Forkcast

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food.  Featuring: Is brunch back? Thoughts on the breakfast evolution – where it's come from and where it's headed Best and worst food packaging design Reflecting on freak shakes and fairy floss The new spots shaking up breakfast in Melbourne Unique pizzas for when you're sick of pepperoni And more For m...

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food.  Featuring: Forkcast sleepover at the Adina Hotel Pentridge in Coburg Dining in a former jail cell at Olivine Wine Bar A sneak preview of the venue’s upcoming dinner with Hentley Farm wine on 18 July A chat with new chef Tom Hoy And more Book the Olivine x Hentley Farm dinner here . For more from us, follow Ri...

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Forkcast goes glamping at Fern Bar & Dining Horsham's underrated food find The international chains hitting Melbourne How to hack your Yochi order Behind the scenes of the "new" New Guernica And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste...

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Ube matcha, steak sandos and hotcake breakfast rolls at Attakai in Carlton A new Thai wine bar has opened in North Melbourne The reign of the cheap eat – how low is too low Forksake's new contributor⁠ Mince TV ⁠ has launched!⁠⁠ Hentley Farm Wine is hosting a dinner at Olivine in Pentridge Prison...

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Birria and sopes at Mercadito Ricky's old blogging days Eating to live vs living to eat Melbourne's latest openings and closures And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Bar Kaeru has opened a new tea + pastry shop upstairs Sorrento terminal revamp Revisiting Ladro, a Fitzroy institution Melbourne fire-bombing drama And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Trying LeTao Japanese cheesecake The international fast food chains sweeping Australia Melbourne's best new burger Belgian fries have come to Chapel Street And more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: "Tokyo-style" pizza at Garfield Melbourne's best and worst hot chips Ricky's gut health go-to Thoughts on Frenchie Butter everything And more! For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Quincy's Sydney and Byron recs Spotting a bad oyster Monstera fruit review Does George Calombaris deserve a second chance? Thoughts on Noma scandal And more Want to dine like us? Here are the spots mentioned in today's episode: Time After Time (CBD) Dumpling Time Block Place (CBD) A Little Joy (CBD) Br...

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Getting our hands dirty at Ministry of Crab Thoughts on set menus The new AU seafood import laws Ricky's yum cha picks And more! For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Does squishing something make it taste better? Quincy's -85º coffee review Ricky ate a guinea pig in Peru Thoughts on Chinamaxxing Where we've been eating – Gamja Hotteok, Udon Izakaya Tanukiya, Moon Drop, Ecuadorian Corner + more For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at...

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Quincy's US food recap Eating at the Aus Open Best new Melbourne openings + more! For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

That's a wrap on Forkcast for 2025! Thanks for listening to our final episode of the year. Featuring: First time trying sisig Shake Shack at the AO The prettiest Nando's in Melbourne Gaga concert recap Blackbird review drama Top new openings of 2026 Want to dine like us? Here are the spots mentioned in today's episode: From Here by Mike (Docklands) 98 Lygon (Brunswick East) Bar Bouni (...

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Dining in Melbourne's first courthouse Our most hated foods How to get discounted Molly Tea Best cafes for coworking And more Want to dine like us? Here are the spots mentioned in today's episode: Ciao Cielo (Port Melbourne) Gambino (Glen Waverley) Great Eastern Hakka (Mount Waverley) Yiaga...

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Our picks at Paramount Food Court  Go-to pub orders The Mecca cafe What’s a Louise cake? Michelin comes to NZ Gerald's Bar's new location  And more! For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_ / @gruelclub on Instagram

Welcome to Forkcast – your recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Puerto Rican food Chinese souvlaki The Age Good Food awards Michelin coming to New Zealand And more! Want to dine like us? Here are the spots mentioned in today's episode: Officina Gastronomia Italiana (Prahran) Home Economics (Brunswick) Home Souv (Box Hill) Kalimera Souvlaki Art (Oakleigh) At...

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: What's opening, closing and changing concepts The tiramisu takeover It's time for hospo leaders to be held accountable Is Le Creuset over? The future of modified meat Cheap eats to put on your hit list For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @forksake and Quincy at @quincepast...

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. This week, we're heading 80 stories up for a five-course dinner at Atria by new chef Paul Lewis. For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam  /  @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_  /  @gruelclub on Instagram.

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Venues vs Google reviewers - what's the etiquette? Three major Melbourne venues that have closed to reopen with new concepts Where we've eaten this month and what's coming up A Forkcast guide to frequently mispronounced food terms For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @f...

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Lerice has opened in the new Austro bakery space Can and should you write about venues without their permission? Plus other industry goss Where we've eaten this month and what's coming up A Forkcast guide to frequently mispronounced food terms For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam / @...

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. This week, we're talking about the importance of brand experience in hospitality and beyond, and what that term actually means. For more from us, follow Ricky at ⁠⁠@rickysam⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠@forksake⁠⁠ and Quincy at ⁠⁠@quincepaste_⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠@gruelclub⁠

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. This week, we're talking about all things chicken. Fried, roast, chargrilled or poached, chicken is a universally-loved protein with strong roots in Australian cuisine that keep getting deeper. We recap our favourite styles and the new entrants into the city's dining scene that you should keep your ey...

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. This week, Quincy's recapping her recent trip to Japan, and we're talking through the different styles of Japanese dining that you can and can't find in Melbourne. For more from us, follow Ricky at ⁠@rickysam⁠  /  ⁠@forksake⁠ and Quincy at ⁠@quincepaste_⁠  /  ⁠@gruelclub

Welcome to Forkcast – your monthly recap of what’s hot, fresh, and undercooked in Melbourne food. Featuring: Bottomless brunch is back – or did it ever go away? Winter specials & noodle soup mania Dry July – just a fad or here to stay? Our top eats this month Best new Melbourne restaurant openings For more from us, follow Ricky at @rickysam  /  @forksake and Quincy at @quincepaste_  /  @gruelc...