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 perfect vinegar
The vinegars you should have in your cupboard, why food really matters onboard a Finnish icebreaker and a unique Canadian whisky.
‘New Kitchen Basics’
How food writer and chef Claire Thomson reinvented the use of some of the most common home kitchen ingredients, why Helsinki’s cocktail scene is on the rise, a bicycle pie business in Sydney and…
The essence of wine
We visit Portugal’s top wine event Essência do Vinho, meet the founder of London’s new vegan curry house SpiceBox and get the week’s top news headlines from North America.
Recipe for success
How a new private members’ club in London is going to challenge the big players, a Jewish food success story, plus a Porto restaurant combining incredible architecture with top food.
Pioneering culinary culture
How Chilean chef Rodolfo Guzmán has lifted his country’s food to a new level, what’s bubbling in Slovakia’s culinary scene and how design can help raise awareness on food waste.
Reinventing grocery shopping
How a South Tyrolean duo rethought the way people go about their grocery shopping, Lara Merriken’s successful fruit-and-nut bars and top chef Eszter Palágyi on a new wave of Hungarian cooking.
Madrid Fusión
We’re at Madrid Fusión, one of the world’s largest international gastronomic events, to meet some of the top names in today’s hospitality industry.
Flavours of Kenya
Why Kenyan cuisine is one to keep an eye on, an ancient white grape enjoying a sudden renaissance and how a team in Denmark is creating food culture of the future.
South Africa’s top table
How Luke Dale-Roberts created South Africa’s most talked-about restaurant, a 100-year-old Austrian juice brand reinvents itself and the week’s top news from the US.
Dining in the mountains
A visit to an Alpine restaurant that has come up with a successful formula to attract skiers, Bettina Campolucci Bordo’s vegan tips and a Portuguese citrus farm trying to sustain rare fruit varieties.
