The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
How cities feed themselves
We pay tribute to the restaurants in London that have for years served their communities quietly and without fanfare. Plus: a New York business that curates top chocolates from all over the world.
Food Neighbourhoods 317: Recipe edition, Luke Farrell
Chef Luke Farrell shares an easy stir-fry recipe from his Thai-inspired, London-based restaurants.
Success stories
We meet three restaurateurs who have found success and brought something new to their cities.
Food Neighbourhoods 316: Alexandre Silva
Alexandre Silva shares one of his favourite recipes from Loco, his Michelin-starred restaurant in Lisbon.
The Best Recipes of 2022
We recap the tastiest recipes from Food Neighbourhoods in 2022.
The Best of The Menu 2022
Monocle’s Markus Hippi recaps the highlights of the programme in 2022.
‘The River Café Look Book’
Ruth Rogers on River Café’s new book and what made her restaurant one of the best and most successful in Britain. Also in the programme: Christmas food recommendations by Monocle staff members from around the world.
Food Neighbourhoods 315: Mitshel Ibrahim
A recipe from London’s Ombra restaurant.
How Lune became the world’s most talked-about croissanterie
Kate Reid, founder of Lune, on how she invented what’s been called the world’s best croissant through reverse engineering. Also in the programme, a new and clever pancake-mix brand STAC(S).
Food Neighbourhoods 314: Recipe edition, Tom Heale
A recipe by the man behind London’s Naïfs restaurant.
