The Food Quiz

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Giorgio Locatelli

Charita Jones

Michele Roberts

What is the correct pastry for mince pies?

How many extra miles do you need to walk to burn off all the extra Christmas calories?

Producer: Alice Feinstein

Jay Rayner hosts a quiz full of festive food trivia.

Jay Rayner's festive grilling for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Giorgio Locatelli, Charita Jones and Michele Roberts. From 2005.

How many extra miles you need to walk to burn off extra Christmas calories?

Jay Rayner grills four contestants with festive culinary conundrums.

On Jay Rayner's menu are Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Anissa Helou, Matthew Fort.

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On Jay Rayner's menu are Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jekka McVicar, Heston Blumenthal.

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Journalist and food critic Jay Rayner gives his four contestants a good grilling on their knowledge of food and drink.

On the menu:

* Devour the secret of Stephen Fry's home-made mayonnaise

* The song that keeps Josceline Dimbleby happy while cooking

* The store cupboard staple of food writer Elisabeth Luard

* The best way to catch an eel, according to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Producer: Dixi Stewart

With Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Elisabeth Luard, Josceline Dimbleby and Stephen Fry.

On Jay Rayner's menu are Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Elisabeth Luard, Josceline Dimbleby and Stephen Fry. From August 2004.

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Journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner gives four contestants a good grilling on their knowledge of food and drink.

What's a fucivore's favourite food? How is porridge traditionally eaten? Which wine writer had a bit part in a Hollywood blockbuster?

Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, food writers Anissa Helou and Sue Lawrence and greengrocer Charlie Hicks chew over these culinary conundrums.

Producer: Rebecca Wells

On Jay Rayner's menu are Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Anissa Helou and Sue Lawrence.

Chewing over these culinary conundrums:

Food writer, Anissa Helou

Food writer, Sue Lawrence

On Jay Rayner's menu are Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Anissa Helou, Sue Lawrence and Charlie Hicks. From August 2004.

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Journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner puts four gastronomes through their culinary paces.

*What is a Fat Rascal?

*Who spent £67,000 on a new oven?

*Where is dried tuna sperm served as a delicacy?

All set for a good grilling:

Wine writer, Jancis Robinson

Wild man, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Chef, Alastair Little

Restaurateur, Ruth Watson

Producer: Rebecca Wells

Jay Rayner puts well-known gastronomes through their culinary paces.

On Jay Rayner's menu, guests Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jancis Robinson, Alastair Little and Ruth Watson. From September 2004.

Wine writer Jancis Robinson, wild man Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, chef Alastair Little and restaurateur Ruth Watson are set for a good grilling.

Issues for digestion include what a Fat Rascal is, who spent £67,000 on a new oven, and where dried tuna sperm is served as a delicacy.

Jay Rayner puts well-known gastronomes through their culinary paces. From 2004.

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Journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner puts four gastronomes through their culinary paces.

All set for a good grilling:

Stephen Fry

Elisabeth Luard

Clarissa Dickson Wright

Cyrus Todiwala

Can they fathom the principal ingredient of mock turtle soup?

Can they name the first TV chef?

Do they know how a dried fish came to be known as Bombay duck?

Producer: Dixi Stewart

Stephen Fry, Elisabeth Luard and Clarissa Dickson Wright are on Jay Rayner's menu.

On Jay Rayner's menu are Stephen Fry, Elisabeth Luard, Cyrus Todiwala and Clarissa Dickson Wright. From August 2005.

Stephen Fry, Elisabeth Luard, Cyrus Todiwala and Clarissa Dickson Wright get set for a good grilling.

Can they fathom the principal ingredient of mock turtle soup, the identity of the first TV chef and how a dried fish came to be known as Bombay duck?

On Jay Rayner's menu are Stephen Fry, Elisabeth Luard and Cyrus Todiwala.

Producer Rebecca Wells

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Journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner puts four gastronomes through their culinary paces.

All set for a good grilling:

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Marguerite Patten

Henrietta Green

Matthew Thorpe

Can they establish: the components of a classic Bouquet Garni?

Do they know who the pizza Margherita is named after?

And which 1980s diet featured an awful lot of pineapple?

Producer: Dixi Stewart

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Marguerite Patten are put through their culinary paces.

On Jay Rayner's menu are Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Marguerite Patten, Henrietta Green and Matthew Thorpe. From 2005.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Marguerite Patten, Henrietta Green and Matthew Thorpe get set for a good grilling.

Can they establish: the components of a classic Bouquet Garni?; after whom the pizza Margherita is named?; and which 1980s diet featured an awful lot of pineapple?

On Jay Rayner's menu are Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Marguerite Patten.

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Journalist and food critic Jay Rayner puts four gastronomes through their culinary paces.

All set for a good grilling:

Stephen Fry

Clarissa Dickson Wright

Henry Harris

Kimiko Barber

One of many questions to chew over:

Where in the world do they hold a Saffron, a Mackerel and a Pawpaw festival?

Producer: Rebecca Wells

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004.

Jay Rayner puts Stephen Fry and Clarissa Dickson Wright through their culinary paces.

On Jay Rayner's menu are Stephen Fry, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Henry Harris and Kimiko Barber. From September 2005.

On the menu: Stephen Fry, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Henry Harris and Kimiko Barber.

Issues for digestion include - where in the world do they hold a Saffron, a Mackerel and a Pawpaw festival?

Jay Rayner puts well-known gastronomes through their culinary paces. From 2005.

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