The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Regaining the momentum
What will it take for the hospitality industry to get back on track to success? Plus: the week’s food and drink headlines.
Food Neighbourhoods 268: Recipe edition, Brendan Eades
A recipe by one of the pioneers of zero-food-waste movement in the UK.
The roots of muesli
How Switzerland became the king of breakfast, a top British chef bringing the zero-waste ethos to central London and the week’s top headlines.
Food Neighbourhoods 267: Recipe edition, Dom Hammond
A vegan recipe by one of Bali’s top culinary talents.
Are easier times ahead?
We look ahead to the coming year and ask what it may bring for the hospitality industry around the world. Plus: Scotland’s first distilled alcohol-free spirit and the week’s top food and drink headlines.
Food Neighbourhoods 266: Recipe edition, Esra Muslu
A delicious aubergine recipe by the woman behind London’s new Zahter restaurant.
Best of ‘Food Neighbourhoods’ 2021
Monocle’s Markus Hippi picks his favourite recipes we have broadcast in 2021.
The best of ‘The Menu’
Monocle’s Markus Hippi looks back at the last 12 months of our food and drink programme, recapping highlights with some of the world’s best chefs, restaurateurs and key players in hospitality.
The roots of the Christmas feast
Food historian Annie Gray on how the Christmas dinner table became what it is today. Plus: Rich Woods’s festive cocktail recommendations and the week’s top food and drink headlines.
Food Neighbourhoods 265: Recipe edition, Selin Kiazim
A delicious recipe by the chief-director of London’s Oklava restaurant and author of a new cookbook, ‘Three: Acid, Texture, Contrast’.
