World of Mouth podcast

Darren Teoh is the chef at restaurant Dewakan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His restaurant has twice been recognised as one of Asia's Best Restaurants, and earned its first Michelin star in 2023. With his food, Darren Teoh wants to express the connection to the indigenous people of Malaysia and their produce. We’ll hear Darren Teoh’s story, how he discovers local produce for his cooking and how his I...

Pía León is the chef at restaurant Kjolle in Lima, Peru. She has been voted Latin America´s Best Female Chef and in 2021 the World´s Best Female Chef. Her career started more than 15 years ago, when she led the kitchen at restaurant Central. While co-directing the kitchen of Central and MIL, together with her husband Virgilio Martínez, Pia is chef-owner of restaurant Kjolle. We’ll hear Pia Leon’s...

Maksut Aşkar is the chef and owner of restaurant Neolokal located in the Salt Galata Museum in Istanbul. His cuisine has been described as a modern take on the Anatolian Cuisine inspired by his childhood, the local heritage and traditional cooking. His last 10 years he has worked with Neolokal, that opened in 2014. We’ll hear Maksut Aşkar’s story, how he became one of the top names on Turkey’s cul...

Bruno Verjus is the self-taught chef and restaurateur of Table in Paris. Verjus entered the restaurant world at the age of 54, and ten years later is one of the brightest stars on the global restaurants scene. As a chef he’s obsessed with the best produce, and presents them to his customers only with a light touch of cooking. We’ll hear Bruno Verjus’ story, how he became one of the top names in th...

Alberto Landgraf is one of the leading chefs in Brazil. His restaurant, Oteque in Rio de Janeiro, has been voted among the 50 Best in Latin America. Alberto Landgraf started his career working with Tom Aikens and Gordon Ramsay in London, and returned to Brazil to open Epice in Sao Paulo. In 2018 he relocated to Rio de Janeiro and opened Oteque, focusing on his Japanese heritage thro...

Andrew Wong is the award-winning chef of restaurant A.Wong in London. British born of Chinese heritage, he left his academic studies and opened A.Wong in 2012 with his wife Nathalie. Coming from a family of three generations of Chinese restaurateurs, Andrew Wong’s restaurant became the first Chinese restaurant outside Asia to be awarded two Michelin stars. We will hear Andrew Wong’s story about gr...

Florencia Abella is the chef at restaurant Ekstedt in Stockholm, Sweden. She grew up in Argentina and has worked in kitchens all over the world. At Ekstedt, she has developed the unique concept of cooking only with Swedish wood on open fire. We will hear about the importance for her of the Argentinian Asado grilling tradition and how she uses the embers, fire and smoke to flavour her cuisine. She...

Billy Wagner is the sommelier and restaurateur of restaurant Nobelhart & Schmutzig in Berlin. He grew up in East Germany and later moved to Berlin, to become one of the most famous German restaurant profiles in the world. We will hear him tell about his passion for all kinds of great beverages, about being a good host and supporting the best local producers. He will also reveal his favourite r...

Nick Bril is the chef of The Jane restaurant, located in an old chapel in a former military hospital in Antwerp, Belgium. Bril started working at the age of fourteen and five years later met Sergio Herman, who became his mentor and colleague at three star Restaurant Oud Sluis. Nick Bril is also a well known DJ, performing in clubs and at festivals, combining Gastronomy and music. We will hear...

Helena Puolakka is the Chef Patron of Savoy, an iconic Helsinki restaurant opened in 1937. Puolakka is one of the most recognized Finnish chefs, balancing the rich history of her restaurant with the present. Before returning to Finland in 2019, Puolakka worked with Gordon Ramsay and Pierre Koffmann in London and with Pierre Gagnaire in Paris. We meet Helena Puolakka at Savoy, where she will reveal...

Syrian chef Mohamad Orfali is the chef and co-owner of Orfali Bros in Dubai. Orfali was born and raised in Aleppo, the culinary capital of Syria, and his interest in cooking began at a young age. In 1997, he started studying hospitality and cooking and later went to culinary school in Paris. Today he and his two brothers run one of the most famous Middle Eastern restaurants in the World. In t...

Portuguese chef Nuno Mendes has devoted his life to his passion for food and travel . He founded the ground-breaking concept The Loft Project in London, and his passion for food and immersive dining experiences has been evident in all his successful London restaurants, like Viajante, Taberna do Mercado and Mãos. A few years ago he opened Lisboeta, serving his versions of the most iconic dishes fro...

Jorge Vallejo is the chef and owner of restaurant Quintonil in Mexico City and one of the most famous Mexican chefs in the world. After studying culinary arts in Mexico he worked in restaurants like Noma, Pujol and Diana at the St. Regis Hotel in Mexico City. Vallejo opened Quintonil in 2012 with his wife Alejandra Flores and in ten years, the couple had created a modern restaurant classic th...

Gaggan Anand is the chef and owner restaurant Gaggan in Bangkok, Thailand. Anand was born in Kolkata, India and had initially planned to become a drummer in a rock band.    After working with catering he moved to Bangkok, focusing on contemporary Indian cuisine. He was the first Indian chef to intern with Ferran Adrià at restaurant el Bulli. After opening Gaggan in 2010 the restaurant ha...

Beau Clugston is the chef and restaurateur of the seafood restaurant Iluka in Copenhagen. He grew up in a small fishing village on the north coast of New South Wales in Australia, where he used to dive for oysters and cook the fish he’d caught. After an apprenticeship at restaurant Pier in Sydney he worked for many years for Gordon Ramsay in London. In 2010 he joined Noma in Copenhagen and worked...

Dave Pynt is the chef patron of the modern barbeque restaurant Burnt Ends in Singapore. He was Born in Perth, Western Australia, and studied cooking before travelling overseas to cook with some of the world’s best chefs. His career includes time with chefs like Rene Redzepi at Noma, Copenhagen, Victor Arguinzoniz at Asador Etxebarri, Spain and Nuno Mendes, London.   Since Burnt Ends open...

Isaac McHale is the chef at The Clove Club in London and one of the most successful British chefs of our time. Born in Orkney and growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, McHale started working at the local fishmonger at the age of 14. After working in Sydney and Copenhagen he returned to London to work with legendary chefs Tom Aikens and Brett Graham. After a few years in the experimental Young Turks che...

Pam Pichaya’s restaurant, Potong, is located in the middle of the buzzling Chinatown of Bangkok. Thai by birth, and with a Thai-Chinese-Australian family background, Chef Pam was brought up in Bangkok, where her family’s business had been a traditional pharmacy. At the age of 21, as a young chef, Pam won an Asian chef’s competition and twelve years later, in 2023, her restaurant became world famou...

Chef Rasmus Kofoed is the chef at restaurant Geranium in Copenhagen. At an early stage Kofoed started to aim for the highest goals a chef can reach. As he looks back now, he has reached all three of the most prestigious goals: he has won bronze, silver and gold in the Bocuse d’Or chefs competition and after that his restaurant has been crowned as the best re...

Virgilio Martinez is the chef and founder of restaurant Central in Lima, Peru. During his 22 years working in restaurants, Martínez has created a culinary movement through his use and research of the ingredients and the culinary culture of Peru. His work has played an important part in spreading the Peruvian cuisine around the world, and this has made him one of the m...

Canadian chef Jonathan Tam is the head chef and owner of restaurant Jatak in Copenhagen. He moved to Denmark at a young age, trained at Noma and became head chef at Restaurant Relae, where he gained an understanding of seasonality and a creative vegetable-forward cuisine. In 2022 Tam opened his own restaurant, Jatak, in Copenhagen. At Jatak, Jonathan Ta...

Andreas Caminada is the world’s most famous Swiss chef. His rise to fame started at the age of 26, when he took over as a tenant and chef de cuisine at the historical Schloss Schauenstein castle restaurant in Fürstenau in the canton of Graubünden. Caminada is known for his creative cuisine, using local Swiss produce and leaving them as natural as possible. We will hear about Caminada’s strong conn...

Rodolfo Guzmán is the Chilean chef who became the voice of his country’s cuisine. After his chef’s training in Spain’s Basque country at restaurant Mugaritz, he opened his own restaurant, Boragó, in 2006, where he has dedicated his work on expressing the Chilean terroir, produce and flavours. Today, Boragó has a community of small producers and foragers supplying the restaurant with the essential...

Santiago Lastra is the Mexican chef and co-owner of the Michelin-starred restaurant KOL and KOL Mezcaleria in London. He entered the restaurant world at the age of fifteen and soon left Mexico to travel the world and learn from other chefs. We will hear about the defining moment in Santiago Lastra’s career when he got involved in the Noma Mexico pop-up in 2017, when he reconnected with his roots w...

Danish-Italian chef Christian Puglisi was on center stage in Copenhagen during the height of the New Nordic cuisine. Before his job at Noma, he had worked in France and at the legendary El Bulli in Spain. After leaving Noma, he took his first steps as a restaurateur in 2010 when he opened his restaurants Relæ and Manfreds. Relae received a Michelin star, entered the World's 50 Best Restaurants lis...