The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
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.
The Best of Food Neighbourhoods 2018
A recap of some of the best tours in our Food Neighbourhoods series.
The Best of ‘The Menu’ 2018
We look back at highlights from 2018, including interviews with Nigella Lawson, René Redzepi and Magnus Nilsson. Plus: we go truffle-hunting in Australia.
The best schnitzel in Vienna
We report from a restaurant that claims to have the best schnitzel in Vienna, offer drinks recommendations for the festive season and visit a new hub for nightlife in Helsinki.
Developing beer culture
Garrett Oliver, brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery, on the next big thing; a Florence cooking school taking a relaxed approach to teaching; and one of the top chefs in Portugal, Hans Neuner.
