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 Griffith.
Jul 14, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 136
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 cheese and cannoli with Giorgio Linguanti from That's Amore Cheese.
Jun 30, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 135
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 things Campari with their Brand Ambassador Luca Baioni.
Jun 23, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 134
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 of the American Doughnut Kitchen vans.
Jun 16, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 133
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.
Jun 09, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 132
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 at Four Pillars Gin, as well as covering off Cam's most recent recipe mistake... store-bought stock!
May 26, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 131
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 raspberry wine with Diego Capalani.
May 19, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 130
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.
May 12, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 129
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 for $4 per head, and we quizzed mushroom guru Cameron Russell about the current state of the mycelium.
May 05, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 128
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 nutritional hotspots.
Apr 28, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 127
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 Martinez about how to cook dinner for $4, and also talked wine (and cooking Easter bunnies) with winemaker Duncan Buchanan.
Apr 21, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 126
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 Reaburn popped in with the first of this year's batch of his Cherry Gin.
Mar 31, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 125
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 bar manager Kayla mixed us a drink.
Mar 24, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 124
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!
Mar 17, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 123
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 Dinner celebrating thousands of years of indigenous culture from the Port Fairy area, and we finished the show talking tomato passatta season with Spriga Espresso owner Mario Simeone.
Mar 10, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 122
An extended chat with Lune's Kate Reid
Feb 17, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 120
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 Kelly from Plains Paddock Lamb.
Feb 17, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 121
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 Head Chef Nick Mahlook about the challenges of cooking fish at home, and Prossimo winemaker Duncan Buchanan got us up to speed with the state of the 2019 vintage.
Feb 10, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 119
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 about his new book "The Getting of Garlic"
Feb 03, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 118
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 winemaker Duncan Buchanan about how the vines are looking at this time of year.
Dec 02, 2018•52 min•Season 1Ep. 117
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 awesome to see people back at the Espy! Burch & Purchese's Darren Purchese joined us to talk about his new book Chef's Host Christmas Too, and we talked about the traditional vs Australian Christmas cuisine. Lastly food writer Michael Harden ran us through some of the more recent restaurants worthy of y...
Nov 25, 2018•48 min•Season 1Ep. 116
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 Melissa Brauer visited the studio to talk about the different varieties of Prosecco.
Nov 18, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 115
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 film and TV industry Ed Summers.
Nov 11, 2018•47 min•Season 1Ep. 114
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 Nathaniel White
Nov 04, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 113
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.
Oct 28, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 112
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 Bar, and we chatted about the daily rhythms of running a busy eatery and the traditions of Italian cuisine. In three decades of radio we've never actually discussed one of the fundamentals of dining: the plate! Sam Gordon from Melbourne ceramic company Robert Gordon joined us in the studio to talk abou...
Oct 21, 2018•49 min•Season 1Ep. 111
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.
Oct 14, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 110
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 a bunch of our friends what they suggest as ways to use them, and we've put the list up on our Facebook page. We also had a market report from John, and were joined by Jac Semmler from the Digger's Club... it's Spring, time to get back into the garden peeps!
Sep 23, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 109
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, and Tracy Lister about her time living and working in Vietnam.
Sep 16, 2018•52 min•Season 1Ep. 108
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 imported honey, and winemaker Duncan Buchanan spoke about Springtime bud-burst.
Sep 09, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 107
