Podcasts by The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry: Lee Tran Lam quizzes chefs, critics, bar staff and other people from the food world about their dining habits, war stories and favourite places to eat and drink in Sydney.
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Billy Wong – Golden Century, XOPP from 2022-02-08T13:00:36
The best dish in the world, according to chef David Chang, could be found at Golden Century – the Sydney institution that Billy Wong's family ran in Chinatown for more than three decades.
Paul Carmichael – Momofuku Seiobo from 2021-03-30T15:33:24
“I literally got here and the first two weeks, everybody quit." Despite this challenging start to becoming Listen
Joanna Hunkin – Gourmet Traveller from 2020-10-23T15:47:49
Reporting from murder scenes and interviewing Lorde live at the Grammys – that's what Joanna Hunkin di...
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Topher Boehm – Wildflower from 2020-10-18T14:16:46
They're not obvious candidates for making beer: wattle, strawberry gum and leftover sourdough from Ester. Topher Boehm turns to flower cuttings and other NSW-only ingredients to create wild ales...
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Natalie Paull – Beatrix and "Beatrix Bakes" from 2020-06-17T16:11:43
Natalie Paull once pointed a brûlée torch flame in the wrong direction – and accidentally set a whole docket ...
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Shinobu Namae – L’Effervescence, Bricolage Bread&Co. from 2020-05-11T17:08:14
Shinobu Namae runs one of Tokyo's best restaurants: L'Effervescence. It has two Michelin stars and is known for its sustainable focus (nearly everything served to diners comes from Japan, even t...
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Charlotte Ree – "Just Desserts" from 2020-03-25T12:43:21
Charlotte Ree once ate 30 different kinds of croissants during a trip to France – then got a croissant tatto...
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Angie Prendergast-Sceats – Angie's Food, Two Good from 2019-12-23T05:46:05
Angie Prendergast-Sceats once was an olive oil judge, where she had to watch out for vintages that tasted like ...
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Monty Koludrovic – The Dolphin, Icebergs Dining Room and Bar from 2019-11-29T22:04:58
“I was the guy who had the cream gun explode, trying to top the iced coffee.” Monty Koludrovic's early day...
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Josh Niland – Saint Peter, Fish Butchery from 2019-09-14T07:23:56
Josh Niland can make fish scales taste like sugary cereal and fish eyeballs resemble prawn crackers. In his hands, seafood can become Christmas ham, mortadella and caramel slice. He can even tur...
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Jordan Toft – Bert's, Coogee Pavilion, Bar Topa, The Collaroy from 2019-08-11T08:02:08
Jordan Toft has been a chef for Saudi royalty and he's run a chalet in the Haute-Savoie in the French Alps. In...
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Kirsha Kaechele – Eat The Problem, MONA from 2019-08-05T09:24:21
Sweet and sour cane-toad legs. Multiple cat recipes. A deadly cocktail you’re not meant to serve. These are some of the fascinating (and deliberately provocative) things you’ll find in Listen
Ardyn Bernoth and Roslyn Grundy - Good Food and Good Food Guide from 2019-07-22T14:58:03
Eating near a nuclear submarine base on a Chinese island and dining with Tamil tea pickers in Sri Lanka – these are some of the memorable meals that Ardyn Bernoth and Roslyn Grundy have experien...
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Luke Burgess – Only In Tokyo from 2019-06-29T02:52:13
Tokyo isn't the most obvious place to seek out pizza, but the wood-fired slices here are better than anything you'd find in Italy. That's what chef Listen
Hugh Allen – Vue de Monde, Noma from 2019-06-18T13:13:40
You don't need a roof or floor to run a great restaurant – that's what Hugh Allen learnt while working at Noma's Mexico pop-up.
And yes, there were issues. "If it rained, the guests had t...
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Mark Best – The Final Table, Bistro by Mark Best, Marque from 2019-05-25T01:29:07
Imagine being a 16-year-old working in a Western Australian gold mine. This was Mark Best's life, straight after high school. It was a tough way to earn money as an electrician, so he eventually...
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Tim Watkins – Black Market Sake, Automata from 2019-04-18T23:27:52
Tim Watkins' parents needed a cooking course to learn how to use a microwave (which led to one Christmas turkey disaster) and he didn't eat broccoli or cauliflower until he was an adult.
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Kate Reid – Lune Croissanterie from 2019-03-07T12:38:08
Would you line up at two AM in zero-degree weather, just for a croissant? People would regularly do that all the time, purely for the chance to try Kate Reid's pastries. The New York Times Listen
Daniel Puskas – Sixpenny from 2019-03-04T05:59:32
Daniel Puskas started his career slicing tomatoes, but eventually ended up in the kitchen of Alinea, the acclaimed Chicago restaurant known for turning mozzarella curds into balloons filled with...
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Caitlyn Rees – Cirrus, Fred's, Momofuku Seiobo from 2019-02-15T14:15:28
How to make cider from 300-year-old pear trees, what it's like to work alongside Dan Barber at one of the world's best restaurants and how it feels scoring Gourmet Traveller's Sommelier...
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Carlo Mirarchi – Roberta's, Blanca from 2019-01-21T13:03:20
A near-death experience in Australia plays a surprising role in the launch of Roberta's, the much-loved New York pizzeria. When Carlo Mirarchi almost drowned on the NSW coastline, it inspired hi...
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Adam Wolfers – Etelek from 2018-12-24T02:36:27
"You can't f--k with the matzo ball soup." That's what Adam Wolfers learnt from his grandmother. Listen
Shannon Martinez, Mo Wyse, El Rosa – Smith&Deli, Smith&Daughters from 2018-12-15T08:49:17
People actively smuggle Smith & Deli's food onto planes – that's how addictive the dishes are. Interstate regulars even bring their own Tupperware containers and cooler bags, so they can enjoy t...
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Jowett Yu – Ho Lee Fook, Mr Wong, Ms.G's, Canton Disco from 2018-11-19T12:04:24
Jowett Yu was working at Tetsuya's – then in the Top 5 of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants – but couldn’t even afford a bed. It was a wild time (just listen to the memorable "pep talk" that head ...
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Christine Manfield – Tasting India, Universal from 2018-11-02T02:30:56
$10,099 – that's how much someone is asking for their copy of Christine Manfield's Tasting India cookbook on Amazon. Sure, India Today called it the book to give native newlywed couples...
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Bo Bech – Geist from 2018-10-20T05:50:45
"The most interesting place in Europe to eat” – that's how Noma's René Redzepi described Bo Bech's first restaurant, Paustian. The Copenhagen venue was located in the last building Jørn Utzon ev...
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Su Wong Ruiz – Momofuku Ko, Momofuku Seiobo from 2018-10-12T16:18:29
“It was probably the singular worst experience of my life, because Noodle Bar will kick your ass.” Sure, Su Wong Ruiz's first go at working for David Chang's Momofuku restaurant empire wasn't ex...
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Sunny and Ross Lusted – The Bridge Room from 2018-10-02T15:09:24
They’ve worked in Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Croatia, Greece, Bali and the Carribean. At one point, Ross had a job in Singapore while Sunny was in Chicago – and somehow, they ended up commuting and maki...
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Kylie Javier Ashton – Momofuku Seiobo from 2018-09-09T15:06:50
Kylie Javier Ashton has dealt with forged bookings and martini glass...
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Travis Harvey – OzHarvest from 2018-08-04T05:33:07
Turning unwanted coconuts into 2000 curries, 10 tonnes of donated squash into soup, leftover egg yolks from 16,000 Black Star Pastry watermelon-strawberry cakes into banana curd and working out ...
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Joe Beddia – Pizzeria Beddia from 2018-07-20T15:21:38
Joe Beddia makes "America's best pizza", according to Listen
Sharon Salloum – Almond Bar, 3 Tomatoes, Cook For Syria from 2018-06-11T08:27:56
It's not surprising that Sharon Salloum would pursue a career in food – her dad has a thing for DIY cooking devices and even pioneered a shopping trolley/fridge shelf/lawnmower barbecue. Her mot...
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Samin Nosrat - Author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat from 2018-06-03T07:26:48
Samin Nosrat has written one of the most-talked-about and celebrated cookbooks of the last year, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. Her trophy shelf includes a James Beard Award for General Cooking...
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Eve Yeung - Noma from 2018-04-06T22:49:59
The first restaurant Eve Yeung ever worked at was Noma - yes, the Copenhagen establishment named the Listen
Alexandra Carroll (Alex Craig) - Author of New York and Paris from 2018-03-16T23:02:23
They're two of the dining capitals of the world and they're explored (and beautifully photographed) by Alexandra Carroll in her books, New York: An Inspired Wander Through Manhattan and the ...
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Jock Zonfrillo - Orana, Bistro Blackwood from 2018-01-19T18:18:46
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Myffy Rigby, Palisa Anderson, Trisha Nelson – Live at Rootstock from 2017-12-30T12:29:36
Good Food Guide editor Myffy Rigby, Chat Thai and Boon Cafe co-director Palisa Anderson and an actual legit winemaker, Trisha Nelson who runs Ajola in Lazio, Italy, joined me for a chat recorded...
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Morgan McGlone – Belles Hot Chicken from 2017-12-21T18:10:23
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Ben Shewry – Attica from 2017-11-18T07:09:43
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Sarah Doyle – Bodega, Porteno, Continental Deli Bar Bistro, Wyno from 2017-11-11T07:58:36
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David McGuinness – Bourke Street Bakery, The Bread and Butter Project from 2017-11-03T02:52:05
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Shannon Martinez – Smith and Daughters, Smith and Deli from 2017-10-19T18:51:43
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Brent Savage – Bentley, Monopole, Yellow, Cirrus from 2017-10-17T13:10:26
"It was an old smashed-up pub that had no floor and no ceiling and no roof." It wasn't the greatest site, but Brent Savage and his business partner Nick Hildebrandt (somehow) transformed it into...
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Duncan Welgemoed – Africola from 2017-09-30T04:28:25
Katherine Sabbath - Baker and Author of 'Greatest Hits' from 2017-09-21T16:35:53
Some people have tattoos of Katherine Sabbath's desserts – that's how committed they are to her cakes. Given that the self-taught baker has around 400,000 followers, it's not a surprise that fan...
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Lennox Hastie - Firedoor from 2017-09-21T16:00
Massimo Bottura once cried while eating Lenno...
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Donato Toce - Gelato Messina, Messina Creative Department from 2017-08-23T18:12:50
Jill Dupleix - Australia's Top 100 Restaurants from 2017-08-06T17:20:22
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Clayton Wells - Automata from 2017-07-18T16:42:48
“It was pretty crazy, actually,” says Clayton Wells about opening Momofuku Seiobo, but he could also be describing the incredible response to his solo restaurant Automata. Since Automata’s launc...
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Nikki To - Food Photographer from 2017-07-03T17:06:13
Nikki To's first shoots involved helicopters – an interesting challenge as she's "kind of afraid of heights"! Becoming a food photographer was an unlikely progression from her original plans to ...
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Mike McEnearney - Kitchen By Mike, No 1 Bent St, Carriageworks from 2017-05-26T18:06:29
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Phil Gandevia - Bentley, Eau de Vie, The Roosevelt from 2017-04-17T12:21:34
Rob Caslick - Two Good from 2017-03-20T09:37:13
Rob Caslick has designed lights for the blind, been deployed to Iraq as a naval boarding officer (where he intercepted illegal vessels smuggling oil in the aftermath of September 11), but if you...
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Danielle Alvarez - Fred's from 2017-02-13T17:53:34
Danielle Alvarez studied art history, but luckily for us, she realised that it was food that monopolised her thoughts - after all, she can happily identify the “eggshell crust” on a Cuban sandwi...
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Toby Wilson - Ghostboy Cantina, The Wedge Espresso from 2017-01-06T15:14:59
It was dragonboat racing - of all things - that led to Listen
Lauren Eldridge - Pei Modern, Marque from 2016-12-17T09:10:28
In the last year, Lauren Eldridge has worked at the Listen
Nancy Singleton Hachisu - "Preserving the Japanese Way", "Japanese Farm Food" from 2016-11-15T14:51:23
Arriving as an exchange student from California, Nancy Singleton Hachisu originally planned a short visit to Japan, but 26 years later - she's still there. A relationship with a Japanese organic...
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Glen Goodwin - Bentley, Monopole, Yellow from 2016-09-29T16:09:52
The band Kiss has played a surprising role in Glen Goodwin’s career. A love of the group led to his first job, as delivery boy to restaurateurs such as Neil Perry.
It also played a pivota...
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Ibrahim Kasif - Stanbuli, Porteno from 2016-08-28T15:47:52
“The fire was creeping up on me,” says Ibrahim Kasif. “It was pretty scary.”
He was working at Porteno when smoke began to billow through the atrium. He headed up to to the roof to ...
Helen Yee - Grab Your Fork from 2016-07-20T17:54:07
Helen Yee is one of Sydney's OG food bloggers. Even unreformed blog haters probably make an exception for her site, Grab Your Fork, which she started back in 2004 – before the iPhone was even in...
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Elijah (EJ) Holland - Noma Australia, Nature's Pick from 2016-06-26T15:06:33
How do you make an impression on Rene Redzepi? Turn up with 300 wild plants - painstakingly gathered over four days - to present to Noma's award-winning chef.
That's what Elijah (EJ) Holl...
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Palisa Anderson - Chat Thai, Boon Cafe from 2016-05-21T09:51:57
“We’re never going to work in a restaurant, nevertheless a Thai restaurant.”
That's what Palisa Anderson told herself and her brother when they were growing up, but after some detours liv...
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Corie Sutherland - Edition Coffee Roasters from 2016-03-09T14:57:31
From drinking supermarket Nescafe to the buzz of making coffee for his hero Rene Redzepi every morning (and being the Noma chef's personal barista), Corie Sutherland has certainly had an unexpec...
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Alex Elliott-Howery - Cornersmith from 2016-02-24T13:50:40
This has to be one of my favourite podcast episodes.
Alex Elliott-Howery, who co-owns the Cornersmith Cafe and Picklery in Marrickville, was awesome to talk to.
Her award-winning ...
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Patrick Friesen – Papi Chulo, Queen Chow from 2016-02-08T13:09:56
Patrick Friesen originally thought he was going to be a doctor. He also planned to be in Sydney for a short spell - but luckily for Australians (and their appetites), he did a U-turn on both poi...
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Stuart Krelle - Luchetti Krelle from 2016-02-02T14:10:36
From producing macaron wallpaper for Adriano Zumbo to making dynamite-stick lights for ACME - and creating the "zombie-proof" exteriors for Momofuku Seiobo - Luchetti Krelle has been behind the ...
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Mike Eggert - Pinbone from 2016-01-01T11:55:32
Mike Eggert studied environmental science - a career path he returned to, in a way, when he cooked feral animals for a Pinbone/Young Henrys event for 2015's Good Food Month (an occasion that lea...
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Magnus Nilsson - Faviken, The Nordic Cookbook from 2015-12-18T15:20:10
I chat to Magnus Nilsson about his epic new publication (The Nordic Cookbook, which has 700+ recipes that he collated from the region - including 400 recipes that he personally tested at home an...
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Annabel Crabb – Kitchen Cabinet, Special Delivery from 2015-11-29T13:42:51
Annabel Crabb once put a laptop in the oven and...
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Ben Greeno – The Paddington, Merivale from 2015-11-20T16:58:35
“There’s no $10 steak, that's for sure,” says Ben Greeno.
There's nothing standard-issue about his upcoming venture...
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James Hird – Rootstock Sydney from 2015-11-14T02:26:03
Within the first minute of chatting, James Hird mentions the time his sister got caught up in a Chilean coup in Uruguay at the age of 11 – so you know it's going to be a good interview.
A...
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Ben Sears – Moon Park from 2015-10-30T16:54:22
When Ben Sears was working at Cutler & Co, the “biggest highlight” was when Quentin Tarantino came in for dinner. He's picked up quite a collection of memorable experiences throughout his career...
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Claire van Vuuren and Mitch Grady – Bloodwood, Newtown Locals from 2015-10-15T14:46:50
Claire van Vuuren and Mitch Grady did not plan to become chefs. She wanted to be an artist and he thought he'd be a golfer. Luckily for Sydney diners, their career paths got redirected – and the...
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Luke Powell – LP's Quality Meats from 2015-10-02T15:17:22
Luke Powell was very young when he snuck i...
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Myffy Rigby – Good Food Guide, Good Food Month from 2015-09-15T12:48:08
Since I last talked to Myffy Rigby, she's left Time Out Sydney (and boy did she go out memorably – one of her last hurrahs was an incident involving a nude bartender and dog track). Then she bec...
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Barbara Sweeney – Food and Words Festival from 2015-09-05T08:29:04
Barbara Sweeney has made a great career out of her appetite. She's been regional editor for Good Food Guide, oversaw Cheap Eats for nine years, spends Saturdays as a 'talking cookbook' and even ...
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Jake Smyth – Mary's from 2015-08-25T15:03:40
Jake Smyth knows a hell of a lot about burgers. Along with Kenny Graham, he runs Mary's – which, despite only being two years old, has quickly become a much-worshipped Sydney institution. It's e...
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Min Chai – N2 Extreme Gelato from 2015-08-24T13:24:43
Min Chai was an “unhappy accountant” before a tragedy inspired him to change the course of his life and open Listen
Gregory Llewellyn – Hartsyard, The Gretz from 2015-07-28T14:50:57
Working at a restaurant run by the Mafia – that was no big deal for Gregory Llewellyn. In fact, whether it’s blitzing through 300 covers a service in New York, enduring sanity-testing celebrity ...
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Analiese Gregory – Funemployed from 2015-07-22T13:37:49
“Analiese, you’re going to have to move your car, we’re going to blow up your car.”
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Matt Swieboda – Waterman Lobster Co. from 2015-07-08T14:20:27
By opening Waterman's Lobster Co in Potts Point, Matt Swieboda wanted to create the "Listen
Christopher Thé – Black Star Pastry from 2015-06-19T14:19:46
The fan base for Black Star Pastry is pretty large – after all, its stores attract long lines, have scored many Sydney food awards and even drawn the attention of an Argentinean TV show (its cre...
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Dan Barber and Eric Kayser – Melbourne Food and Wine Festival from 2015-04-25T10:00:30
Where do you even begin when listing Dan Barber's achievements? You could point out that he's the award-winning chef behind the Listen
Mitch Orr – ACME from 2015-03-30T14:06:26
Mitch Orr got into cooking after realising there were plenty of perks to studying food tech in high school (such as being the only ...
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Andrew Levins – TwoThousand from 2015-03-16T12:35:02
In the year since I first talked to Andrew Levins on my podcast, he's notched up some major achievements – such as becoming a dad and accidentally ending up as face of the opposition to Barry O'...
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Dan Hong – Merivale from 2015-02-24T15:33:11
A good restaurant doesn't have to be a stuffy one – Dan Hong has highjacked traditional expectations of fine dining in Sydney, and as executive chef at Merivale, a strong voltage of fun charges ...
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Carlos Heng and Dan Pigott - MakMak Macarons from 2015-02-20T15:12:20
A princess cake and a corporate job in banking seem like unlikely ingredients for a macaron company, but they each played a part in kickstarting M...
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David Thompson, Katrina Birchmeier, Emma Barnes - Electrolux Appetite For Excellence Awards from 2015-02-01T13:13:28
This special episode was recorded on the night of the Electrolux Appetite For Excellence Awards last year.
For the podcast, I was lucky to be able to talk to competition judge David Thomp...
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Massimo Bottura – Osteria Francescana, Never Trust A Skinny Italian Chef from 2015-01-08T16:15:46
Massimo Bottura is considered to be the greatest living Italian chef. He runs Osteria Francescana in Modena, in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, which is currently ranked #3 in The World’s 50...
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Kylie Millar - Pei Modern, Burch and Purchese from 2014-12-03T15:26:40
Kylie Millar has a masters of physiotherapy – and has even worked with the S...
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Kerby Craig - Ume from 2014-11-03T12:50:24
As a 15 year old, Kerby Craig was fascinated by the world of restaurants – seeing a chef breakdancing in the middle of service (!) confirmed for him that this was the industry that he wanted to ...
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Hetty McKinnon - Arthur Street Kitchen from 2014-10-07T14:31:45
Hetty McKinnon is the creative force – and salad-making ace – behind Arthur Street Kitchen. Her one-woman business saw her takin...
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Nick Smith – Rising Sun Workshop from 2014-09-08T14:05:21
Nick Smith's early fascination with food was marked, literally, with a bang. A childhood cooking incident – which led to an unexpected visit from the bomb squad – did not deter his culinary inte...
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Chui Lee Luk - Claude's, Chow Bar and Eating House, Celestial City from 2014-09-04T15:04:07
Chui Lee Luk grew up in Malaysia, visiting the markets early in the day – fascinated and repelled by how "gruesome" they could be. When she moved to Australia, she was introduced to French food,...
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Ambrose Chiang - Momofuku Seiobo from 2014-08-24T07:08:42
Ambrose Chiang's love of food started early on – at the age of six, he was already handling big knives and other serious kitchen hardware in his ...
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Hanz Gueco - Cafe Paci from 2014-07-21T14:40:24
Hanz Gueco has discovered some pretty surprising things as a chef. Orange juice can be the best part of a $300 meal. You can get sent home for the most unusual reason when working at an establis...
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Andy Bowdy (Andrew Bowden) - Hartsyard from 2014-07-02T13:35:46
Andrew Bowden is the "lord pastry master of Hartsyard". You may know him a...
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Ferran Adria - elBulli from 2014-06-19T13:41:47
When Ferran Adria – one of the world's greatest chefs – was recently in Sydney for a day, I was lucky enough to get a chance to interview him.
In the car ride from the airport to his hote...
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Richard Hargreave - Momofuku Seiobo from 2014-05-30T15:56:51
Not many people look into a wine glass and see a career. When Richard Hargreave was at Quay in his first-ever serious sommelier role, he was juggl...
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Renee Creer - Perfect South and Sydney Tea Festival from 2014-05-08T13:59:10
Renee Creer is doing something unusual in Australia – she's selling locally grown green tea under her label Perfect South. She's taken an unusual route to get to this point – a journey that invo...
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O Tama Carey - Berta from 2014-02-13T15:18:42
O Tama Carey grew up "eating nothing, refusing all food", so it may be surprising that she ended up as a chef. In fact, she jokes that she was "tricked" into this career. She's made a name for h...
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Mike Bennie - Rootstock Sydney from 2014-01-28T16:06
Mike Bennie was studying law and looking for a no-brainer job that wouldn't interfere with his late nights out. He found one stacking shelves and driving a van for a local bottle shop – and it e...
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Andrew Levins - The Dip from 2014-01-21T14:01
Andrew Levins once got offered a cookbook deal during a DJ set. This happened after he opened The Dip, the popular American-inspired eatery that he runs in Sydney with his wife, Bianca. It was n...
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Elizabeth Hewson - Moving Out Eating In and Black Communications (Quay, Otto, Simon Johnson and more) from 2014-01-09T14:09
Elizabeth Hewson gets her inspiration from everywhere: one of the recipes in her new cookbook, "Moving Out … Eating In", comes from an incident involving a hangover. And while her cookbook tackl...
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Adam Humphrey - Arras from 2013-12-30T06:10:38
"You should be dead." That's what Adam Humphrey's doctor once told him. Despite the physically exhausting nature of his work, the co-head-chef and co-owner of Sydney's Arras has survived life in...
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Jaime Wirth - Drink N Dine from 2013-11-28T14:47:58
There's no doubt that Jaime Wirth has rebooted the idea of Sydney pubs. Via his Drink N Dine empire, he's transformed many old-man drinking holes into places where you can find a deep-fried Gold...
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Joanna Savill - Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Editor and Director of Good Food Month from 2013-10-10T15:53:14
Here's an interview I did last year with Joanna Savill, editor of the Good Food Guide and director of Good Food Month (previously known as Crave International Food Festival).
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Kristen Allan - Cornersmith and Full Circle from 2013-07-08T14:42
What's it like to stage a dinner in the back lot of Opera Australia? Or throw a random soup party in a park and hope you don't get busted? Kristen Allan would know, as these are some of the guer...
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Christina Tosi - Momofuku Milk Bar from 2013-04-04T11:32
Christina Tosi is a James Beard Rising Star Chef and the creative force behind the popular Momofuku Milk Bar bakeries in New York. But she's taken an unusual path to get to this point. She studi...
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Naomi Hart - Hartsyard from 2012-12-19T23:36:22
Naomi Hart ended up in hospitality by accident. But her unintentional career Listen
Nick Palumbo - Gelato Messina from 2012-11-11T23:44:43
Elvis The Fat Years, Tiramisu, Hansel He’s So Hot Right Now, Sage and Burnt
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Jack Hanna - The Grounds from 2012-10-11T05:05:16
Jack Hanna knows his coffee. He has been awarded national roasting Listen
Myffy Rigby - Time Out from 2012-09-16T11:11
Myffy Rigby's pathway towards being Chief Food and Drink Critic at Time Out
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Josh Nicholls - The Milk Bar by Cafe Ish from 2012-08-13T09:00
Japanese cuisine and Australian bush tucker don't usually go together, but chef Josh Nicholls made this culinary mash-up his signature at Cafe Ish, the popular Surry Hills eatery he opened with ...
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David Ralph - Kakawa from 2012-08-01T07:28
In the first episode of the Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry, Lee Tran Lam catches up with David Ralph, a chef who has worked at diner-impressing restaurants in Sydney (Quay, Flying Fish and...
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