The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Recipes from the Black Sea
Culinary discoveries from the Black Sea region, why the Mallorcan capital is becoming a food destination in its own right and a unique family wine business from Portugal.
Noma’s guide to fermentation
The team behind Noma reveal what they’ve learned in their fermentation lab and we visit Lavazza’s new HQ in Turin. Plus: the NYC Chinese restaurant hit that has arrived in London.
Helsinki special
To celebrate the release of Monocle’s brand new Helsinki travel guide, we are in the city to meet the makers and shakers on its fast-evolving food-and-drink scene.
Making the world a better place
Giles Coren on the world’s most ethical and sustainable restaurants, how kombucha tea has become a global hit and why Cape Town is rediscovering the ingredients used by the area’s indigenous population.
Flour power: from San Francisco to Copenhagen
Why Richard Hart, one of the world’s most famous bakers, decided to launch his new business in Copenhagen. Plus: Donna Hay’s ‘Modern Baking’ and the grain that Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam wants to introduce to the world.
London’s new tea culture
The London duo determined to create a new tea culture in London, Helsinki’s new wine bar and bakery concept, and why Noma’s former Copenhagen site is again filled with delicious aromas.
The real food of Copenhagen
Food writer Trine Hahnemann on what top restaurants miss about the Danish capital’s rich culinary culture, truffle hunting in Italy, plus how to create your own home bar.
Magnus Nilsson
Top Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson on his huge project to document the Nordic baking culture, why Geneva is now a perfect place for cocktails and how a Dublin restaurant has turned itself into an art destination.
Francis Mallmann
World-famous Argentinian chef Francis Mallmann on how he reinvented cooking with fire, new wine philosophy from Grape Witches in Toronto and how to make lichen work on your plate.
Nigella Lawson
One of the most recognisable voices in the world of food and drink, Nigella Lawson is celebrating 20 years since the release of her debut cookbook ‘How To Eat’. Since then she has written a number of other cookery books, hosted television shows and even launched her own cookware range.…
