The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Nancy Silverton
Nancy Silverton, one of the most successful chefs, restaurateurs and authors in the US, offers her take on great hospitality. Also on the programme: an artisan food market in Barcelona that’s enjoying a post-pandemic…
Slow Wine Fair
We visit Bologna’s inaugural Slow Wine Fair, hear from Oslo’s culinary mastermind Esben Holmboe Bang and leaf through ‘Serviette’, a new magazine celebrating the best in food and drink.
‘Nistisima’
Vegan recipes from the Mediterranean, a Spanish company that’s breaking records with its paella technique and a roundup of the biggest discussion topics at this year’s Pitti Taste food and drinks fair in Florence.
Coachbuilt
Racing driver Jenson Button’s foray in the spirits business, plus Icelandic chef and cookbook author Solla Eiríksdóttir on the evolution of vegan food and why the future looks promising.
Nobu Matsuhisa
The world-famous Japanese chef and restaurateur on the ups and downs of his career. Also in the programme: a Finnish lab that’s busy growing coffee and why Tibetan food deserves more recognition.
Fernando Trocca
Fernando Trocca speaks about his cooking, which has made him one of the most respected chefs in the world. Plus: how La Michoacana ice cream parlours became a uniquely Mexican success story.
Simon Rogan’s Michelin stars and Malaysia’s food hot spot
British chef Simon Rogan on the third Michelin star awarded to his flagship restaurant, L’Enclume. Plus: why Penang is becoming Malaysia’s culinary hot spot.
Helping Ukraine
Food writers Olia Hercules and Alissa Timoshkina discuss their campaign to raise funds for Ukraine, and we look at how the NGO World Central Kitchen has rushed to offer hot meals for those in…
Marugame Udon and Brown-Forman whisky
We hear how the world’s largest udon chain is adapting for the European market and meet a master blender to discuss emerging trends in the whisky industry.
Scotland’s Michelin-starred distillery restaurant, plus unexpected egg recipes
We speak to Mark Donald, whose restaurant at Scotland’s Glenturret Distillery has just won a Michelin star. Also in the programme: unexpected ways to prepare eggs and the week’s top food and drink headlines.
