contribution as a food scientist and historian – How snacking food consumption habits have changed over the years plus the history of snack food.
Channel 4 | Food Unwrapped Christmas special | 2019 | Providing background research and expert advice regarding nutritional value and preparation of vegetables
Channel 4 | Great British Bake Off | Forgotten Bakes | 2017 | Created the showstopper example Victorian Savoy cake | Series 1 Episode 8 | Quarter-final | click here to go to the programme
ITV | Save Money: Good Health | Consumer television series that aims to debunk the myths and reveal the facts |
2017 | Research advisor on low sugar alcohol products | Series 2 Episode 2
ITV | Sugar-Free Farm | 2017 | Providing background research and expert advice for scientific experiments
Channel 4 | Food Unwrapped Diet Special | 2016 | Using carbohydrate oligofructose to make sugar free cakes | click here to go to the programme
Channel 4 | Food Unwrapped | 2015 | Ice cream: How not to abuse your ice cream and the science behind refreezing | Series 6 episode 3 | click here to go to the programme
Radio
Here is some more of my radio work as a contributor and presenter
BBC Radio C & W – Vick Minett Show “Vicapedia” questions 2021, 2020 & 2019 |
Answering Is soup a drink or a meal; why you can eat cheese with mould on; medicinal use of brandy for health; history of the banana flavour ; reheating foods safely
BBC Radio Scotland – Morning program 2020 December special on Brussel spouts history |How to store and use food safely | 2019 Sourdough versus sour faux
BBC Berkshire – 2020 – Great British Bake Off and the Japanese cake week | 2019 History of baked beans
BBC Radio Birmingham – 2020 Camping food special during lockdown
BBC Radio 4 World Tonight – 2019 Fanny and Brexit
BBC Radio Stoke – 2018 Spice girls and the best spices
BBC Radio 4 – Broadcasting house 2013. Discussing the history of food science and technology using examples of chicken nuggets and gluten-free bread manufacture (skip to 56 min 30 sec)
BBC Radio Cambridge – regular news review panel member and food contributor including Brexit debate, food waste, sugar, and sugary treats
Cambridge 105 Radio – Regular presenter and food science and history expert for fortnightly Flavour magazine programe
Alan Alder first interviewed me as the resident food scientist providing culinary enlightenment when I started with the Flavour team on this community radio station four years ago.
Since then, I have become a regular presenter, interviewer, and edited recording for Flavour. I have undertaken more than a hundred interviews with chefs and restaurateurs, food writers, food business owners, wine producers, and cocktail makers.
Other Cambridge 105 Radio programs I have appeared on :
- Women making waves: Guest – cooking in lockdown
- Daniel Baker interviews – Dr Sue Bailey – Why Sue has a lifelong love of food and why she created Cambridge foodies
- Breakfast show Friday food club: regular guest
- Business City: Dr Sue Bailey meets Jo Christy, who has turned her blog into a business
- Cambridge Foodies on TV and perceptions of Fanny Cradock
- Fanny Cradock at the Museum of Cambridge Christmas party podcast 2020