First-ever transatlantic tie-up for foodie podcasts!

Heritage Radio Network (HRN) in New York City and FoodFM in London announce an exciting first - a transatlantic partnership in the world of food and drink podcasts.

“The start of a fantastic foodie friendship!” Co-founders of FoodFM, the independent UK-based food and drink podcast platform, Caroline Kenyon and Karen Morris, reflect on the new content-sharing agreement. “We are thrilled to establish ties that will allow us all to strengthen and expand our audience in the USA.”

“We could see many synergies between the two organizations,” says HRN Chair of the Board Ronald C. Pruett Jr., “so it seemed a natural step to offer to share suitable content. We are delighted to announce this new venture, a meeting of minds that helps us both succeed in a rapidly growing industry.”

In the U.S., Heritage Radio Network is the largest and oldest independent producer of food and beverage podcasts. The network launched in 2009 as a pirate radio station broadcasting from a studio made from two recycled shipping containers at Roberta’s Pizza in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The studio quickly became a nerve center for farmers, chefs, servers, activists, and entrepreneurs working to improve the food system. Today, HRN’s extensive archives are a culinary who’s-who that features storytelling with everyone from star chefs to students to new and under-represented voices.

FoodFM was born out of the isolation of the pandemic lockdowns in 2020 when Caroline and Karen were both caring for family, running businesses and finding solace cooking and listeing to the radio. The many podcast strands on the platform tell differing powerful, personal, political, and uplifting stories from farmers, food producers and campaigners to chefs, food writers, anyone and everyone involved in the food chain.

Four of FoodFM’s flagship shows will be easily avaible to HRN followers:

The Drinking Hour with David Kermode, one of the UK’s most popular wine and spirits presenters

A Slice of Cheese by beloved food writer Jenny Linford, author of many great books including cookbooks for Kew Gardens

Bread & Butter with Caroline Kenyon, a show where she talks to anyone and everyone in her quest to make sense of the world through food

From Stephanie to Chefanie in which Stephanie Lake transforms herself from pensions writer at the Times of London to chef at the world-famous cookery school Ballymaloe in Ireland

It’s no coincidence that the announcement comes just after The Podcast Show in London, one of the world’s greatest gatherings of audio creators in a medium that is set to grow and grow. This new transatlantic partnership reflects this spirit as a step toward a bright future.

“At a time of much conflict in the world, food is one of the few things that unifies us all,” say Caroline and Karen, “so it’s great to be connected with our friends at HRN and their audience.”