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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!

#244 Matteo Tine | Orlo

37 mins; June 07, 2024

#243 Aiven Lee | Yum Sing House

20 mins; June 04, 2024

#242 Parmjit Singh Ahuja & Gurpreet Singh | Divine Darbar

18 mins; June 01, 2024

#241 Steven He | Le Yeahllow

18 mins; May 30, 2024

#240 Julian Hills On Truffles | Navi

13 mins; May 30, 2024

#239 Salvatore Giorgio & Rocco Esposito | Bar Rosella

29 mins; May 28, 2024

#238 Gabriele Coniglio On Truffles | Officina Gastronomica Italiana

7 mins; May 26, 2024

#237 Ryan Lynch On Truffles | Locavore Studio

11 mins; May 26, 2024

#236 Mark Ebbels On Truffles | Re'Em

11 mins; May 26, 2024

#235 Jason Staudt On Truffles | Stokehouse

15 mins; May 26, 2024

#234 Jordan Clay on Truffles | Pipi's Kiosk

10 mins; May 26, 2024

#233 Annie Smithers On Truffles

11 mins; May 26, 2024

#232 Dion Rangé | Stonebarn Truffles

29 mins; May 26, 2024

#231 Isaac Castellano | Dingo Ate My Taco

18 mins; May 25, 2024

#230 Paawan Engineer | Mill Place Merchants

33 mins; May 14, 2024

#229 Tom Jones-Davies | DOC St Kilda

47 mins; May 09, 2024

#228 Anna Mcleod | The Kitchen Of Somewhere

34 mins; April 30, 2024

#227 Winston Zhang | Akaiito

35 mins; April 29, 2024

#226 Brigitte Hafner | Tedesca Osteria

28 mins; April 25, 2024

#225 Patrick Kwong and Cindy Pan | Ronin Omakase

32 mins; April 23, 2024

#224 Tommaso Bartoli | Park Street Pasta & Wine

42 mins; April 23, 2024

#223 Greg Feck | Marnong Estate

30 mins; April 18, 2024

#222 Valentino Mela & Nina Perc | Sardo Sorrento

27 mins; April 16, 2024

#221 Alessandro Bellomunno | Flour Child

30 mins; April 03, 2024

#220 Larry Xie | Bansho Dining

42 mins; April 01, 2024

#219 Apoorva Kunte | The Westin

26 mins; March 25, 2024

#218 Sam Hopkinson | Botanical Hotel

25 mins; March 21, 2024

#217 Pieter Buijsse | Bar Carolina

37 mins; March 07, 2024

#216 Amit Tuteja | Desi Dhaba

41 mins; March 06, 2024

#215 Jake Read | Neptune

28 mins; February 27, 2024

#214 Sebastian Pasinetti | OKO Rooftop & Cafe

30 mins; February 24, 2024

#213 Rosemary Andrews | Mietta by Rosemary

22 mins; February 23, 2024

#212 Murat Ovaz | I Carusi ii

23 mins; February 17, 2024

#211 Matthew Butcher | ETO Collective

38 mins; February 08, 2024

#210 Jae Bang | Freyja

45 mins; January 31, 2024

#209 Juan Berbeo | Berbeo Bros

47 mins; January 21, 2024

#208 Matilda Smith | Penny for Pound

37 mins; January 17, 2024

#207 Eddie Basich | Flirtatious Food

51 mins; January 07, 2024

#206 Elia Donati | Personal Chef

42 mins; December 17, 2023

#205 Hyoju Park | Madeleine de Proust

25 mins; December 12, 2023

#204 Jason Yong, Wataru Sato & Hori Shinshuke | Wagyu Ya

25 mins; December 09, 2023

#203 Diego Cardenas | Pincho Disco

26 mins; November 30, 2023

#202 Natalie Jefferson

44 mins; November 22, 2023

#201 Justin Dingle-Garciyya, The Standard Hotel, Melbourne

45 mins; November 14, 2023

#200 Stephanie Stapleton | Ms Jackson Restaurant

21 mins; October 30, 2023

#199 Jake and Zackary Furst

25 mins; October 23, 2023

#198 Alessandro Tintori | Sosta Ristorante

27 mins; October 21, 2023

#197 Claudio Casoni | Officina Gastronomica Italiana

64 hours 31 mins; October 14, 2023

#196 Nada Thomas | HER

31 mins; October 07, 2023

#195 Mariana Chedid | Brûlée Pâtisserie

38 mins; October 04, 2023

#194 Martin Goffin | Red Gum BBQ

25 mins; September 26, 2023

#193 Adam Mumford | Soult

27 mins; September 15, 2023

#192 James Gibson | Afloat Viva Mexico

24 mins; September 13, 2023

#191 Anthony Femia | Maker and Monger

45 mins; August 31, 2023

#190 Dev Gandhi

38 mins; August 23, 2023

#189 David Zhou | Oriental Teahouse

66 hours 30 mins; August 16, 2023

#188 Dale Kemp | Convoy

23 mins; August 14, 2023

#187 Adrian Richardson | La Luna Bistro

43 mins; August 13, 2023

#186 Ben Parkinson | Pipi's Kiosk

55 mins; August 09, 2023

#185 Oliver Hughes | Henrietta

21 mins; August 06, 2023

#184 Jason Staudt | Stokehouse

24 mins; July 27, 2023

#183 Scott Lord Moonhouse & New Quarter

20 mins; July 05, 2023

#182 Tom Sarafian

31 mins; July 03, 2023

#181 Chanon Boriharnvanakhet

29 mins; July 01, 2023

#180 Hendri Budiman | Coda

33 mins; June 30, 2023

#179 Anthony Thalassinos | The Hellenic House Project

31 mins; June 26, 2023

#178 George Smyrnios | Raph's Deli

30 mins; June 16, 2023

#177 Mckay Wilday | Alta Trattoria

29 mins; June 14, 2023

#176 Brad Cunningham | Waygood

33 mins; June 09, 2023

#175 Nick Deligiannias | Audrey's

37 mins; June 07, 2023

#174 Soichi Kawabata | Yakikami

25 mins; June 07, 2023

#173 Pamella Tomio | Lona Misa

22 mins; June 03, 2023

#172 Andrew Ballard | Simmer Culinary

45 mins; May 16, 2023

#171 Jordan Clay | Pipi's Kiosk

31 mins; May 14, 2023

#170 Christian Graebner | Dolly at Le Meridien

20 mins; May 10, 2023

#169 Aseem Sood & Kunal Bhardwaj | Kahaani

31 mins; May 09, 2023

#168 Paul Kasten | Deep End Pizza

45 mins; May 03, 2023

#167 Alan Tompkins | Burnt Chef Project

40 mins; April 25, 2023

#166 Nornie Bero | Mabu Mabu

28 mins; April 22, 2023

#165 Gabriel Gaté

31 mins; April 18, 2023

#164 Pawan Dutta | Royce Hotel

33 mins; April 16, 2023

#163 Francesco Crifo | Roccella

39 mins; April 10, 2023

#162 Stephen Nairn | LK Culinary Director Yugen Dining, Yugen Tea Bar, Omni Bistro & Bar

53 mins; March 30, 2023

#161 Ranger Nick | Camp Oven Guru & Bush Cook

39 mins; March 27, 2023

#160 Jake Furst | Cinder at Terminus Hotel Fitzroy North

34 mins; March 22, 2023

#159 Lewis Bryce | Hotel South Melbourne

25 mins; March 20, 2023

#158 Steven Nelson | The Recreation

25 mins; March 16, 2023

#157 Jane Low | Bahama Gold

19 mins; March 10, 2023

#156 Mark Krueger | Mejico and Indu

40 mins; March 09, 2023

#155 Renée Martillano | Eureka 89

27 mins; March 02, 2023

#154 Jack Cassidy | KIN

30 mins; February 07, 2023

#153 Hamish Vaccari | Nonna's House

18 mins; January 31, 2023

#152 Nabil Ansari | Firebird

34 mins; January 17, 2023

#151 Lucas Parkinson | Ode Hospitality

74 hours 7 mins; January 15, 2023

#150 Alex Mcintosh | Bocuse d'Or 2023 Finalist

21 mins; January 11, 2023

#149 Morgan Williams | Chikim's Kimchi

20 mins; December 18, 2022

#148 Diego Cossio | The Dining Room at Lancemore Lindenderry Red Hill

24 mins; December 13, 2022

#147 Srishti Godbole | Maximilian's Restaurant

19 mins; December 07, 2022

#146 Salvatore Giorgio | La Vetta at Marnong Estate

24 mins; December 03, 2022

#145 Robin Wagner | Pacific Region S.Pellegrino Young Chef Winner

27 mins; November 30, 2022

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