The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
The undiscovered delights of Mexican cooking
Mexican kitchen legend Margarita Carrillo Arronte on the many delicious delights that still haven’t been discovered in her home country. We are also in Copenhagen to meet one of Scandinavia’s brightest chefs in Christian…
Pittsburgh’s Conflict Kitchen
We hear how designers and chefs have got together to rethink Turkish cooking, visit Conflict Kitchen in Pittsburgh and find out about Dubai’s ambition to become the centre of the world’s coffee industry.
Food for G20
We report from Brisbane as the city’s food and drink entrepreneurs prepare for the G20 summit, Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura opens up on his kitchen philosophy and we get the week’s headlines from Toronto.
English saffron
We meet entrepreneurs growing saffron in England, get tips for a successful restaurant business in LA and hear what makes Venetian cuisine special.
Conversation with Mitch Orr
We are in Sydney to speak to Mitch Orr, one of the best-known chefs of the latest crop. We also hear how a food community in Vienna has come up with new use for…
Unpacking Berlin
Visit Original Unverpackt in Berlin, the first supermarket in Germany without packaging, and Vienna to experience a restaurant that is one of the oldest in the world. Plus: hear from the entrepreneurs trying to…
War and wines
How is Lebanon’s wine industry affected by the war in Syria? We also visit the ultimate honey shop in Montréal and meet one of Sweden’s most famous TV chefs: Leila Lindholm.
What makes a good recipe?
We investigate the most important ingredients of a good recipe, meet a Belgrade-based chef promoting Swedish food and chat to Martin Morales, an ambassador for Peruvian food and music in London.
Harvesting urban wine
We report from the harvest at Thessaloniki’s urban vineyard, explore modern takes on classic cocktails, meet one of Delhi’s top chefs and discuss the latest developments in Japan’s brewing industry.
Whiskey’s next step
Jeff Arnett, master distiller at Jack Daniel’s talks about the latest in the whiskey industry, we speak to Henrietta Lovell who provides tea to some of the world’s top restaurants and is quinoa about…
