Dirty Linen goes behind the scenes in restaurants, cafes and bars, covering issues the hospitality industry finds hard to share in public - it's all up for grabs and everything is on the table. Your host is food journalist Dani Valent. For 20 years, Dani has been writing about restaurants and the people who give them life. But she's an outsider, a critic, a tourist, a fan. Despite hearing the stories and writing the tales, she's never really understood what happens behind the scenes. Now it' ...
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Getting Dirty with Daniel and Laurie - A Podcast about Obstacle Racing, Training, and Mud Runs.
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A Podcast about Obstacle Racing, Obstacle Races ,Training, and Mud Runs.
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Laurie Woolever (Writer) - assisting Bourdain and Batali
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37:01Laurie Woolever is an American writer, former chef and author of a new memoir called Care and Feeding. She was Mario Batali’s assistant in New York and worked with Anthony Bourdain for nearly a decade. We chat about restaurant culture, addiction, writing, eating and simple pleasures in crazy times. https://www.instagram.com/lauriewoolever/?hl=en SU…
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Kirbie Tate (Kirbie, South Melbourne) - change, growth, style and authenticity
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31:27How do you create an identity for a restaurant? How do you change it? Are there rules for making it feel right? We chat about change, growth, style and authenticity with Kirbie Tate, owner of Kirbie in South Melbourne. Kirbie is in a space she's inhabited for a decade but it's only now that she's put her name on the door. Why? https://www.instagram…
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Karena Armstrong (Salopian Inn) - Tasting Australia
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27:03Deep in the Weeds and Dirty Linen are proud to present a special series in association with Tasting Australia, which celebrates South Australian food, drink and culinary culture from May 2 to 11. We’ll be sharing tales in the lead up to the festival as well as heading over to eat and drink the very best of the state. To launch the series, we talk t…
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Richard Cornish (Food Journalist) - Dirty Dozen
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26:24As Melbourne heads into food festival season, we catch up with food journalist and history boffin Richard Cornish. Dirty Dozen is Richard’s celebration of Melbourne street food through the ages, immortalised by ceramic artist Kenny Pittock. We talk Angasi oysters, dim sims, pies and layered histories in urban landscapes. Also food media: how do you…
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Cameron Earl (Residence. Melbourne) - the art of an opening
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31:51Dirty Linen is not a jobs board…except for today. Hospo veteran Cameron Earl is opening Residence alongside Nathen Doyle (Sunhands). The Melbourne art gallery restaurant will have a new chef in residence every year - and applications are open now. We chat to Cam about nurturing talent, fostering new concepts and how he’s used his paramedicine skill…
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Simon Toohey (Cook, TV host) - passionate about plant-based eating
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28:35Simon Toohey is a cook, host of the Freshly Picked TV show, Geelong resident and passionate advocate for plant-based eating - which isn't the same as being vegan or vegetarian. We talk recipes, eating styles, the importance of markets and the different ways of communicating about food. https://www.instagram.com/simon.toohey/?hl=en SUBSCRIBE TO OUR …
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James Thorpe (Odd Culture) - respectful and safe work culture
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35:20James Thorpe is CEO of Odd Culture Group, a Sydney-based collective of pubs, bars, restaurants and bottle shops. He’s also president of a local business chamber and has just been to the Night Time Economy Summit in the UK. We talk vibrancy and the unseen levers that make or break neighbourhoods, poker machines as a ‘moral hazard’ and respectful and…
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Emma Sheahan (Lumen People) - Illuminating Lumen
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35:38How hard is it to run an independent cafe, wine bar or restaurant these days? Dirty Linen is finding out with Illuminating Lumen, a new deep-dive series. Lumen People is a two-year-old cafe and wine bar in North Melbourne, run with an eye on community and valuing every step of the supply chain. Like many small businesses, Lumen is crunched between …
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Alice Crowe (Gardener, Lawyer and Author) - slowing down & appreciating beauty
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30:07Growing food is fundamental so why does the act of gardening seem somehow counter-cultural? Today’s guest is Alice Crowe, gardener, lawyer and author of A Heide Harvest, a sumptuous new book that springs from the soils of Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. We talk about slowing down, appreciating beauty and whether my worm j…
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Kim Currie (The Zin House, Mudgee) - the joys of summer produce
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29:59We check in with return guest Kim Currie, owner of The Zin House outside Mudgee. Kim is back in the kitchen, regaining confidence and wondering whether her food is too simple. We talk about holding onto values, the joys of summer produce and whether it’s ever OK to yell in a kitchen. This is our third visit to The Zin House. Listen to all our podca…
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Ema Moolchand (RMIT Researcher) - unpacking the exploitation of PALM scheme workers in Australia’s meat industry
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31:13Who killed the pig that turned into the ham for your last sandwich? Who cleaned the floor where a lamb turned into your lamb chops? Who trucked the beef that ended up in the next pie you’ll eat? The longer and more complex the supply chain, the easier it is to lose connection with the way food gets to us. What if it was brought by slaves? RMIT rese…
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The Producers: Courtney Young (Woodstock Flour) - the flavour of flour
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27:00Flour isn’t just the stuff that makes a loaf of bread stand up. It’s an ingredient of provenance, with its own flavour and backstory. At least, that’s how it’s done at Courtney Young’s Woodstock Flour. With husband Ian, she nurtures soil, grows and sources quality grain, and stone-mills it into flour of great character. https://woodstockflour.com.a…
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Maria Viojan (The Filipino Project, Adelaide) - the rise of Filipino food culture
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30:31People running food stands often dream of opening a bricks-and-mortar restaurant but today’s guest did it round the other way, ditching a lease in favour of cooking at events. Why? Maria Viojan and husband John run The Filipino Project in Adelaide. We talk about the rise of Filipino food culture, strategies for making people fall in love with an un…
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Dani's Friday on My Mind - a recap of the last little while
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14:20What’s on my mind this Friday? I talk about fundraising for food-relief, sharing a stage with Hana Assafiri from Moroccan Soup Bar, kebabs and long journeys with Hamed Allahyari, and leading people around multicultural Clayton. There’s also a recap of my pod with Dwayne Bannon-Harrison, a shout-out to Namaste Haifa and their menstruation discount, …
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The Producers: Caroline Kropack (Brazen Brownies) - Fortune favours the brave
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20:19After working their entire careers in the corporate world, Caroline Kropack and her husband George decided to throw it all in and do something they love. After years of experimentation they took the leap and Brazen Brownies was born. https://brazenbrownies.com.au/ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, NEWS, GIVEAWAYS AND BEHIND THE SC…
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Dwayne Bannon-Harrison (Gadhu Dining) - popping up at the Sydney Opera House
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33:08After years of planning and some big conversations, Dwayne Bannon-Harrison is bringing Gadhu Dining to the Sydney Opera House in June. The pop-up Indigenous dining experience is running alongside a season by Bangarra, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance company. Dwayne is the Indigenous Ambassador for Trippas White Group, the catering co…
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Rachael Boon (Jungle Fowl, Port Douglas) - flexibility, balance and professional fulfilment
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38:56When Rachael Boon told her old hospo pals that she was going to open a fun, profitable restaurant that offered flexibility, balance and professional fulfilment for owners and staff, they were a little bit sceptical. But at Jungle Fowl in Port Douglas, she seems to have the whole thing worked out. Rachael tells us how. https://www.junglefowl.com.au/…
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David Facciolo (Tru Coffee, Melbourne) - strategising about 2025
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33:26The summer holidays are winding up and the year has truly kicked off. It’s a good time to strategise about 2025. David Facciolo owns Tru Coffee in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. He shares insights into cafe life, both for fellow hospitality workers and for diners, and tells us why he approaches each day with anticipation rather than apprehension. htt…
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Justine Schofield (Author, Cook & TV Host) - Freezer Friendly
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16:17Prolific author, cook and TV host Justine Schofield is our guest on today’s Dirty Linen summer series. Justine shares a cosy school camp memory and provokes a couple of not-so-nice memories of my own. We also talk freezers: are they the cook’s most underappreciated kitchen helper? Justine’s new book suggests the answer is yes. Cook Ahead: Freezer-F…
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Journey to Barragunda Episode 3 with Simone Watts and Marie Grasset - weeks from opening
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27:36We continue our Journey to Barragunda with episode 3 of a special series that tracks the opening of an innovative, thoughtful restaurant on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Today is different: we visit the Cape Schanck location, observe the progress and sit down for a chat with chef Simone Watts and restaurant manager Marie Grasset. How are things …
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Gilava Pour (Exotic Bazaar) - a passion for sharing her culture
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12:57Dirty Linen Summer Series! In this special series we catch up with fabulous food folk to hear about a time they realised how important food is to them. Gilava Pour is an Iranian cook with a passion for sharing her culture. She talks about her new business Exotic Bazaar, and shares a moving childhood story about picking her way through piles of herb…
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Dirty Linen puts on the tennis shoes and heads to the Australian Open to see what’s cooking. Come with us to eat bagels, Filipino corn ribs, a chicken roll inspired by Australian tennis champ Alexei Popyrin and a dessert that looks just like a tennis ball. Game, set, match, napkin! https://ausopen.com/ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR EXCLUSIVE ARTI…
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Tezzi Daniel (Cooee Cookies) - making dreams come true.
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14:56Dirty Linen Summer Series! In this special series we catch up with fabulous food folk to hear about a time they realised how important food is to them. Today we chat to Tezzi Daniel about Cooee Cookies, her allergy-friendly cookie brand, which is available at this year’s Australian Open. Tezzi is a Wiradjuri woman with a passion for native ingredie…
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Brigitte Hafner (Tedesca Osteria) - popping up at the Australian Open
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20:42Dirty Linen Summer Series! In this special series we catch up with fabulous food folk to hear about a time they realised how important food is to them. Restaurateur and chef Brigitte Hafner shares the excitement of learning about the Slow Food movement as a young chef and the way it’s played into Tedesca Osteria, the intimate, fire-focused, produce…
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Elana Benjamin (Writer) - a fascinating intermingling of culinary cultures
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23:32Dirty Linen’s summer series continues with Sydney writer Elana Benjamin, author of the new book Indian-Jewish Food: Recipes and Stories from the Backstreets of Bondi. Elana shares the backstory to this fascinating intermingling of culinary cultures, plus an easy summer recipe for a chickpea and potaot dish. https://www.instagram.com/elanabenjaminau…
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Dirty Glass with Dani Valent and Shanteh Wale - reflecting & setting intentions
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24:05We see out 2024 with a fun, fizzy episode of Dirty Glass, the occasional crossover pod with Shanteh Wale from Over A Glass and Dani Valent from Dirty Linen. Shanteh and Dani share entertaining tips and tales, make a pledge to dine and drink together at Circl Wine House in Melbourne and set intentions for 2025. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR EXCLUS…
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Joanne Lee (Butchers Buffet/Gyuniku) - a taste of Korea
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15:55Dirty Linen’s summer series continues with Joanne Lee’s moving tale of the time she cooked for her teacher as a small child in Korea. These days, Joanne is the Sydney-based executive chef of Butchers Buffet and Gyuniku but she has a long career in hotels behind her too. Listen in for K-BBQ tips too! https://www.butchersbuffet.com.au/ SUBSCRIBE TO O…
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Jono Hurst (Brooklands Farms) - abbatoir access issues
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36:32Pig and cattle farmer Jono Hurst takes a break from ‘hamageddon’ to talk about the big issue facing many small farmers: lack of access to abattoirs. Why has it become so hard for meat producers to have their animals killed locally and traceably? Why does it matter? We also chat about Jono’s recent kidney donation to his wife Nat. https://www.brookl…
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Marco Finanzio (Umberto Group) - looking forward
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30:40As we prepare to close the door on 2024, it’s a fine time to look back on the year that was and head into 2025 with clear intentions. Marco Finanzio runs Umberto Group, a small collection of mostly Italian businesses in Melbourne’s Thornbury. It’s been a year of financial fine-tuning but what is Marco planning for his team and his business in the y…
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Dani's Friday on my Mind - travel, tasting and food tours
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18:38Friday On My Mind! What’s on my mind this Friday? In this occasional series, I share what I’ve been up to and what is keeping my mind busy. I talk about recent travels in Hong Kong, China, New Zealand and Japan, invite you to eat food with me in Clayton, and air some concerns about the issues besetting small farmers. Join me on my Food Discovery To…
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Jack Bradbury (Ebb Kitchen) - dining in Dunedin
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29:27Dirty Linen takes a trip to New Zealand, including a few days in Dunedin. Restaurateur and chef Jack Bradbury grew up in the small southern city before skilling up in tough kitchens in the UK. Back home, he's running the hospitality offering at Ebb-Dunedin, the swankiest hotel in town. https://www.instagram.com/ebb.kitchen/ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLET…
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Simone Watts - Journey to Barragunda, episode 2!
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21:46This special series follows the progress of chef Simone Watts’ 40-seat farm-to-table restaurant at Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula. As a February opening draws closer, we hear what’s been happening and what’s coming up. Simone outlines the development of a model of land and kitchen sharing that encourages small producers, and we talk about…
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Caitlin Baker (Such and Such) - sharing experiences and views
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22:49It’s been a big few weeks for Caitlin Baker. The restaurant manager at Canberra’s Such and Such was named Sommelier of the Year by the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide. In a year in which workplace culture has been a huge part of the conversation, she was also acknowledged for founding Venus Vinifera. Launched in 2021, this education and suppo…
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The Producers: Andrew Fairley (Yarra Valley Cherries) - multi-generational fruit producer
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24:16There aren’t many truly seasonal products but cherries are one of those fruits that only appear as the weather warms up. By January they are more or less gone again. For me, they are more exciting than Christmas. Andrew Fairley is a lawyer and cherry farmer. Yarra Valley Cherries is home to 20,000 trees that provide up to 200 tonnes of cherries eve…
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Daniel Garwood (Acru, New York) - ambition, competition & restaurant culture.
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34:03New York is one of those cities I feel I’m always planning my eating in. I’m often reading about restaurants there, trying to keep up with neighbourhood news and editing my personal list of must eats and need to tries. Top of that list right now is Acru, which is co-owned by Daniel Garwood, a chef from Tassie. The next best thing to making a bookin…
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Mark Filippelli (Author) - identity, letting go and ambition.
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37:01Ever since I ate an egg made of coconut, sweet potato and agar agar I knew I’d have to talk to Mark Filippelli about it one day. The co-founder of 18 restaurants including Melbourne’s Matcha Mylkbar in viral vegan 2016 has just released a plant-forward book called This Cookbook Is A Huge Missed Steak. We talk identity, letting go and ambition. http…
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KyongHo ‘Daniel’ Choi (San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy) - learning along the way
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21:25Irish Korean chef KyongHo ‘Daniel’ Choi is the winner of the San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Pacific finals, and will be travelling to Milan next year to represent the region at the global finale. The ultimate victory is the title of the world’s best chef under 30, but what is Daniel learning along the way? https://www.sanpellegrinoyoungchefacade…
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Mary Vaughan (Senior Station Manager Anthony Lagoon, Westholme Wagyu) - station life
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26:19Mary Vaughan is the Senior Station Manager of Anthony Lagoon, part of the Westholme Wagyu supply chain for cattle company AACo. Known to all as Brumby, she spent her early years on the land and was always drawn to horses and station life. Brumby’s workplace is about 400km north east of Tennant Creek on a historic stock route in the Northern Territo…
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The Producers: Genevieve Muir (Coast of Gold) - Shito Hot
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22:36After losing her business during Covid, Genevieve Muir spent more time in the kitchen cooking the food of her West African heritage. Keen to master a prized condiment, she spent months tweaking the recipe until her extended family approved. And now, Coast of Gold Shitto is on shelves across the country. https://coastofgold.com.au/ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR …
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Janice Leung Hayes (Food Journalist) - walking & eating in Hong Kong.
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17:00Dirty Linen hops on a plane to Hong Kong, on a mission to find the best food and drink. We meet local food journalist Janice Leung Hayes at old-school cha chaan teng For Kee. After pork chop on rice and milk tea, we take a walk around Sheung Wan's dried seafood stalls. https://www.instagram.com/e_ting/?hl=en Dirty Linen travelled to Hong Kong court…
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Jeremy Blackmore (Co-owner Mucho Group, Sydney) - success, growth, creativity, change and agave
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37:14It must be a difficult time to own a bar group, with conversations about toxic workplace culture swirling around and tough questions being asked about gendered violence. We chat to Jeremy Blackmore, co-owner of Mucho Group in Sydney. Mucho’s Cantina OK has just been listed at #96 on the World’s 50 Best Bars list - we chat success, growth, creativit…
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Simone Watts (Barragunda) - Journey to Barragunda Episode 1
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28:33Dirty Linen is 700! For our milestone episode we’re launching Journey to Barragunda, a special series that follows the progress of chef Simone Watts' 40-seat farm-to-table restaurant on the Mornington Peninsula. Four months from opening, we learn the story to date and dive into the long list of things still to do. A few Episode 700 thank yous. Firs…
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Joel Murray (Station Manager Westholme Wagyu) - nurturing cattle
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15:34We’re heading to the rangelands of northern Australia today. Joel Murray is the station manager at Wylarah, a key cattle station for Westholme Wagyu. Wylarah is about 500 km west of Brisbane, in river country with rolling hills, and runs up to 10,000 cattle at a time. The rhythm of the year is set by the seasons but life on Wylarah is as bound up i…
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Sarah Hughes (End Food Waste Australia) - working towards an Australia without food waste
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25:30The Australian hospitality industry creates over 1.2 million tonnes of food waste every year or 16% of Australia’s food waste. Reducing that is of direct economic benefit to businesses: for every dollar spent to reduce food waste, $9.50 is returned to the bottom line. Sarah Hughes is a Sydney pastry chef and baker who is now part of End Food Waste …
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Matt Tyquin (Butcher Ashburton Meats) - Generation Next!
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22:01Generation Next! We love supporting the next generation of talent in the food world. Today’s guest is butcher Matt Tyquin from Ashburton Meats in Melbourne. An alumni of William Angliss Institute, Matt was Victoria’s Apprentice of the Year and won the World Champion Butcher Apprentice in the USA. We talk choice cuts and career satisfaction. Keep an…
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Sven Ullrich (Hyatt Regency Sydney) - straddling the divide between city destination and hotel guest hangout
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31:18There are so many ways to build a career in hospitality. Sven Ullrich is executive chef at Hyatt Regency Sydney and is overseeing a sustainable seafood concept at the hotel’s Sailmaker restaurant, which he hopes will straddle the divide between city destination and hotel guest hangout. We talk about the different pathways between hotel dining and r…
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Musa Algeed (The Pharoah BBQ, Sydney) - full of energy and a belief
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28:17How much do you know about Sudanese food? Are you ready for the African version of Guzman y Gomez? Musa Algeed runs The Pharoah BBQ, a Sydney food truck with a mission to introduce Australia - and the world - to the flavours of Khartoum. This is an inspiring conversation full of energy and a belief in the journey. https://www.instagram.com/thephara…
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Martin Boetz (Shortgrain) - one year on
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20:02As we round the bend towards 700 episodes, we check in with Dirty Linen’s most frequent return guest Martin Boetz, owner and chef of Shortgrain. We followed the creation story of his Brisbane restaurant, which has just celebrated a year of trading, enduring ups, downs and staffing challenges. It’s a good time to reflect on the journey, but Marty is…
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Dee Yürür (Chef) - visa running out fast
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28:04International workers and students are often presented as statistics but they are, of course, real people having real lives, and often their uncertain status and lack of local knowledge means they work in conditions that Australians wouldn’t put up with. Today’s guest is Dee Yürür, a Turkish chef on a graduate visa that is fast running out. As Dee …
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Laura Drexler (Ambient Menu) - ‘hearing friendly’ restaurants
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21:07Who loves shouting at their dining companions in noisy restaurants? South Australian audiologist and occupational noise assessor Laura Drexler has created the Ambient Menu, a guide to quiet restaurants. With one in six Australians having an issue with their hearing, knowing which restaurants are relatively quiet can be the difference between feelin…
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