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We're talking Australian mushrooms with Martin Martini (Belly of the World). Whether it's spotting wild mushrooms while driving at 100kmh, collecting mysterious mushrooms in his hat or dreaming about the mushroom that he ends up finding the next day, Martin is all about mycology, mycelium and the magic of mushies. https://linktr.ee/bellyoftheworldmushrooms Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Perth chef and restaurateur Paul Bentley moved overseas in 1999 and had no plans to return to Australia before the pandemic shut everything down. Now at Si Paradiso and Casa in Perth, he's using everything learnt in a career spanning Europe, New York and Mexico in his menus and approach to training and team-building. https://www.instagram.com/paulieb76/?hl=en Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Nick Holliday runs Belvedere Farm on Jinibara country in the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland. Nick was a lawyer and union organiser before buying a property he originally thought would be a fun weekender...but then he got more serious. Working alongside his wife Brydie, their approach goes beyond regenerative farming to agro-ecological principles with building community at its heart. It’s about beef, pork and eggs, but it’s also about land care, engagement with Indigenous owners and shaking up the system. https://www.facebook.com/belvederecedarton/ Follow The Producers on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/producerspodcast/ Host Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ Host Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Dwayne Bannon-Harrison runs Mirritya Mundya, a culinary enterprise on Yuin country in southern New South Wales. He and wife Amelia use native ingredients to create grazing boxes and pop-up dinners. Australian Indigenous cuisine is the oldest food culture in the world - how can Second Nations people deepen their understanding, respect and appreciation for First Nations culinary practices. https://mmundya.com We spoke about Warndu Mai: Good Food - Introducing Native Australian Ingredients To Your Kitchen by Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan https://warndu.com/products/warndu-mai-good-food-cookbook Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Friday On My Mind is my end-of-week musing about what I've been eating, drinking, pondering and wondering. Today I chat about foodie trips to Central Vic and the New South Wales South Coast, the rocketing return of events, and some places I've been enjoying recently including Serai, Sorsi e Morsi and White Rabbit Record Bar. Join me at Worksmith Community Talks: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/worksmith-community-talks-future-of-restaurants-tickets-334947937297 Join me at Melbourne Jewish Book Week:https://melbournejewishbookweek.com.au/event/telling-authentic-stories-through-food/ Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Melbourne wouldn't be the same without Tracey Lester, the serial hospitality entrepreneur who owns The Gertrude Hotel, The Carlton Club and The Windsor Castle. The artist-turned-publican creates design-driven businesses that provoke joy and wonder. She's also big on balance and talks about the importance of staying well to ensure a longterm career in hospitality. https://www.instagram.com/yelzayelza/?hl=en Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Pastry chef Carina La Delfa runs the kitchen at The Hamptons Bakery and caterer Tommy Collins in Melbourne's Hampton. She is passionate about kitchen culture and the place of women in hospitality. We talk about toxic workplace behaviour and her efforts to turn her own kitchen into a place of empathy, fun and passionate learning. https://www.instagram.com/car_in_a_/ Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

After a long career in the city Lee Towle (Longview Garlic) had a yearning for an off-grid lifestyle. Lee and her husband set the GPS for the Southern Tablelands and not only built a sustainable off gird farm, but now produce some of the best garlic in the country too. https://www.longviewgarlic.com.au Follow The Producers on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/producerspodcast/ Host Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ Host Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

We head to Tasmania to speak to Adam James, the fermentation expert behind Rough Rice condiments and food pop-ups. We learn about Adam's first experiment in fermented contraband, and he shares key moments in his fermenting journey, including visits to an Italian loft, a Korean monastery and a Japanese pickle club. He also clues us in on this year's big project: Mission to Mars. https://www.instagram.com/roughrice/?hl=en Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Psychologist and publican Jay Marinis is co-owner of The Scenic Hotel in the Adelaide Hills and one of the drivers of Topsoil Garden, a therapeutic horticultural project. His proposition is radical and obvious at the same time: society is broken. Jay wants to reshape it with the true spirit of hospitality as its golden, gifting thread. topsoilgarden.org care@topsoilgarden.org Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

The Lismore floods are off the front page but the region is still in crisis. Brad Rickard owns three businesses in town: Bank Cafe, The Loft fine dining restaurant and Piggy Bank takeaway. None of them have power, the rebuild hasn't even started and the only certain thing about the future is that there will be another flood. Brad talks it through... https://theloftrestaurant.com.au Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Georgie Rogers raises White Suffolk sheep on the edge of the Barossa Valley in South Australia. As a solo newbie hogget farmer, the four-year journey has been challenging but rewarding despite - and even because - she occasionally has her arm up to the elbow inside a pregnant ewe. https://www.rogersfarmbarossa.com Follow The Producers on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/producerspodcast/ Host Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ Host Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

As Ramadan gives way to Eid, we chat to Zeeshan Ashraf, owner with his brother Usman of Khabbay, a Pakistani restaurant in Melbourne. Zeeshan talks about fasting and feasting as a Muslim and as a restaurant owner. He also shares his epic COVID story of heading to Pakistan for five days to get married, then finding the Australian borders shut behind him. http://khabbayrestaurant.com.au Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

It's only five weeks since Vinotto opened in Perth's Swanbourne and it's been swept up in suburban dining enthusiasm and West Australia's grappling with the Omicron wave.Chef Justin Wong fills us in. https://www.instagram.com/vinottobar/ Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Wine maker Farhad Bandesh is soon to launch Bandesh Wine & Spirits, made in the Yarra Valley and infused with the spirit of Kurdistan. Farhad came to Australia in 2013 as a refugee after fearing for his life in Iran. He was cruelly imprisoned offshore and in Melbourne for 8 years. He asks the Australian government and the Australian people for justice. https://www.instagram.com/farhadbandesh/ Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

After a career in environmental management and finding more sustainable farming practises fourth generation farmer Lucy Dodd (Lowan Park Produce) returned to the farm in the Dodd family since the late 1920’s. Her passion to create and sustain regional communities through sustainable agriculture has seen her taking on the challenge of farming pasture-raised chickens with outstanding results. https://lowanparkproduce.com.au Follow The Producers on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/producerspodcast/ Host Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ Host Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

South Australian chef Alana Brabin is head chef at Lyndoch Hill in the Barossa Valley where she showcases local farmers. We talk women in hospitality, bad culture in kitchens, why she rethought the term "farmer's wife" and how she's planning to work with disabled cooks. Check out Alana's forum on Toxic Work Culture in Hospitality https://hawkecentre.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/t/1CBF6388674809CF2540EF23F30FEDED/FE3B829468992362FE6194DE962A274B?alternativeLink=False Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

Here's what's on my mind this Friday! I fill you in on where I've been eating and what it's made me ponder. I muse on the tendency for immigrant cuisine to be anchored in the time of migration and the fresh joy when it time travels. I talk about Cam Tay-Yap's Koi pop-up and the lift-me-up energy in the room. And I consider rule changes: masks and vax check-ins are gone but is it entirely good? This episode of @dirtylinenpodcast is proudly supported by @squareau Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

We continue exploring the huge variety of hospitality pathways with chef Petros Dellidis. As owner of catering company Adonis Kitchen, Petros looks after the food for sporting clubs Melbourne City and Carlton Football Club. As head chef of Epocha restaurant in Melbourne, he satisfies his ongoing passion for restaurants, fine dining and training the next generation. http://www.adoniscatering.com Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork

We love chatting about hospitality pathways on Dirty Linen. Today's guest is Carla Montanaro from Naro Bakes, a Melbourne e-bakery forged in the uncertainty of lockdown but now settling and growing with confidence and flair. Carla talks about the twists and turns of a career in food, the joys of a spiral salami tart, and the pleasure and pain of puff pastry. https://narobakes.com.au Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork