The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
London Cocktail Week, Ukraine’s Trains and Coconut Club
This week, we welcome Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhan Payne, co-founders of London Cocktail week, into the studio to reflect on how the festival has evolved since it was founded 14 years ago. Also in the programme: Julia Lasica remembers her childhood train journeys through Ukraine, which often involved a signature…
Food Neighbourhoods #354: Chinatown, Vancouver
The Chinese diaspora can be found across the globe, populating Chinatowns from Manila to Manchester. One of the most storied lies in Vancouver, Canada’s West Coast metropolis perched on the Pacific Rim. Monocle’s Gregory Scruggs takes us for a tour.
Forza Wine, Dorli Muhr and the Los Angeles food scene
This week we are joined in the studio by Bash Redford and Michael Lavery, who run the renowned Forza Wine in South London. Also in the programme, Monocle’s Milan correspondent, Ivan Carvalho, ventures to the Carnuntum region of Austria to meet vintner Dorli Muhr. Plus: Monocle Radio’s head of production,…
Food Neighbourhoods #353: Kraków
This week we head to Kraków Old Town and the historic Jewish quarter, Kazimierz. One of Poland’s oldest cities, Kraków has embraced international cuisines over the decades while honouring local culinary traditions. Our guide this week is Monocle’s Julia Lasica.
Soo, Himkok bar, Fold Bistro and Bottle Shop
We head to Estonia with our Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, to visit Soo, a restaurant with a focus on foraged ingredients. Also in the programme: Isabella Jewell is in Oslo to try a cocktail at the renowned Himkok bar, while Lars Bevanger discovers Fold Bistro and Bottle Shop, a new…
Food Neighbourhoods #352: Grand Central Market, Los Angeles
Monocle Radio’s head of production, Sam Impey, takes a trip to Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. She meets its creative director, Erin Mavian, who shows her around and gives us a glimpse of what the market has to offer.
Tom Kerridge, Care’s food summit and Istanbul
This week we sit down with beloved British chef Tom Kerridge to discuss the release of his new cookbook, ‘Pub Kitchen: The Ultimate Modern British Food Bible’. Also in the programme: Monocle’s Milan correspondent, Ivan Carvalho, heads to the ethical-food summit, Care’s, on the picturesque island of Salina in Italy…
Food Neighbourhoods #351, Oaxaca City
We head to the historic centre of Oaxaca City to look at the culinary scene of a place often hailed as the food capital of Mexico. Our guide is Nora Hoel.
Atlas Bar, Matia Kitchen and our new host
Monocle’s head of radio, Tom Edwards, introduces a very exciting new voice to The Menu. Also in the programme: our Singapore correspondent, Naomi Xu Elegant, tastes a cocktail at the renowned Atlas Bar and we hop on the ferry to Orcas Island in the US to meet the founder of…
Food Neighbourhoods #350: Agora Modiano, Thessaloniki
Greece’s second city – Thessaloniki – is often dubbed the country’s gastronomic heartland. A crossroad of different cultures for centuries, the food in this city has a history so rich that UNESCO designated it Greece’s first city of gastronomy in November 2021. Part of that story is Agora Modiano: the…
