Oh this was excellent. I remember watching it at the time, but my time degraded memory was that it was a Takes of the Unexpected. Glad to read that it was quite separate from those.
THE GOURMET (1987): Post-Xmas dish from Channel 4. Charles Gray is a jaded, cynical foodie who has tasted everything on Earth - including human flesh. His passion is reignited when a friend tells him that he once ate a ghost. An actual ghost.