The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
‘The Island Kitchen’
Undiscovered culinary treasures from islands in the Indian Ocean, how Helsinki’s iconic Savoy restaurant is being updated for the 21st century and how top chef Dan Giusti intends to fix US school lunches.
‘Moorish’
British chef Ben Tish on Mediterranean food and the controversial topic of cultural appropriation in cooking. Plus: a visit to Ireland’s first non-alcoholic bar and the biggest discussion topics from Genoa’s Slow Fish fair.
The Travel Top 50
Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, and editor, Andrew Tuck, join Markus Hippi to introduce Monocle’s celebration of the best in the world of travel.
Cider rethought
The cider market has a new challenger from Normandy, London tips for a great food market and a restaurant-bakery concept with a focus on health.
Common denominators
We hear about the characteristics and management skills shared by the world’s greatest chefs. Plus: Copenhagen’s blossoming café scene and the only fish restaurant in the UK to have received two Michelin stars.
Discovering Japanese food
Japan’s lesser-known culinary treasures, a visit to South Tyrol’s Summa wine fair, plus how Simon Rogan is going to take the world over with his British food.
Enrique Olvera’s Mexican home cooking
Mexican chef Enrique Olvera’s favourite recipes for home cooks and a Yarra Valley business offering customers a chance to distil their own spirits. Plus: what makes for a high-end instant-coffee brand?
Diego Muñoz
Peruvian chef Diego Muñoz’s ambitious plans, a Sydney café helping refugees get back on their feet and Nancy Silverton’s recipe for a poke bowl.
Cycling chef
Tasty recipes for professional and everyday athletes, what got Florence’s Pitti Taste food fair talking this year, plus glass design innovation by Riedel.
‘Salt & Time’
Top recipes from Russia, Ljubljana’s ambitious plan to become Europe’s culinary capital, plus how you can help eliminate food waste by drinking beer.
