🎧 Fish & Chips: The Unexpected Origins of Britain's Favourite Dish
🎧 Patented: History of Inventions • 29m
ish and Chips. About 382 million portions of the iconic national dish are consumed every year. That works out to around 6 servings per person, per year!
But who invented it?
Panikos Panayi is a Professor at De Montfort University in Leicester will be answering just that. He works on the social history of food, immigration and inter-ethnic relations and is discussing the fascinating history of the humble fish & chip with Dallas.
Get ready to tuck into a delicious history of one of Britain’s most iconic dishes.
Edited by Tom Delargy, Produced by Sophie Gee & Alex Carlon, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long
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