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Aug 4, 2021 29 min

Is there a ‘chefsplainer’ in your kitchen?

from The Food Chain Hosted by BBC World Service

Is there someone in your life who needs to have total control in the kitchen? Someone who breathes down your neck, micromanages your every move and can’t resist explaining exactly how to chop a carrot? If so, you may be in the company of what we’re calling ‘a Chefsplainer’. Or perhaps all this rings a bell because you are a chefsplainer? Whoever you are - this episode of The Food Chain is for you. Emily Thomas meets a married couple, a mother and son, and two friends to unpack their power dynamics in the kitchen. They explore why some people feel the need to take control over the cooking, how this reflects our emotional attachment to food, and whether what happens in the kitchen reflects or changes relationships outside it. Plus - why do some of us think that it’s ok to behave in certain ways in the kitchen - that we wouldn’t dream of elsewhere? If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email [email protected] (Picture: couple argue in a kitchen. Credit: Getty/BBC) Contributors: Abby Saverino Russell Newlove Harriet Gore Joel Gore Louis Coiffait Ali Potter

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