Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMichael Samsir (PBK Noodles) - having the hard conversations.
Michael Samsir lovingly handcrafts noodles at his small restaurant in Melbourne's multicultural Clayton but why can't he price them high enough to ma…
3 years, 8 months ago
Rose Adam (The Middle Store) - lifting the veil
We’ve had an enormous response to our discussion on costs, pricing and the perception of value in hospitality. Cafes are at the pricing coalface...ju…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Producers: Krsna Rajalingam (Basik Chocolates) - For the love of chocolate
Basik Chocolates was founded by Krsna Rajalingam with a simple belief: That every chocoholic deserves a perfect bonbon that speaks to them. After pai…
3 years, 8 months ago
Jacqui Challinor (Nomad Group, Beau Sydney) - Costs, pricing and value
Costs, pricing and value are perennial topics when it comes to dining, and this discussion seems particularly inflamed in the current scenario of inf…
3 years, 8 months ago
Tommy Hope (Sid at the French Cafe, Auckland) - creativity, standards and pathways
We head to New Zealand to chat to chef Tommy Hope. Tommy was previously sous chef at Attica where he worked on dish development (crocodile ribs! hone…
3 years, 8 months ago
Johnny Di Francesco (Gradi Group) - a pizzeria on Mars?
International Pizza Day is upon us! When you’re talking pizza, you want to talk to Johnny Di Francesco, founder of Gradi Group, which has pizza resta…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Producers: Rikki Goldman (Tahini Neri) - from small beginnings
Founded in Melbourne in 2016, the Tahini Neri vision is tahini schmeared on just about everything. From small beginnings selling homemade tahini on t…
3 years, 8 months ago
Ruben Lopez Mesa (Eat Spanish) - fostering appreciation and understanding
We love celebrating milestones at Dirty Linen. Today we talk with Spanish-Australian chef Ruben Lopez Mesa about the fifth birthday of Eat Spanish, a…
3 years, 9 months ago
Niyoka Bundle (Pawa Cafe and Bar) - ethics, pathways and inspiration
Gunditjmara and Yuin culinary entrepreneur Niyoka Bundle and her head chef husband Vincent Manning have just opened Pawa Cafe and Bar at the Arts Cen…
3 years, 9 months ago
Alexandra Liu (Great Eastern Hakka) - quirky, delicious meals
Is there anything that expresses the Australian melange better than a Chinese-Indian-Swedish pizza restaurant? Great Eastern Hakka tells a hemisphere…
3 years, 9 months ago