December 23rd, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Angie Prendergast-Sceats once was an olive oil judge, where she had to watch out for vintages that tasted like “rancid feet” and “baby vomit” (such references really did appear on the flavour chart that’s deployed in these contests). But for the last three years, she’s been the culinary director and head chef of Two Good, […]
November 30th, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
“I was the guy who had the cream gun explode, trying to top the iced coffee.” Monty Koludrovic‘s early days in hospitality were “pretty calamitous”, but one triumph was ending up in the kitchen of The Boathouse at Blackwattle Bay. It was a meal there, at age 12 (that he can still recap with incredible […]
September 15th, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Josh Niland can make fish scales taste like sugary cereal and fish eyeballs resemble prawn crackers. In his hands, seafood can become Christmas ham, mortadella and caramel slice. He can even turn calamari sperm into something you’d want to eat (no really)! His creative, waste-free approach to using every fin and scale is a response […]
August 12th, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts, Travel | Leave A Comment »
Jordan Toft has been a chef for Saudi royalty and he’s run a chalet in the Haute-Savoie in the French Alps. In Sydney, he’s known for his work at Bert’s (which was nominated for New Restaurant of the Year in the last Gourmet Traveller restaurant awards), The Collaroy, Bar Topa and Coogee Pavilion. His next […]
August 5th, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Sweet and sour cane-toad legs. Multiple cat recipes. A deadly cocktail you’re not meant to serve. These are some of the fascinating (and deliberately provocative) things you’ll find in Eat The Problem, the 544-page book by American artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele. It’s part cookbook and art project, with an impressive list of collaborators (including […]
July 23rd, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Eating near a nuclear submarine base on a Chinese island and dining with Tamil tea pickers in Sri Lanka – these are some of the memorable meals that Ardyn Bernoth and Roslyn Grundy have experienced over the years. Given their many years covering food (Ardyn is currently the national editor of Good Food, Ros is […]
June 29th, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts, Travel | Leave A Comment »
Tokyo isn’t the most obvious place to seek out pizza, but the wood-fired slices here are better than anything you’d find in Italy. That’s what chef Luke Burgess believes – and it’s a case he makes in Only In Tokyo, the new book he’s co-authored with fellow chef (and Japan-o-phile) Michael Ryan. In the podcast, […]
June 19th, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
You don’t need a roof or floor to run a great restaurant – that’s what Hugh Allen learnt while working at Noma’s Mexico pop-up. And yes, there were issues. “If it rained, the guests had to come sit in the kitchen,” he says. Simple things, like boiling water, became a mission that could take hours. […]
May 25th, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Imagine being a 16-year-old working in a Western Australian gold mine. This was Mark Best’s life, straight after high school. It was a tough way to earn money as an electrician, so he eventually left. “I arrived in Sydney and found myself unqualified for above-ground work.” He ended up even deeper underground, claustrophobic and covered […]
April 19th, 2019 | by Lee Tran Lam | published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »
Tim Watkins’ parents needed a cooking course to learn how to use a microwave (which led to one Christmas turkey disaster) and he didn’t eat broccoli or cauliflower until he was an adult. So life in the restaurant world might not have been the most obvious career path. After a few detours (including a stint […]