The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
War on processed ingredients
A group of chefs in Paris who have declared war on processed ingredients, we visit Warsaw to find out what it took to achieve Poland’s first Michelin star and learn about a new startup…
Melbourne’s World Barista Championship
We visit the World Barista Championship in Melbourne, find out about Iceland’s taste for raw food and hear from Professor Michael Pollan on why we all should cook more.
Reykjavik after the crisis
We head to Reykjavik to hear how the city’s restaurant scene has got a boost after the financial crisis and classic dishes such as fermented shark still have their fans. We also look at…
Turkey’s forgotten food treasures
A visit to Genoa’s Slow Fish trade fair where chefs from all over the world devise new ways of serving seafood, we visit Kewpie Corporation in Tokyo and find out some of Turkey’s nearly…
From bugs to food
How to make bugs into an appealing food, we meet Swedish Michelin-starred chef Niklas Ekstedt who cooks his dishes without electricity and enjoy a visit to the UK Barista Championships.
The London Coffee Festival
We visit the London Coffee Festival for the latest brews, meet possibly the most successful Norwegian barista of all time, Rasmus Helgebostad, and chat to world-famous Italian chef Massimo Bottura.
Discovering gastronomic mystery boxes
We discover gastronomic “mystery boxes” curated by top Spanish chefs, visit Beertopia! – the largest craft beer festival in Hong Kong and go to a popular café in Ukraine that complements the coffee experience…
Conversations with Michael Wignall
Where do you go after you have worked for the world’s best restaurant – Noma? We head to Copenhagen to meet chefs launching their new ventures. We also find out what was going on…
Facing the meat
A new project in Berlin that tries to give a face to the meat on your dinner plate, we also get a round up of what went on at Vinitaly wine fair in Verona…
Upgrading Turkish delight
The latest from Tokyo’s ramen scene, we find out how Turkish delight is getting an upgrade in Istanbul and speak to restaurateur Will Smith who is now launching a restaurant consultancy company.
