Lunchbox Envy

By Lunchbox EnvyArts Food

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Lunchbox Envy episodes

March 09 56: 🫙 How To Hypnotise Your Pâté
What does Catherine of Braganza have to do with marmalade? How do you hypnotise pâté? If Marmite...what about Pa?
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
41 min
March 02 55: 🥕 Who Sabotaged Hitler's Carrots?
How do you cure a floppy carrot? Why would you feed carrots to a chicken? Who sabotaged Hitler's carrots?
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
46 min
February 23 54: 🐂 Bathing In Beef Broth
What are the benefits of a beef broth bath? How do you turn a cow into a tennis racket? Would you chow down on some chewy arse-tongue?
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
49 min
February 16 53: 🍊 The Medieval King Who Gave Us Jaffa Cakes
What can you do with a boiled orange? Which medieval king do we have to thank for Jaffa Cakes? Why does orange juice taste so bad after brushing your teeth?
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
52 min
February 09 52: 🍆 Why Is The Green M&M So Sexy?
Where did the Ancient Greeks stick their loaves? What's so sexy about sitting on a cake? Why is the green M&M so sexy?
Happy Valentine's Week from Lunchbox Envy 😘
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
42 min
February 02 51: 🍟 Waiter, There's A Thumb In My Chilli!
Which chain feeds 5% of the UK every day? Why would you send a spy into a pizza factory? What would you do if you found a thumb in your chilli?
Hosts: Alex Bell, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
40 min
January 26 50: 🚀 Where To Get A Good Drink In Space
What's the best way to smuggle vodka onto a space station? How do you make rocket Huel? Why do astronauts love shrimp cocktail so much?
Hosts: Alex Bell, Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Guest: Vickie Lynn Kloeris
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
40 min
January 19 49: 🫀 The Scottish Delicacy Banned In America
Would you try Lancashire calamari? What did Mrs Beeton cure with tripe? Where could you get arrested for cooking a haggis?
Hosts: Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Guest: Ken Albala
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
48 min
January 12 48: 🫘 The Scientists Measuring Bean Fartiness
Who built a car out of beans? Can you put out a fire with beans? How do you measure the fartiness of a bean?
Hosts: Alex Bell, Manu Henriot, Rosie MacKean
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
47 min
January 05 47: 🥗 How To Sleep Yourself Skinny
How many calories are there in a gram of uranium? What is the Sleeping Beauty diet? What do you have in common with a doughnut?
Hosts: Alex Bell, Jack Chambers, Manu Henriot
Producer: Alex Bell
© Quite Interesting Ltd 2025
48 min

About Lunchbox Envy

From the publisher's feed

From the makers of QI and No Such Thing As A Fish: Gastronomically-minded QI researchers Jack Chambers and Manu Henriot join chef and food writer Rosie MacKean to unpack the world of food and drink, one lunchbox at a time.