The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Caravan: from New Zealand to London
How a team of Kiwis succeeded in creating one of London’s favourite restaurants and coffee brands. Plus: a new wave of Chinese street food and how to launch a great café.
The best of Venice
We’re in Venice to meet the shakers and makers of a culinary landscape that’s re-inventing itself.
Brae: putting Birregurra on the food map
How Australia’s Brae became one of the best restaurants in the southern hemisphere, fast food by top chefs in New York, plus how mezcal is taking over London.
Marcus Samuelsson
One of New York’s most famous chefs Marcus Samuelsson on how to create a restaurant that connects with the local community, why Kazakhstan is a wine country to keep an eye on, plus how…
Foraging in Sao Paulo
Unusual ingredients from the concrete jungle of Sao Paulo, Icelandic burger king Tomas ‘Tommi’ Tomasson and the week’s top headlines from Europe.
Malaysia’s food ambassador
How Christina Arokiasamy wants to bring Malaysian cooking to the mainstream in the US, a top dining tip in Venice and the week’s headlines from Toronto.
Sweet Swedish summer
How Stockholmers get the most from nature over the summer months. Plus: former White House chef Sam Kass on how to make people eat healthier.
A Brazilian showcase
Rio de Janeiro’s new producers’ market offers the best of the country’s cuisine. We also look at new ways of matching food and wine and the week’s top food headlines from the US.
London’s food revival
How London has leaped from an epitome of mediocre food to a world-class culinary destination (if not the best), beer made from a recipe that’s 5,000 years old, plus what makes a perfect cup…
Breaking boundaries
How UK bartender Tony Conigliaro turns inspiration into carefully crafted cocktails, Scott Hallsworth’s successful take on Japanese food and what makes Amsterdam’s breweries worthy of special attention.
