Fabulously Delicious: The French Food Podcast
Fabulously Delicious: The French Food Podcast is your ultimate guide to the world of French cuisine, culture, and culinary history — served with a generous helping of storytelling and fun.
Ever wondered what really sets a macaron apart from a macaroon (and even Macron)? Why the croissant has its iconic crescent shape? Or whether a true boeuf bourguignon must be made with Burgundy wine? Curious about the legendary chefs who shaped French gastronomy, or the influential “Mères Lyonnaises” who changed the course of culinary history?
Join host Andrew Prior — a passionate Francophile and food lover — as he dives into everything that makes French food so fabulously delicious. From iconic dishes and regional specialties to artisan ingredients, culinary traditions, and the fascinating stories behind France’s greatest chefs, this podcast brings French gastronomy to life.
Whether you're a foodie, a Francophile, a home cook, or simply dreaming of your next trip to France, Fabulously Delicious: The French Food Podcast will transport you straight to the heart of French cuisine.
Episodes
13 episodes
Bordeaux: The Food Capital of Southwest France You Need to Know
Bordeaux: The Food Capital of Southwest France You Need to Know is the latest episode of Fabulously Delicious — and it makes the case that this UNESCO World Heritage city is one of the most extraordinary and most underrated food destinations in...
The Story of Louis Diat: The French Chef Who Invented Vichyssoise in New York
The Story of Louis Diat: The French Chef Who Invented Vichyssoise in New York is the latest episode of Fabulously Delicious — and it tells the remarkable and largely untold story of one of the most influential French chefs ever to work on Ameri...
Brie de Meaux: The King of Cheeses — History, How It's Made and How to Eat It
Brie de Meaux — the king of cheeses and arguably the most famous soft cheese in the world — has one of the most extraordinary stories in the entire history of French food. This episode of Fabulously Delicious tells the full story of Brie de Mea...
French Food News — April 2026: Pernod Ricard, Roland-Garros, the Roux Scholarship and the World Stuffed Cabbage Championship
French Food News April 2026 brings together the biggest stories from the world of French food, drink and gastronomy this month — from a potential merger that could create the largest spirits company in the world, to a World Stuffed Cabbage Cham...
The Story of Roger Vergé: The Chef Who Brought Sunshine to French Cuisine
The Story of Roger Vergé: The Chef Who Brought Sunshine to French Cuisine is the latest episode in the Fabulously Delicious Story of French Chefs series — and it tells the full story of one of the most important and most joyful figures in the e...
The Story of Fabulous French Chefs Part Four: Vatel, Carême, Soyer, Dubois and Oliver
The Story of Fabulous French Chefs Part Four brings together five extraordinary figures in French gastronomy — François Vatel, Marie Antoine Carême, Alexis Benoit Soyer, Urbain Dubois and Raymond Oliver. Five centuries of French culinary histor...
Abondance Cheese: The Forgotten Alpine Cheese That Served Medieval Cardinals
Abondance cheese — one of the great forgotten Alpine cheeses of France — has a story that stretches back to the medieval monasteries of Haute-Savoie and all the way to the papal conclave in Avignon in the fourteenth century, where it was served...
Revisited: The Story of Alexis Soyer - The Frenchman Who Changed British Food Forever
Alexis Benoit Soyer was born in a small town in northern France in 1810, and by the time he died in London in 1858 he had changed the way Britain thought about food forever. He redesigned the kitchen of one of London's most prestigious private ...
French Food News — March 2026
Every month the French food world delivers stories that stop you in your tracks — and March 2026 is no exception. We're opening with the sweeping new trade deal between Australia and the European Union, which after eight years of negotiations h...
Rungis: Inside the World's Largest Food Market
Rungis: Inside the World's Largest Food MarketSeven kilometres south of Paris, larger than the entire Principality of Monaco, there is a place that most visitors to the city will never see. It opens at three in the morning. It employs 13...
Burgundy: The Food Capital of France You Need to Know
Burgundy: The Food Capital of France You Need to KnowBurgundy. Most people think of wine. But the food story of this region is one of the most extraordinary in all of France — and most people have never heard it properly told....
The Story of Clotilde Bizolon
The Story of Clotilde BizolonClotilde Bizolon, known throughout Lyon as Mère Bizolon, was one of the city’s most beloved figures, yet her story remains surprisingly little known today. In this episode of Fabulously Delicious, Andr...
French Food News: March 2026 — Michelin Moves, Bocuse at 100, and What’s On in France
French Food News: March 2026 — Michelin Moves, Bocuse at 100, and What’s On in FranceThis month on Fabulously Delicious, we’re serving up a full plate of the latest French food news — the stories, openings, trends, and tasty tidbits shap...
