UKTV Food

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UKTV Food

Launched	5 November 2001
Owned by	UKTV (BBC/Virgin Media Television)
Audience share	0.2% (0.1% for +1) (February 2007, [1])
Formerly called	UK Food (until March 04)
Timeshift service	UKTV Food +1
Website	www.uktvfood.co.uk
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 259 Channel 260 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 260 Channel 261 (+1)

UKTV Food (formally UK Food) is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. Its programmes were initially aired on UKTV Style, however UK Food was launched on 5 November 2001.

UKTV Food is available on Sky Digital and Virgin Media. Programming from UKTV Food will be available on digital terrestrial television via the Top Up TV Anytime service. A timeshifted "+1", UKTV Food +1 service is also available on Sky and Virgin.

The channel has a similar content to BBC Worldwide's BBC Food service.

1 Programmes
2 UKTV Food website
3 Logos
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Programmes

The output of the channel is mainly taken from the BBC archive, including:-

Ready Steady Cook
Masterchef
Rhodes Around Britain

The remainder of the schedule is filled with original programming, some pre-recorded some broadcast live, which include:-

Great Food Live
Heavens Kitchen

Programmes that were originally aired on the BBC have been edited to shorten them to allow adverts to be carried during and between programmes.

[edit] UKTV Food website

The UKTV Food website provides a number of services including information on programmes shown on the channel, recipes, message boards, and a wine club. Recipes come from the various shows on UKTV Food and some include videos taken from the demonstrations. In September 2006 UKTV Food's website overtook the BBC Food site in popularity for the first time, achieving a 10% market share, against the 9.63% the BBC Food site dropped to, having held the top spot since it began.^[1]