Podcasts by Eat It

Dumplings and Sourdough from 2020-09-06T13:00

Dumplings and sourdough have taken the top two spots with lockdown cooking. Jo Barrett, Co-executive Chef of Oakridge, says that “Sourdough is an expression of yourself” giving us tips and trick...

Food Photo Tips&Fave Brands&Market Report from 2020-08-16T13:00

Photographer Kate Shanasy provides tips on how to take better food photos with your phone, and she critiques Cam's tuna salad from his Instagram; John from Queen Vic Market gives a market report...

Nutrition in Isolation; Cam's Award, and Food Sci for Kids from 2020-08-09T13:00

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Creative Director Pat Nourse sings the praises of Cam on his Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Legends Hall of Fame award, and chats about the other well deserv...

Drinking Culture, Chicory and Greens from 2020-08-02T13:00

Hosts Cam and Kent kick it off with a live drink tasting on air. With its "old-timey label" (as described by Kent) our hosts taste 'Bushells Coffee and Chicory Essence' - a product Cam had alway...

Regional TLC from 2020-07-26T13:00

We’re going regional -  from Daylesford to Orbost. Alla Wolf-Tasker from the Lake House in Daylesford discusses her forever ‘working project’ that is the Lake House and how it’s a pivotal part o...

Kids in the kitchen and the right rice for paella from 2020-07-19T13:00

Movida's Frank Camorra discusses tips and tricks on how to make a real paella, with the right rice and zero chorizo; John from Queen Victoria Market gives a market report and reveals some facts ...

Cheeses, Six Degrees, Lockdowns&Lock-Outs from 2020-07-12T13:00

Freelance writer Dani Valent joins us discussing the plight of the temporary visa holders and how they are still falling through the cracks; Dan Sims, large event-maker extraordinaire, creator o...

Family time; Wine appreciation; Not the fennel! from 2020-07-05T13:00

Chef Nick Mahlook from the Atlantic discusses some up and coming changes in his life; John from the Queen Victoria Market shares his stuffing recipe, the joys of sausage-making season, and h...

Ahoy, Antarctica! And: Lemon Loving from 2020-06-28T13:00

Brrrr! It’s getting chilly! Hermann Schafellner, Chef at the Casey Research Station in Antarctica talks about the term ‘slushy’ and how human relationships work in Antarctica.  He chats about hi...

Breaking the rules and winter delights from 2020-06-21T13:00

Caterina Borsato of Caterina's Cucina e Bar joins us for a catch up on how her business is going; John from Queen Vic Market talks about in-season produce to get hold of for winter meals; and Jo...

Providoor, East Gippsland TLC and Attica’s optimism from 2020-06-14T13:00

Shane Delia, Chef and owner of Maha restaurant, talks about his newly launched premium food app ‘Providoor', which is created to support the restaurant industry and connect with customers more; ...

Brae, Seasonal Vegies, and Vino from 2020-06-07T13:00

Dan Hunter, chef and owner of renowned farm and restaurant Brae, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation ahead of the much-anticipated reopening of his internationally celebrated dining room la...

Tipjar and Truffles from 2020-05-31T13:00

Jack Hawkins from Worksmith talks about the 'Tipjar' initiative for Melbourne’s hospitality industry. And we go truffle mad with Nigel Wood from Truffle Paddock, learning about friends of the tr...

Eat it - 24th May 2020 from 2020-05-24T13:00

The Food and Wine Festival is heading online, and FAWF Creative Director Pat Nourse talks about the nifty ways restaurants are coming to us in our homes; Freelance food writer Dani Valent discus...

Eat It - 17th May 2020 from 2020-05-17T12:00

Joseph Vargetto of Melbourne's Mister Bianco restaurant transports us to Sicily and talks about the magic of Sicilian cooking; Restaurant industry consultant Tony Eldred discusses the impacts of...

Eat It - 10th May 2020 from 2020-05-10T12:00

Guests galore pay tribute to the late, great, much-loved Vernon Chalker, founder of Gin Palace. Featuring Miss Pearl from Madame Brussels, Gerald Diffey from Geralds Bar, and Sebastian Reaburn a...

Eat It - 3 May 2020 from 2020-05-03T13:00

Amongst the Covid chaos we spoke to Melbourne Food & Wine Festival's Pat Nourse, caught up with John at the market, and spoke to Jane Grylls about quarantined Mother's Day options.

Eat It - 26 April 2020 from 2020-04-26T13:00

Food writer Dani Valent gives her tips for cooking duck; Shannon Martinez of Smith and Daughters chats about how they are fighting the fight with the pandemic, and the success of their deli; Exe...

Eat It - 19 April 2020 from 2020-04-19T13:00

We spoke about some of our recent isolation food experiments and deliveries, chatted to Bellota Wine Bar's chef Nicky Reimer about the crazy industry changes, and talked gnocci with Russell Bald...

Easter loving and the secret to a good ‘punch’ from 2020-04-12T13:00

Caterina Borsato of Caterina's Cucina e Bar discusses the wonders of Italian rituals over Easter;  John from the Queen Vic Market gives a special Easter Sunday market report with insights into h...

Eat It - 5 April 2020 from 2020-04-05T13:00

Food writer and author Michael Harden joined us to talk restaurant take-away, John gave us an update from the market, and Prossimo Wine’s Duncan Buchanan gave us an update on the 2020 vintage. Listen

Eat It - 29 March 2020 from 2020-03-29T13:00

This was probably the most dramatic week in the history of hospitality in Australia... to try and make sense of it all we spoke to Broadsheet's Editorial Director Katya Wachtel, Worksmith CEO Mi...

Eat It - 22 March 2020 from 2020-03-22T13:00

An episode of Eat It 22 March 2020

Eat It - 15 March 2020 from 2020-03-15T13:23:20

We had an extended chat about the Covid-19 impacts on the restaurant industry, spoke to Bar Lourinha's Matt McConnell about the early mushroom season, caught up with John at the Queen Vic Market...

Eat It - 23 February 2020 from 2020-02-23T13:00

We spoke to John at the Queen Vic Market, our old 3RRR buddy Digger dropped in to the studio to talk about our transition into Autumn, and wine maker Duncan Buchanan spoke about the effects of o...

Eat It - 9 February 2020 from 2020-02-09T13:00

Bellota Wine Bar's Nicky Reimer joined us to talk about what she's been cooking over summer, finally caught up with John at the QVM for the first time in 2020, and checked in with Chris Moore fr...

Eat It - 2 February 2020 from 2020-02-02T13:00

Today we spoke to Blaze Aid Vice President Christine Male about their efforts trying to assist fire affected farmers, we spoke to restaurateur Jesse Gurner about the industry's Feb Fire Fund, an...

Eat It - 15 December 2019 from 2019-12-15T13:00

Our last show for 2019! We caught up with John at the market, talked about the impacts of climate change on the wine industry with Max Allen, and mixed a fruity cocktail with Seb Reaburn.

Eat It - 8 December 2019 from 2019-12-08T13:00

Today we had a rather rowdy show looking at some of the food trends in 2019 with writers Hilary McNevin and Michael Harden, and enjoyed a mixed drink with Union Electric's Huw Griffiths.

Eat It - 1 December 2019 from 2019-12-01T13:00

Hear from Pastuso Peruvian Restaurant's Alessandro Sarajevo, John from the Vic Market, and Duncan Buchanan

Eat It - 24 November 2019 from 2019-11-24T13:00

Today we spoke to Mason's of Bendigo's Sonia Anthony, Lee Ho Fook's Victor Liong, and Huxtaburger's Daniel Wilson.

Eat It - 10 November 2019 from 2019-11-10T13:00

Today we spoke to Tony Eldred about how a good restaurant can be affected by bad acoustics, had a market report from John, and chatted to Sea Bounty Mussels' Lance Wiffen about how best to prepa...

Eat It - 3 November 2019 from 2019-11-03T12:00

Today we spoke to Deakin University's Professor Russell Keast about what we know - and what we don't know - about the way our mouths perceive texture in food. PLUS we had a market report from Jo...

Eat It - 27 October 2019 from 2019-10-27T12:00

Today we spoke about the ongoing industry issue around staff underpayment (AKA wage theft), had a chat to Brae's chef and owner Dan Hunter about his recent Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year...

Eat It - 20 October 2019 from 2019-10-20T12:00

Today we spoke to Australia's Fisheries Research & Development Corporation's Crispian Ashby about their new app "SAFS", caught up with John at the QVM, and chatted about the 40th anniversary...

Eat It - 13 October 2019 from 2019-10-13T12:00

Today we spoke to Sustainability Victoria's CEO Karl Muller about the new laws around disposal of e-waste, caught up with John at the Queen Vic Market, and chatted to one of Melbourne's leading ...

Eat It - 6 October 2019 from 2019-10-06T13:00

On today's show we talked about the latest articles on red meat consumption with Rosemary Stanton, and caught up with Arbory Bar's Nick Bennett.

Eat It - 15 September 2019 from 2019-09-15T13:00

Today we spoke to food writer Dani Valent, caught up with John at the market, and talked Teeling Whiskey with Martin Lynch.

Eat It - 8 September 2019 from 2019-09-08T13:00

Today we spoke to Maker & Monger's Anthony Femnia about sourcing Comte cheese from France, Baker Bleu's Mike Russell spoke about his journey into baking, and Jamsheed winemaker Gary Mills sp...

Eat It - 11 August 2019 from 2019-08-11T12:00

Today we spoke to Melbourne super-chef Andrew McConnell, had a market report with John, and paired some riesling with a leek tart with winemaker Duncan Buchanan.

Eat It - 4 August 2018 from 2019-08-04T12:00

Today we spoke to Dr Renae Beale from the Royal Society of Victoria about the upcoming Extra-Sensory event at Parliament House, chatted about Ethiopian cuisine with Saba Alamayoh, and talked abo...

Eat It - 28 July 2019 from 2019-07-28T12:00

We spoke to industry veteran Tony Eldridge about the industry's wage-theft problems, and also chatted to Pat Nourse about his role in the San Pel Top 50 list and how he thinks the Roman's have R...

Eat It - 21 July 2019 from 2019-07-21T12:00

Today we spoke to Simon Blancher about his upcoming food event underneath Fed Square, Bellota Wine Bar's Nicky Reimer told us what she's cooking to stay warm in winter, and Shaun Byrne talked us...

Eat It - 14 July 2019 from 2019-07-14T12:00

Today we spoke to Dr Gie Liem about the upcoming Science Week "Extrasensory" event at Parliament House, caught up with John at the market, and talked Australian spirits with Union Electric's Huw...

Eat It - 30 June 2019 from 2019-06-30T12:00

Today we spoke to Dr Rosemary Stanton about the emergence of the food star rating system back into the news, we had a market report from John at the Queen Victoria Market, and enjoyed some chees...

Eat It - 23 June 2019 from 2019-06-23T12:00

Two legends of the Melbourne hospitality scene joined us in-studio today, Matteo Pignatelli from North Fitzroy’s Matteos Restaurant and Gail Donovan from St Kilda’s Donovans. PLUS we talked all ...

Eat It - 16 June 2019 from 2019-06-16T12:00

Today's show was all about the Queen Vic Market! We had a market update from John, a preview of next week's truffle festival at the QVM, and also spoke to Julie Boening about the 69-year history...

Eat It - 9 June 2019 from 2019-06-09T12:00

Today we were joined by The Stokehouse's Ollie Hansford, Mamasita's Nick Peters & Martin Zozaya, as well as Byron Bay Cooking School's Sam Gowing.

Eat It - 26 May 2019 from 2019-05-26T12:00

It's mushroom season! And we had a chat to Bar Lourinha's Matt McConnell about what he was able to find on a forest floor this Sunday morning. We also spoke to Matt Wilkinson about his new role ...

Eat It - 19 May 2019 from 2019-05-19T12:00

Today we spoke to Annam's Jerry Mai about her new book Street Food Vietnam, chatted to super-chef Donovan Cooke about his upcoming collaboration with the Gin Palace, and we discussed home made r...

Eat It - 12 May 2019 from 2019-05-12T12:00

Today we caught up with John at the Vic Market, food writer and Melbourne Food & Wine Festival's Pat Nourse, and chef at The Atlantic Nick Mahlook.

Eat It - 5 May 2019 from 2019-05-05T12:00

Today we spoke to Burch & Purchese's Darren Purchese about his new book "Chefs Eat Breakfast Too", Smith & Daughters chef Shannon Martinez chatted about how to cook a decent quality meal...

Eat It - 28 April 2019 from 2019-04-28T12:00

On today's program we spoke to Phil Kelly about next weekend's Kellybrook Cider Festival, caught up with John at the Queen Vic Market, and chatted to Dr Tim Crowe about some of the world's nutri...

Eat It - 21 April 2019 from 2019-04-21T12:00

It's Easter weekend! And we spoke to Attica's Ben Shewry about his recent baking sale to raise funds for victims of the Christchurch shooting, checked in with Smith & Daughter's Shannon Mart...

Eat It - 31 March 2019 from 2019-03-31T13:00

Today Cam and Matt were joined in the studio by Bar Lourinha's Matt McConnell talking Autumn dishes, we had a market report from John at the Queen Victoria Market, and Anther Gin's Sebastian Rea...

Eat It - 24 March 2019 from 2019-03-24T13:00

Today we welcomed Bushy back to the RRR microphones to talk about the happenings in the Macedon community, we spoke to Bellota Wine Bar's chef Nikki Reimer, and Madame Brussel's Ms Pearls and ba...

Eat It - 17 March 2019 from 2019-03-17T13:00

We speak to Brae's Dan Hunter, have a market report from John, and catchup with Liam Matthews about renovating and revamping The Carringbush Hotel in Abbotsford... a vegan pub!

Eat It - 10 March 2019 from 2019-03-10T13:00

On today's show we spoke to Tami Jonas from the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance about her recent trip to meet with the UN in Rome, Long Song chef David Moyles chatted about his upcoming Eel...

Eat It - 17 February 2019 from 2019-02-17T13:00

Kate Reid from Lune Croissanterie swings by to share the secrets to making a great croissant. Plus, John from the Queen Victoria Markets delivers a fresh produce update and we chatted to Anna Ke...

Eat It - Kate Reid Full Interview from 2019-02-17T13:00

An extended chat with Lune's Kate Reid

Eat It - 10 February 2019 from 2019-02-10T13:00

On today's show we spoke to Penny Woodward about her amazing book called "Tomato: Know, Sow, Grow, Feast" as well as next weekend's Meeniyan Garlic Festival. We also chatted to The Atlantic's He...

Eat It - 3 February 2019 from 2019-02-03T13:00

Our first show back for 2019! We spoke about some of the happenings over summer before checking in with John at the Queen Victoria Market. We also spoke to author and food writer John Newton abo...

Eat It - 2 December 2018 from 2018-12-02T13:00

On today's episode we spoke to dessert king Pierre Roelofs about his ideas to finish Christmas lunch without a big ol' stodgy plum pudding, had a chat to John at the market, and checked in with ...

Eat It - 25 November 2018 from 2018-11-25T13:00

On today's show we celebrated the re-opening of St Kilda's Esplanade Hotel, which is one of the finest hotel makeovers since Donleavy Fitzpatrick restored The George to its former glory. It's aw...

Eat It - 18 November 2018 from 2018-11-18T13:00

On today's show we were joined by Gippsland Pearl's Sara Bailey talking all things snail caviar (it's a thing!), we had an extended market report from John, and Melbourne's Prosecco Queen Meliss...

Eat It - 11 November 2018 from 2018-11-11T13:00

We started out today's show marking the tragic passing of Sisto Malaspina, the co-owner of iconic Melbourne cafe Pellegrini's. We also spoke to chef at Long Song David Moyle, and caterer to the ...

Eat It - 4 November 2018 from 2018-11-04T13:00

On today's show we spoke to Bar Lourinha's Matt McConnel and Jo Gamvros about their new book Eat At The Bar, caught up with John at the market, and talked all things Bourbon with Blue Bonnet's N...

Eat It - 28 October 2018 from 2018-10-28T13:00

On today's show we spoke to Meira Harel about the upcoming Grow Assembly event at Fitzroy Town Hall, and also had an extended chat to Melbourne super-chef Ben Shewry from Attica.

Eat It - 21 October 2018 from 2018-10-21T13:00

On today's show we spoke to the redoubtable Guy Grossi, chef and owner of Melbourne's iconic Florentino restaurant. He's just released an excellent new book focussed on his downstairs venue Cellar ...

Eat It - 14 October 2018 from 2018-10-14T13:00

On today's show we had a market report with John at the Queen Vic Market, and we caught up with Boris Portnoy from Northcote's All Are Welcome.

Eat It - 23 September 2018 from 2018-09-23T12:00

So in light of the recent media panic about strawberries, in which an entire industry has almost been brought to its knees by a tiny contamination, we say to you all: eat strawberries! We asked ...

Eat It - 16 September 2018 from 2018-09-16T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Raelene Isbester and Roshelle Fong about their upcoming fringe festival shows, Paul Podjonovic about the artifacts being uncovered during the Melbourne Metro build, a...

Eat It - 9 September 2018 from 2018-09-09T12:00

On today's show we spoke to fermentation guru Ivy Lane about her upcoming Community Sauerkraut Day, Mat Lumalasi from Melbourne City Rooftop Honey chatted about the recent controversy with impor...

Eat It - 29 July 2018 from 2018-07-29T12:00

On today's show we talked about a few events happening around town, including the upcoming Sweet Set at Grub Fitzroy.

For fifteen years Pure South has been celebrating the food and produce...

Eat It - 22 July 2018 from 2018-07-22T12:00

On today's show we crossed to Cam who is in Bendigo for the annual Festival of Lamb, somehow trying to keep warm! We also had a market report from Damien Pike at the Prahran Market, and spoke to...

Eat It - 1 July 2018 from 2018-07-01T12:00

It's July! And to celebrate we spoke to Scarf's Hannah Coleman and Leanne Clancy about their upcoming winter dinner series at Bhang; a bargain at $45 for two courses!

We also had a market ...

Eat It - 24 June 2018 from 2018-06-24T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Chris Moore from Sailor's Grave Brewing, hospitality legend Gail Donovan from Donovan's restaurant, and co-creator of Maidenii vermouth Shaun Byrne.

Eat It - 3 June 2018 from 2018-06-03T12:00

We started today's show talking about some recent highlights on our culinary life: Cam's broccolini farfelle, Matt's trip to Mason's of Bendigo, and a new restaurant in the old Port Melbourne co...

Eat It - 13 May 2018 from 2018-05-13T12:00

It's suddenly winter in Melbourne, and on today's show we spoke to Cam Russell about this season's Mornington Peninsula mushroom tours, we had a market report with John at the Queen Vic, and ask...

Eat It - 6 May 2018 from 2018-05-06T12:00

A packed show today, starting with the chef behind Collingwood's Little Latin Lucy Renee Trudeau. She's been in Australia for eight years, and we spoke about her native California and the emerge...

Eat It - 29 April 2018 from 2018-04-29T12:00

On today's show we spoke about a yummy prawn stir-fry that Cam concocted during the week, and also mentioned David Chang's excellent Ugly Delicious series on Netflix.

It's been too long si...

Eat It - 22 April 2018 from 2018-04-22T12:00

On today's show we spoke about the possible future of hospitality with the City of Melbourne's Dr Renae Beale, who along with Cake Industries is holding an event called Singularity to explore th...

Eat It - 1 April 2018 from 2018-04-01T12:00

We took it fairly easy for an Easter Sunday today, and covered some foods that we thought were pretty delicious over the last week. We also spoke to our old wine bud Matt Skinner about Easter at...

Eat It - 25 March 2018 from 2018-03-25T13:00

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...

Eat It - 18 March 2018 from 2018-03-18T13:00

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 abou...

Eat It - 11 March 2018 from 2018-03-11T13:00

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...

Eat It - 4 March 2018 from 2018-03-04T13:00

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...

Eat It - 18 February 2018 from 2018-02-18T13:00

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 develop...

Eat It - 11 February 2018 from 2018-02-11T13:00

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 ...

Eat It - 4 February 2018 from 2018-02-04T13:00

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 o...

Eat It - 10 December 2017 from 2017-12-10T13:00

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

Eat It - 26 November 2017 from 2017-11-26T13:00

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 tod...

Eat It - 19 November 2017 from 2017-11-19T13:00

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!

An...

Eat It - 12 November 2017 from 2017-11-12T13:00

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 problem...

Eat It - 5 November 2017 from 2017-11-05T13:00

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 o...

Eat It - 22 October 2017 from 2017-10-22T13:00

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 c...

Eat It - 15 October 2017 from 2017-10-15T13:00

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 st...

Eat It - 1 October 2017 from 2017-10-01T13:00

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 w...

Eat It - 17 September 2017 from 2017-09-17T12:00

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 educati...

Eat It - 10 September 2017 from 2017-09-10T12:00

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 Byr...

Eat It - 27 August 2017 from 2017-08-27T12:00

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.

Eat It - 6 August 2017 from 2017-08-06T12:00

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 ...

Eat It - 30 July 2017 from 2017-07-30T12:00

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...

Eat It - 23 July 2017 from 2017-07-23T12:00

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 ...

Eat It - 9 July 2017 from 2017-07-09T12:00

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,...

Eat It - 2 July 2017 from 2017-07-02T12:00

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 Burc...

Eat It - 25 June 2017 from 2017-06-25T12:00

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 ...

Eat It - 4 June 2017 from 2017-06-04T12:00

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 edit...

Eat It - 28 May 2017 from 2017-05-28T12:00

On today's show - the last one before Winter! - we spoke to Cam Russell about this year's mushroom tours, food writer Michael Harden about his recent travels, and coffee guru Justin Metcalf abou...

Eat It - 21 May 2017 from 2017-05-21T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Bomba and Green Park's Jesse Gerner about his new place Nomada, caught up with a recovering John from the market (in-studio for the first time ever!), and also chatte...

Eat It - 14 May 2017 from 2017-05-14T12:00

On today's show we went on the road to a town called Lindenow, and caught up with Stuart Greig about the East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Day, bringing together an enormous number of seeds an...

Eat It - 7 May 2017 from 2017-05-07T12:00

We started today's show speaking about Matt's recent travels, to both Vietnam and Las Vegas... two places that aren't often on the one itinerary!

Nick Bennett is the chef at Melbourne's Ar...

Eat It - 23 April 2017 from 2017-04-23T12:00

We're going the the Queen Vic Market with Leno Lattarulo on the show today where he'll tell us about his famous paella which is considered the best in the world! We'll also see what's happening ...

Eat It - 16 April 2017 from 2017-04-16T12:00

Triple R Music Director Simon Winkler drops in on this weeks episode to let us know how he handled a competitive chili eating competition! Also, Dr Renee Beale from Melbourne University chats ab...

Eat It - 9 April 2017 from 2017-04-09T12:00

On today's show we're joined in the sudio by Jesse Gerner who gives us the 'scoop' on the world's top chefs after rubbing shoulders with them at the World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards. We discuss...

Eat It - 2 April 2017 from 2017-04-02T12:00

On today's show we talked to Natalie O'Brien from Melbourne and Food Wine Festival who told us what special events they have planned in their 25th year, we also checked in with John from the Vic...

Eat It - 19 March 2017 from 2017-03-19T13:00

What an amazing day here in Melbourne town, and half of Melbourne's foodies are off to the Melbourne Tomato Festival... including Cam!

So on today's show we had some interviews recorded ea...

Eat It - 12 March 2017 from 2017-03-12T13:00

On today's show we spoke to fish guru John Susman about how we can try and make some more sustainable choices next time we're at the fish counter. Rather than a good ol' fillet of salmon, why no...

Eat It - 5 March 2017 from 2017-03-05T13:00

On today's show we marked the 125th anniversary of Melbourne's Hopetoun Tea Rooms, had an excellent chat to Pope Joan's Matt Wilkinson about what he's cooking in Autumn, and checked in with the ...

Eat It - 26 February 2017 from 2017-02-26T13:00

On today's show we spoke to Mitchell Bartley about the Save Preston Market campaign, and Geraldo Lopez from La Tortilleria. And most importantly we had our final market report from John for quit...

Eat It - 19 February 2017 from 2017-02-19T13:00

On a drizzly Melbourne Sunday we spoke to Melbourne Chef Nikki Reimer about the recent closure of her Richmond eatery Union Dining, and the rather unusual process of closing a restaurant and pac...

Eat It - 12 February 2017 from 2017-02-12T13:00

We started today's show by mentioning a couple of upcoming events you might like to check out...

Scott Pickett and Adam D'Sylva are cooking at the upcoming St Anthony's Primary School Twil...

Eat It - 5 February 2017 from 2017-02-05T13:00

We're very excited to be back for 2017 and another year on the mighty 3RRR! We had a quick chat about what we ate over the summer period.

We had a chat to Dr Rosemary Stanton about all the...

Eat It - 18 December 2016 from 2016-12-18T13:00

We started today's show by JOINING FORCES with the excellent Cravings program on Joy FM - host Pete Dillon visited the studio to talk about the new Pozible campaign we've created to raise money ...

Eat It - 11 December 2016 from 2016-12-11T13:00

On today's show we noted the sudden passing of journalist and food critic AA Gill, who wrote for the Sunday Times in the UK and also for Australian Gourmet Traveller. The man could write! Vale.<...

Eat It - 27 November 2016 from 2016-11-27T13:00

We started today's show talking about some of the awesome stuff happening for 3RRR's 40th birthday - get involved!

We chatted to food writer an author Richard Cornish about the recent appa...

Eat It - 20 November 2016 from 2016-11-20T13:00

Today we took a slightly academic turn and had a traditional educational mix of theory and prac... first up we spoke to the Eco Gastronomy Project's David Szanto and the Symposium of Australian ...

Eat It - 13 November 2016 from 2016-11-13T13:00

On today's rainy Sunday we spoke to Maker and Monger's Anthony Femnia about the Bon Fromage Festival. Anthony is the maker of Melbourne's BEST CHEESE TOASTIE and we discussed what makes a great ...

Eat It - 6 November 2016 from 2016-11-06T13:00

On today's show we spoke to Karen Batson from Melbourne's iconic restaurant and bar Cookie. We chatted about how she discovered modern Thai cooking, the changing scene of Melbourne inner-city di...

Eat It - 30 October 2016 from 2016-10-30T13:00

On today's show we celebrated 10 years of Victorian Farmer's Markets by speaking to Lina and Tony Siciliano at Melbourne's amazing Rose Creek Estate, we talked tea with Storm in a Teacup's Hanna...

Eat It - 4 September 2016 from 2016-09-04T12:00

On today's show we had a chat to KPMG's Manager of Corporate Citizenship Dr Kaushik Sridhar, and we also had an early-Spring market report from John at the QVM.

Eat It - 14 August 2016 from 2016-08-14T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Melbourne dessert guru Pierre Roelofs, food writer Richard Cornish about his new book detailing his year without eating meat, and cocktail maestro Sebastian Reaburn s...

Eat It - 7 August 2016 from 2016-08-07T12:00

We started today's show with a quick chat about chicken and leek pie, and how you can use a hot water pastry to stick on top of it. And if eating meat isn't your thing, you can still make a kick...

Eat It - 31 July 2016 from 2016-07-31T12:00

We started today's show trying to identify a mystery ingredient, that turned out to be fresh wasabi - yum! Why not try it as we did, grated into soy and served with raw tuna. Awesome.

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Eat It - 24 July 2016 from 2016-07-24T12:00

Today we spoke to Sophie Lamond about a meal she prepared called Gastronomica Apocalyptica, which was part of a broader exhibition from the Carlton Connect Initiative on the future of food. What...

Eat It - 17 July 2016 from 2016-07-17T12:00

On today's show we caught up with Cam who is off the leash this weekend, and he's ended up in Bendigo for the 2016 Bendigo Festival of Lamb.

Next up we had an extended chat to Leo Donati, ...

Eat It - 10 July 2016 from 2016-07-10T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Daylesford farmer Danny Kinnear about the perception (and reality) of farmers, as in Australia the average age of all farmers is 55 year's old. Who is going to grow o...

Eat It - 19 June 2016 from 2016-06-19T12:00

We started out today's show mentioning some upcoming Dine with Heart dinners for Sacred Heart Mission, Cam is hosting an event at Luxembourg tomorrow night and then Craft & Co in a couple of...

Eat It - 12 June 2016 from 2016-06-12T12:00

On today's show CAM SOLVED PORRIDGE! That's right folks, prepare the night beforehand and enjoy porridgey perfection!

Our first guest was Sharon Flynn who has spent much of her life develo...

Eat It - 5 June 2016 from 2016-06-05T12:00

Wintertime in Melbourne, and on today's show we spoke to Nigel Wood about his work harvesting truffles on the Mornington Peninsula, we had a drizzly market report with John, and we chatted to Jo...

Eat It - 29 May 2016 from 2016-05-29T12:00

On today's show we spoke to food columnist Richard Cornish about the recent crisis in Australia's dairy industry. It's a very complex issue that's been triggered by a drop in global milk solid p...

Eat It - 22 May 2016 from 2016-05-22T12:00

It's a windy Sunday and some of Melbourne's plants seem to think it's Spring already... SETTLE DOWN PLANTS you're a few months early.

It's also a windy day in the Yarra Valley, and we had ...

Eat It - 8 May 2016 from 2016-05-08T12:00

On today's show we started with a recipe for a quick and simple meal, potato rosti. Don't hold back with the butter!

The first ever Melbourne Tea Festival is coming up on May 29, and we sp...

Eat It - 1 May 2016 from 2016-05-01T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Adrian from TheHidden Souk about lilly pillies and cloves, we had a marketreport from John, and we chatted to BarryPorter from Kolophon Capers about his decade-oldbus...

Eat It - 24 April 2016 from 2016-04-24T12:00

We started today's show with a quick soapbox rant about the ongoing death of the Great Barrier Reef... why do we not seem to care more about this?

ANYWAY back to the food, or in this case ...

Eat It - 17 April 2016 from 2016-04-17T12:00

Today we caught up with Bendigo's Sonia Anthony from the excellent Mason's of Bendigo to talk about her ongoing Paddock to Plate series held around the area. We spoke about some of her favourite...

Eat It - 3 April 2016 from 2016-04-03T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Victorian food guru Alla Wolf-Tasker from Dayleford's Lakehouse. We chatted about the restaurant's "rhythm of the day", the importance of small-scale farming, and the...

Eat It - 27 March 2016 from 2016-03-27T13:00

Happy Easter Peeps! On today's show we spoke to the Gourmet Farmer Matthew Evans, owner of Fat Pig Farm in Tasmania. He's just released a new book called Not Just Jam that covers all kind of pre...

Eat It - 20 March 2016 from 2016-03-20T13:00

Happy birthday to the Queen Victoria Market! It opened this day in 1878.

There's been a lot about sugar in the news recently, so we decided to ring Dr Rosemary Stanton and see what was act...

Eat It - 13 March 2016 from 2016-03-13T13:00

On a gloomy Melbourne Autumn day we started the show with the final piece of our extended chat with Attica'sBen Shewry, speaking about home cooking, staff meals, and his appearance on the Netfli...

Eat It - 6 March 2016 from 2016-03-06T13:00

On today's show we had an extended interview with Attica's Ben Shewry. After ten years, Attica is at the forefront of Australian cuisine (and the highest rated Australian restaurant if you belie...

Eat It - 28 February 2016 from 2016-02-28T13:00

We were joined today by Spade and Barrow's Katy Barfield, who spoke about her career in "food rescue" - getting food that would normally be wasted and ensuring it will be used. The most recent p...

Eat It - 21 February 2016 from 2016-02-21T13:00

On today's show we had a south-side market report with Damian Pike at the Prahran Market, we spoke to the Staple Store's Catie Get, and finished with San Pellegrino's Asia-Pacific Young Chef of ...

Eat It - 21 February 2016 - Peter Gunn from 2016-02-21T13:00

Our extended chat with chef Peter Gunn, part of which aired on Sunday February 21 2016.

Eat It - 14 February 2016 from 2016-02-14T13:00

Happy St Valentine's Day everyone! We started today's show chatting with coffee guru Justin Metcalf about what is happening globally in the coffee biz. We spoke about climate change, Melbourne b...

Eat It - 7 February 2016 from 2016-02-07T13:00

Lordy gee we are back talking food for 2016 and we started with Melbourne's ongoing Ramen Renaissance and where's good (or not) to get it. We also listed a whole pile of cool events that are eit...

Eat It - 15 November 2015 from 2015-11-15T13:00

Today's show was brought to you by the letter "P" - Peru, Pisco, and uhhhhh People making beer.We started by leaving a voicemail for Two Birds Brewing's Jayne Lewis about their recent award for ...

Eat It - 8 November 2015 from 2015-11-08T13:00

Today we chatted with Tammy Jonas from Daylesford's Jonai Farms & Meatsmiths about their move to the country to breed pigs and the various smallgoods they now produce. We also spoke at lengt...

Eat It - 25 October 2015 from 2015-10-25T13:00

We started today's show with a chat to Linda Catalano about last week's rather successful Melbourne Salami Festa... there was a controversial result, as the overall winner was only one point ahe...

Eat It - 18 October 2015 from 2015-10-18T13:00

On today's show we spoke to Jess Ho about her time at Melbourne's Chin Chin, as well as her excellent new wine bar Listen

Eat It - 4 October 2015 from 2015-10-04T13:00

On today's show we spoke to the wonderful Linda Catalano, one of the organisers of the upcoming Melbourne Salami Festa. We went to the market and had a chat to guest market reporter Damien Pike,...

Eat It - 6 September 2015 from 2015-09-06T12:00

On today's show we caught up with Cobram Estate CEO Rob McGavin to talk about his award winning Hojiblanca Reserve olive oil. We then had a chat to chef Nick Stanton about all things spring, and...

Eat It - 9 August 2015 from 2015-08-09T12:00

It's freezing in Melbourne so we thought it would be an opportune time to check in with Nick Holloway, chef at Palm Cove's NuNu restaurant. As well as reminding us what warm weather feels like, ...

Eat It - 19 July 2015 from 2015-07-19T12:00

Cam is in Bendigo today, so after a quick intro on the phone we reached into the freezer to pull out an interview originally aired in 2009. John Reader is the author of Potato: A History Of The ...

Eat It - 12 July 2015 from 2015-07-12T12:00

We started today's show with a quick mention of St Kilda's seminal Dogs Bar, which is now back under independant ownership... great news!

Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food has been operating...

Eat It - 21 June 2015 from 2015-06-21T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Vue de Monde's head chef Cory Campbell and cocktail guru Sebastian Reaburn. We chatted about the terrine that Cory had kindly brought in to keep us all fed, how both ...

Eat It - 24 May 2015 from 2015-05-24T12:00

Good food? We've had some, and we started the show talking about some recent experiences at Merricote in Northcote, Bella Vedere in the Yarra Valley (food with amazing soul!), and Minamishima in...

Eat It - 10 May 2015 from 2015-05-10T12:00

On today's show we spoke to Dr Sally Norton about the Australian Grains Genebank in Horsham and how that facility works with other gene banks worldwide. We then had an extended chat with two Mel...

Eat It - 3 May 2015 from 2015-05-03T12:00

We started today's show with a market report from John at QVM's Tomato City.

We reached into the freezer to re-heat our next interview: we spoke to Joel Salatin from Polyface Farm in Virgi...

Eat It - 26 April 2015 from 2015-04-26T12:00

We started today's show with a quick wrap-up of Matt's trip to adult Disneyland, Las Vegas... surreal.

Frank and Elizabeth from Home Make It joined us to tak about the upcoming Darebin Hom...

Eat It - 29 March 2015 from 2015-03-29T13:00

On today's show we had a quick market report from John at the Vic Market.

One of Melbourne's super-chefs Donovan Cooke joined us with Hillary McNevin to talk about his new book The Atlanti...

Eat It - 22 March 2015 from 2015-03-22T13:00

The president of the Australian Culinary Foundation Neil Abrahams joined us today to talk about their various efforts to assist Vanuatu residents recover from the recent cyclone.

Next up ...

Eat It - 15 February 2015 from 2015-02-15T13:00

We started today's show with a lengthy chat to legendary Melbourne chef Guy Grossi. Guy's annual tomato harvest and passata creation has grown into what is now know at the Melbourne Tomato Festi...

Eat It - 8 February 2015 from 2015-02-08T13:00

Yeeeeaaaaah our first show back for 2015 and we had a quick chat about some of the culinary highlights of our summer.

Our first guest for the year was Dr Rosemary Stanton. Over summer ther...

Eat It - 21 December 2014 from 2014-12-21T13:00

To finish a big year of food on Triple R we were joined in the studio by Joost Bakker. According to Joost, we should make 2015 the year of composting - in fact, over 100 restaurants in Melbourne...

Eat It - 14 December 2014 from 2014-12-14T13:00

We started today's show with a brief recap of last week's BBQ day experiment. Can you make your own sparkling wine at home with a Soda Stream? Well.. kinda... with the right wine it sort of work...

Eat It - 23 November 2014 from 2014-11-23T13:00

On a packed show we spoke with Melbourne dining legend Matteo Pignatelli, owner of two-hatted Matteo's, about the odd spectacle of restaurant reservations being "scalped" to high bidders due to ...

Eat It - 16 November 2014 from 2014-11-16T13:00

We started today's show with a cross to the Yarra Valley, where Oakridge Estate's head chef Jose Chavez was watching his board slowly fill with orders. We spoke about the effect of the recent we...