Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPeter Conistis (Ploos, Alpha - Sydney) - redefining Greek cuisine
Thirty years ago, chef and restaurateur Peter Conistis started his lifelong project of redefining Greek cuisine for Australia. He’s still going, curr…
2 years, 11 months ago
Mika Chae (Grain of the Silos) - synergies of a chef
Mika Chae heads up the kitchen at Grain of the Silos in Launceston. He came to Australia a decade ago with no experience in food and ended up studyin…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Producers: Gerardo Lopez (La Tortilleria) - pride, commitment and the joys of maize
In 2012, the Australian culinary landscape was experiencing a Mexican food wave. But there were a few things missing. Mexican-born Gerardo Lopez espe…
2 years, 11 months ago
Julian Hills (Restaurant Navi) - the impact of cancellations
Another week, another restaurant-bashing story that goes viral. This time it's Navi, a small restaurant in Melbourne's inner-west, which lost a table…
2 years, 11 months ago
Lou Zarro (Melbourne Innovation Centre) - the road to success
Got a great food idea? You need to listen to Lou Zarro, manager of the Food Incubator and Network Centre at the Melbourne Innovation Centre. Lou is a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Will Cowan-Lunn (Ates, Zoe.s, Blackheath) - connecting past and present
Will Cowan-Lunn co-owns two restaurants in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains, an hour from Sydney. His flagship restaurant Ates is on a storied site a…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Producers: Jenn Nestor (Coolamon Cheese Company) - The cool hand
Coolamon Cheese Company is located in the heart of the Riverina, an area renowned for its abundance of high-quality produce, especially dairy product…
2 years, 11 months ago
Samuel Fraraccio (The Brick Chef) - the challenges and joys
The restaurant world depends on so many hospo-adjacent trades to build restaurants and make them amazing. Today's guest is The Brick Chef, Samuel Fra…
2 years, 11 months ago
Nathen Doyle (Sunhands/Heartattack & Vine) - Opening Day
The opening of a new venue is usually accompanied by stories of anguish and delay…or is it? We chat to Nathen Doyle on the VERY DAY he launched a new…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Producers: Cecilia 'CC' Diaz-Petersen (CC's Kitchen) - sustainability, community and legacy
Cecilia 'CC' Diaz-Petersen grows one of Australia’s only commercial crops of wild hibiscus - also known as rosella - alongside an eclectic mix of Asi…
3 years ago