The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Chocolate with style
We meet the Mast brothers, who have gained worldwide attention for their meticulously produced chocolate, in their new London factory-shop. We also hear about the return of freekeh to Middle Eastern tables and talk…
Recipes from an embattled country
Olia Hercules shares some of the culinary secrets of Ukraine. Plus: we discuss why Mexican food is gathering momentum in Seoul and take a look at Danish brewer Mikkel Borg Bjergsø’s new project in…
Chinese secrets
Author and cookery-school founder Jeremy Pang sheds light on the secrets of Chinese cooking. We also hear why it’s worthwhile for companies to offer free lunches to their employees and meet an original pie…
Culinary masterminds
We talk to one of the world’s most successful female chefs, April Bloomfield, on her love for greens, a new London restaurant that takes localism to a new level and the Monocle Restaurant Awards…
Rethinking eating
At Expo Milano we hear how Italy’s Slow Food movement is trying to get its message across, meet Simon Bajada who’s written about the best recipes in the Scandinavian kitchen and get the Brazilian…
Back to the roots
A new generation of Georgian winemakers, food diplomacy in the Basque country and the week’s headlines from Singapore.
The perfect loaf
We discover new ideas at Horeca food and hospitality expo in Beirut, take lessons from master baker Éric Kayser and examine how Michelin stars change Brazil’s restaurant landscape.
The home of mezcal
We are in Mexico to learn the original ways to drink Mezcal, hear how you pick wines that taste good at 30,000ft and get the week’s headlines from Latin America.
Restaurant designs
Designer Robert Angell explains what makes a restaurant a success, we hear of a surprising expression of love for saké in Japan and we get the week’s headlines from New York.
Uruguay’s ambitious wine industry
We hear why you should keep an eye on Uruguayan wine manufacturers, get the week’s headlines from Tokyo and our Berlin correspondent gives us her nominees for The Monocle Restaurant Awards.
