The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
New opportunities
Tips on successful crowdfunding in the hospitality business, how to invest in fine wines and why the durian fruit deserves more attention (despite its awful smell).
Future food
A trial of Starship Technologies’ new delivery robot, possibly the best artisan ice-cream business in Latin America, a craft-beer boom in Bangalore and the week’s top food headlines from Europe.
Classics with a modern twist
We sample a hi-tech approach to making wine, detail a German business that found success from single-variety juices made from regional fruits and list the ingredients needed to make a great British pub – with atmosphere.
Norway’s food capital
We are at Stavanger’s Gladmat food festival, the biggest of its kind in Scandinavia. The Norwegian city’s top restaurateurs, chefs and producers prove why it is still a culinary capital – despite concerns over falling oil prices.
Success stories
How a group of entrepreneurs is working hard to make Israel famous for its whisky, tips for rescuing a restaurant that’s going through tough times and the week’s top news from our friends at Food Republic.
The Monocle Restaurant Awards
We reveal the winner of this year’s awards, ask if craft-beer brewers are running out of good brand names and get the week’s top news from Latin America.
Polish treasures
We enjoy some top picks from Poland’s rich culinary culture, find out why some of Buenos Aires’ best dinners are only to be found through word of mouth and launch the Monocle Restaurant Awards countdown.
Changing culinary landscapes
We tell you why Berlin’s beer-garden culture is worth checking out, Australian chef Shannon Bennett shares his top tips, Paris’s hospitality sector reacts to Brexit and we get the week’s headlines from Hong Kong.
The innovators
We visit Vienna to do a spot of urban mushroom farming, meet Taiwanese chef André Chiang and explore the best wines of British Columbia.
The wine wonderland
We visit Bordeaux’s brand new culture centre La Cité du Vin, which is all about wine. Plus: some of the greatest delicacies from Ibiza, coffee liqueur from Australian java masters and a recipe for the weekend by Iceland’s queen of raw food Solla Eiríksdóttir.
