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Ever wondered what goes on in the kitchens of Melbourne’s restaurants? Conversation with a chef gives the back story of our city’s favourite eating spots. This is not a slick podcast, in fact it's pretty rustic. I'm Jo Rittey. I'm a French teacher and food writer and not that great on the technology. What you'll hear is the conversation how it happened, with no bells and whistles. I'll work on that!

#343 Abi Marquez | Lumpia Queen

21 mins; March 23, 2026

#342 Jonathan Brincat | Noni

29 mins; March 21, 2026

#341 Elias Salomonsson | Circl Wine House and Derek Kim | Garaku

23 mins; March 21, 2026

#340 Sam Field | Molly Rose Brewing

35 mins; March 13, 2026

#339 George Calombaris | Auto Greek

17 mins; March 11, 2026

#338 Axel Archenti | Bottega

31 mins; February 20, 2026

#337 Jean-Baptiste Dumas | The Hospitality Cup

13 mins; February 15, 2026

#336 Aidan Robinson | Chic de Partie

28 mins; February 10, 2026

#335 Aitor Jeronimo Orive | Basque Txoko at Nobody's Baby Bar

31 mins; January 24, 2026

#334 Nick Deligiannis | Bar Sophia

21 mins; January 18, 2026

#333 Ben John | Bistro X at The StandardX

27 mins; December 29, 2025

#332 Punit Ferrnandes | Bombay Meri Jaan

34 mins; December 21, 2025

#331 Esca Khoo | Tyga

28 mins; December 19, 2025

#330 Jacob Muoio | Moondrop

30 mins; December 18, 2025

#329 George Peppou | Vow

20 mins; November 27, 2025

#328 Michael Stolley & Hung Hoa Duong | Disuko

33 mins; November 24, 2025

#327 Darryl Hand | Hotel Indigo & Fern Bar & Dining, Holiday Inn

33 mins; November 06, 2025

#326 Francesca Giorgi Monfort | Frankie's Pie Shop

37 mins; November 04, 2025

#325 Mirco Speri | Sincero

37 mins; October 28, 2025

#324 Anuj Sanghi | Bar Mercado

21 mins; October 26, 2025

#323 Harry Dhanjal | Atta

30 mins; October 26, 2025

#322 Ioannis Kasidokostas | Aegli

39 mins; October 12, 2025

#321 Rachel Miyazaki | Niji Sweets

11 mins; October 04, 2025

#320 Luke Vu | Luke's Banh Mi

18 mins; October 01, 2025

#319 Julien Pascal & Julien Wurtlin | Babines

43 mins; September 29, 2025

# 318 Sunny Gilbert | Oktoberfest at Hofbrauhaus

21 mins; September 27, 2025

#317 Lorcan Kan | Etta

30 mins; September 25, 2025

#316 Eleftheria Amanatidis | Eleni's Kitchen

27 mins; September 23, 2025

#315 Kyle Nicol

22 mins; September 22, 2025

#314 Brooke Silk | Dine In by Brooke Silk

25 mins; August 30, 2025

#313 Jojo Parkinson | Odette House

35 mins; August 24, 2025

#312 Joe Vargetto | Bianchetto

26 mins; August 18, 2025

#311 Tommy Er | T6 Patisserie

17 mins; August 15, 2025

#310 Nick McGonigal | The Dining Room At Lancemore Lindenderry

28 mins; August 11, 2025

#309 Scott Connolly | The George Hotel

29 mins; August 02, 2025

#308 Pawan Dutta | The Royce Hotel

27 mins; July 31, 2025

#307 Stephane Nguyen | French Cooking Academy

43 mins; July 13, 2025

#306 Antonio Loffredo | Pepe's Parlour

22 mins; July 08, 2025

#305 Daniel Livingstone | The Chandlery

37 mins; July 07, 2025

#304 Mike McEnearney | From Here by Mike

32 mins; July 06, 2025

#303 Aaron Brodie | O'Connell's Hotel

28 mins; June 18, 2025

#302 Haitham Richani and Kerry Lam

31 mins; June 15, 2025

#301 Alberto Borghi | Del Bocia

22 mins; June 14, 2025

#300 Giorgio Linguanti | That's Amore Cheese

51 mins; June 09, 2025

#299 Dario Di Clerico | Cannoleria & Ugo Burrata Bar

29 mins; June 04, 2025

#298 Ian Ho | Anada, Arcadia Cafe, The Rochey

31 mins; May 22, 2025

#297 Mia Coady-Plumb | Magnolia

52 mins; May 06, 2025

#296 Guillaume Zika

54 mins; May 02, 2025

#295 Bryan Nelson & Kate Dickens | Ciao Cielo

43 mins; April 20, 2025

#294 Daniel Migliaccio | Studio Amaro

21 mins; April 16, 2025

#293 Jung Eun Chae | Chae

48 mins; April 15, 2025

#292 Mariano de Giacomi | Made a Napoli

32 mins; April 14, 2025

#291 Adam Sanderson | Maison Batard

41 mins; April 12, 2025

#290 Daniel Poyner | Bang Bang St Kilda

35 mins; March 25, 2025

#289 Callum Nugent | Stokehouse Pasta and Bar

37 mins; March 20, 2025

#288 Cameron Tay-Yap | Pebble at La Roca

53 mins; March 17, 2025

#287 Johnny Ly | Green Man's Arms

27 mins; March 05, 2025

#286 Dan Lidgard | Bau Bau Dining | Patsy's | Bistro Elba

28 mins; February 27, 2025

#285 Simon Cassar | Pizza Luna

30 mins; February 22, 2025

#284 Michael Lambie | Juni

46 mins; February 15, 2025

#283 Marialuisa Castrignano | Al Naturale

23 mins; February 11, 2025

#282 Zac Shearer | Tiny Bar

27 mins; February 10, 2025

#281 Lyndey Milan | Culinary Adventure in collaboration with Intrepid and MFWF

25 mins; February 07, 2025

#280 Philippa Grogan | Phillippa's Bakery

32 mins; January 18, 2025

#279 Caitlin Koether | Little Molli

37 mins; January 09, 2025

#278 Derrick Chandra, Sherinder Kohli, Joshua Smith | La Cabra

20 mins; December 22, 2024

#277 Michael Demagistris & Ryan James | Max's Restaurant

47 mins; December 16, 2024

#276 Elle Casta | Barker's Foodstore & Eatery

26 mins; December 12, 2024

#274 Chris Wong | Lilijana Eatery

43 mins; December 09, 2024

#275 Kay-Lene Tan | Omnia Bistro & Yugen Dining

18 mins; December 09, 2024

#273 Bert & Brendan | Uncles Smallgoods

53 mins; December 04, 2024

#272 Matti Fallon | Mr Vincenzo's

55 mins; December 02, 2024

#271 Daniel Hilton & Luke Tomuri | Baba's Deli

34 mins; November 21, 2024

#270 Daniel Mastramico | Zero95

21 mins; November 14, 2024

#269 Tracey Lister | Brunswick Kitchen

36 mins; November 10, 2024

#268 Ben Shewry | Attica

44 mins; September 29, 2024

#267 Elias Salomonsson | Circl Wine House

45 mins; September 10, 2024

#266 Chris Rendell | The Beehive

22 mins; September 08, 2024

#265 Santiago Sansone | Four Seasons Sydney

23 mins; September 07, 2024

#264 Annie Smithers | Kitchen Sentimental

44 mins; August 27, 2024

#262 John Cassie | The Wine Corner Store

27 mins; August 25, 2024

#263 Matilde Razzoli | Elio's Place

28 mins; August 25, 2024

#261 Aleksis Kalnins | Molli

29 mins; August 17, 2024

#260 Ryan Spurrell | The Clarendon

34 mins; August 16, 2024

#259 Gagan Sharma | Strato

25 mins; August 13, 2024

#258 Brendan Gamze | Gamze Smokehouse

22 mins; August 12, 2024

#257 Orlando Marzo | Drinks By Loro

64 hours 7 mins; August 06, 2024

#256 Jess Liemantara | Ned's Bake

16 mins; August 01, 2024

#255 Spencer Patrick | Taste Port Douglas & Harrisons Restaurant

26 mins; July 27, 2024

#254 Sunny Gilbert | Hofbrauhaus

33 mins; July 21, 2024

#253 Grace Loke | Smell Perception In Virtual Spacecraft RMIT

17 mins; July 19, 2024

#253 Jessie Rae Crossley | Locavore Studio

41 mins; July 15, 2024

#252 Andrea Rigodanza | Gnocchi By Rigo

30 mins; July 11, 2024

#251 Federico Bizzaro | Bottarga

27 mins; July 09, 2024

#250 Diana Desensi | Saint George

28 mins; July 07, 2024

#249 Kabir Singh | Mukka

25 mins; July 02, 2024

#248 Anthony Thalassinos | Tickled Pink

18 mins; June 25, 2024

#247 Michael Wilson | Marguerite

32 mins; June 19, 2024

#246 Dan Sawansak | Dessous

29 mins; June 13, 2024

#245 Tyler Preston | Longtime Bali

41 mins; June 11, 2024

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