The Minister of Food Control (1916–1921) and the Minister of Food (1939–1954) were British government ministerial posts separated from that of the Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The post was originally named President of the Board of Agriculture and was created in 1889...

. A major task of the latter office was to oversee rationing in the United Kingdom arising out of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. The Minister was assisted by a Parliamentary Secretary

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food Control, later the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food was a junior Ministerial post in the Government of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1921 and then from 1939 to 1954...

.

Jamie's Ministry of Food

Jamie's Ministry of Food

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was a 2008 UK TV programme featuring celebrity chef Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver

James "Jamie" Trevor Oliver, MBE , sometimes known as The Naked Chef, is an English chef, restaurateur and media personality, known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and more recently his campaign against the use of processed foods in national schools...

 that aimed to recreate the successes of the Ministry of Food in encouraging healthy eating.

Minister of Food Control 1916-1921

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	The Lord Devonport Hudson Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport, PC, DL was a British grocer and politician. He founded the International Tea Company's Stores, became the first chairman of the Port of London Authority, and served as Minister of Food Control during World War I.-Early life and business...		10 December 1916	19 June 1917	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	The Lord Rhondda		19 June 1917	9 July 1918	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	John Robert Clynes John Robert Clynes John Robert Clynes was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for 35 years, and led the party in its breakthrough at the 1922 general election...		9 July 1918	10 January 1919	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	George Roberts George Henry Roberts George Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...		10 January 1919	19 March 1920	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	Charles McCurdy Charles McCurdy Charles Albert McCurdy was a British Liberal Member of Parliament and minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1920....		19 March 1920	31 March 1921	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

Minister of Food 1939-1958

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Rt Hon W S Morrison William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, GCMG, MC, KStJ, PC, QC , the 14th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Scotland and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh. He joined the British Army in the First World War and served with an artillery regiment...  (later Lord Dunrossil)		4 September 1939	3 April 1940	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	Rt Hon Baron Woolton		3 April 1940	11 November 1943	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
	Colonel the Rt Hon J J Llewellin John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin Colonel John Jestyn Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin GBE, PC, MC, TD was a British army officer, Conservative Party politician and minister in Winston Churchill's war government.-Background:...  (later Lord Llewellin)		11 November 1943	26 July 1945	Conservative
	Sir Ben Smith Ben Smith (British Labour politician) Sir Benjamin Smith, PC was a Labour Party politician in England. A driver of one of London's first taxicabs, he was Member of Parliament for Rotherhithe from 1923 until 1931 and from 1935 until 1946...		3 August 1945	26 May 1946	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	Rt Hon John Strachey John St Loe Strachey Evelyn John St Loe Strachey PC was a British Labour politician and writer.-Background and education:Born in Guildford, Surrey, the son of John Strachey, editor of The Spectator, he was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. At Oxford, he was editor, with Robert Boothby, of the...		27 May 1946	28 February 1950	Labour
	Rt Hon Maurice Webb Maurice Webb (politician) Maurice Webb PC was a British Labour politician.Webb joined the Labour Party in 1922 as a teenager and was a well-known political journalist, including for the Daily Herald. From 1929 to 1935 he worked as the Party's propaganda officer...		28 February 1950	26 October 1951	Labour
	Major the Rt Hon Gwilym Lloyd-George Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby Major Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby PC TD was a British politician and cabinet minister. A younger son of Prime Minister David Lloyd George, he served as Home Secretary from 1954 to 1957....  (later Lord Tenby)		31 October 1951	18 October 1954	Conservative
	Rt Hon Derick Heathcoat-Amory Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and education:... (later Lord Amory) (Combined the separate posts of Minister of Agiculture & Fisheries and Minister of Food, pending the merger of 1955)		October, 1951	January, 1958	Conservative