Eat It

Today we spoke about some excellent eating we'd experienced during the week, at places such as Mahjong in St Kilda and Po Boy Quarter on Smith St. Our good buddy Sebastian Reaburn had some great news during the week; his Anther gin just won AUSTRALIA'S BEST GIN at the recent Australian Distilled Spirits Awards, and we had a chat about what's happening in his post-win world. We caught up with John...

Today we had a quick market report from John, we spoke to Linda Catalano about her upcoming Melbourne Food and Wine Festival show One Suitcase, Four Stories, and we chatted to Janet Deneefe about her food festival event at Tolarno.

Today we spoke to Deakin University's Sze Yen Tan about his research into the different varieties of sugar, food writer Dani Valent about what not to eat during the Jewish observance of Passover, and checked in with winemaker Duncan Buchanan to see how vintage 2018 is travelling.

On today's show we mentioned the amazing Japanese food created at Kisume restaurant in Melbourne's CBD... how lucky are we to have so many cuisines in this town? Italian is another cuisine Melbourne has covered, and none better than Tipo 00 on Little Bourke St. Chef Alberto Fava joined us to talk about the mysteries of pasta; what shapes go with what sauce? We caught up with John at the Queen Vic...

Have you ever heard of a condition called Orthorexia? We hadn't until recently, so we chatted to Dr Rosemary Stanton about what it is (a compulsion to only eat "clean" food) and how it's developed since the 1990s. Victor Persinette is man who spends a lot of time underground at the Spring Street Grocer's cheese room. He popped in to speak about how to best mature cheese, how blue cheese is formed,...

Oh hey there errybody... we started today's show with a hint from Cam's FIRST EVER home-made creme brulee: use a spritzy water bottle alongside your brulee flame! Nick Bennett is the chef at Melbourne's The Arbory, and he joined us to talk about tomorrow's fundraising event called Food for Thought. Some seriously big-name chefs are donating their time to raise funds for Beyond Blue and RUOK. There...

Back for 2018! And we spent some time chatting about two of Victoria's amazing regional restaurants, Provenance in Beechworth and the Yarra Valley's Oakridge. We also marked the passing of the original Grand Chef de Cuisine, Paul Bocuse. John's back at the market as well... so we spoke to him about summer produce. We were joined in the studio by a couple of Eat It faves, co-editor of the Good Food...

Our last show for 2017! And we spoke about Christmas past, present, and future with Matt Wilkinson, Roslyn Grundy, Michael Harden, and Philippa Sibley.

We started today's show speaking about Matt's recently discovered Lentil Shepherd's Pie recipe, with its magic secret ingredient: soy sauce. We love having Joost Bakker on the show and today he discussed his next project called FutureCave. He's working to transform an old Service Station site into a house that can grow enough food to sustain its residents. Once the place is approved, it will be th...

It's a stormy weekend in Melbourne, and we started the show by acknowledging the awesome postal survey result this week... hooray for the "yes" vote, and bravo to progressive Melbourne! Anyway back to food, and we spoke to Andrew Kavasalis about the recent law change allowing the production and sale of low-THC hemp for consumption in Australia. We're lagging the world in this, however hemp seed is...

On a cracking Melbourne afternoon we spoke to Mitchell Horrocks about his time and work in Uganda. He first travelled to Africa in high school, and since then learned about their disease problems due to unclean drinking water. But every problem is a solution waiting to happen, so Mitchell has designed an apparatus that can sit on an existing cooking setup and purify water at the same time. Have a...

On today's show we started by talking about the humble potato latke... or rosti, or whatever the hell you call it. How does such a simple potato dish manage to taste so awesome? Speaking of awesome, the team behind Tivoli Road Bakery have released a new book and it is, uhhh... awesome. Michael and Pippa James joined us in the studio to talk about their journey from cheffing to baking, the differen...

On today's show we spoke to Tammi Jonas about the ongoing campaign to allow small-scale animal farmers to have their farming methods permitted under the law. Currently these style of farms are considered "intensive agriculture" which are not permitted in certain areas. Have a look at the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance website for more info. Dorelle Havilland joined us next to chat about her...

It's a cracking Spring day in Melbourne, and we started today's show with a chat to Dr Rosemary Stanton about the government's Health Star Rating website and some of the issues and challenges still being faced by public health advocates. The chef behind Northcote's Camus restaurant Pierre Khodja popping to the studio to talk about Algerian cuisine, its origins and influences, and some of the key i...

Spring! It is here! (kinda)... soooooo we had a chat to Jo Toscano about what produce is starting to come on-stream (rhubarb, artichokes, and even mangoes), and what's expected in the next few weeks (asparagus, morels, stonefruit). Now that you've stocked up with in-season ingredients what should you do with them? The duo behind Pope Joan Matt Wilkinson and Sharlee Gibb have just released their ne...

It finally feels like Spring! And we started today's Springy show talking to Michelle Barnett who is organising an event as part of the Do It In A Dress charity to raisse money for girls education in Sierra Leone and Uganda. You can find more info and donate at the Chef It In A Dress page. The Forum is one of the great rooms in Melbourne, and David & Gareth from the Mariner Group joined us to...

On today's show we spoke to Michelle Pearson about her upcoming Fringe Festival show Comfort Food Cabaret, chef / owner of Bar Lourinha Matt McConnell, and a cocktail-making double-act Shaun Byrne and Sebastian Reaburn chatting about Maidenii vermouth.

On today's show we spoke to Nick Haddow from Bruny Island Cheese, and we were lucky enough to chat to Melbourne food legend Philippe Mouchel about his eponymous restaurant one year in.

On today's show we started with Matt's top tips for an excellent mushroom risotto, lifted from a Giorgio Locatelli: add some soaked dried porcini in with the rice, use carnaroli rice if you can find it, and lightly fry fresh mushrooms in a separate pan before adding them with the butter and parmesan at the end. We caught up with our good market buddy John to see how his surgery recovery is going;...

Today we had a chat to Oakridge chef Matt Stone, who was recently awarded by the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival for his trailblazing work in the Yarra Valley. He's also just returned from some overseas travel and we spoke about some of the new items on the Oakridge menu. Next up we had a market report with Toscano's Joanne Toscano. Finally we caught up with chef Raymond Capaldi, who spent a coup...

On today's show we spoke to Joost Bakker about the very sad passing of chef Jeremy Strode, and the impact he had on the industry. We also previewed an Oz Harvest event tomorrow at Melbourne Uni called Think, Eat, and Save. But we didn't speak for too long as he has to prepare lunch for Ben Shewry and family! Next up Citizen Cacao's Georgie Castle and All Are Welcome's Boris Portney popped in to ta...

Today we briefly spoke about Matt's recent meal at Richmond's Minamishima; what an incredible Japanese experience! (but not cheap) BBQ cuisine is interpreted in many ways around the world, and we spoke to Fancy Hank's Mike Patrick as well as FH alumni (and current saucier at Restaurant Andre in Singapore) Alicia Chongabout their upcoming pop-up Majestic Hawker. We spoke about the origins of BBQ cu...

On today's show we had a chat to Michael Cole and Laura Skvor who will be representing Australia in the next round of the Bocuse D'or international cooking competition, and we also spoke to Burch and Purchese's Darren Purchese and Cath Claringbold about their awesome new book Chefs Eat Toasties Too.

As we make our way through the depths of a chilly Melbourne winter we chatted about how to make the perfect roast potato; our top tips are to choose the correct spud (look for a sebago or dutch cream, ideally just brushed so you still have to clean them) and add half a teaspoon of bi-carb soda when you're par-boiling them. Yum! Truffle Melbourne's Nigel Woods joined us in the studio to talk about...

On a gorgeous Melbourne winter's day we started the show talking to the Good Food Guide's Roslyn Grundy. There are huge changes happening to the Guide this year, as the Melbourne and Sydney editions are combined to form a national tome that also covers Australia's other cities. It's going to be huge - roughly twice the size of the current guide - and is due out in October. Next up we were joined b...