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 best of Venice
We’re in Venice to meet the shakers and makers of a culinary landscape that’s re-inventing itself.
Food Neighbourhoods 38: Madrid, Chamberí
A tour around Chamberí, which has been reawakened by a new generation of gourmands. Our guide is Monocle’s Liam Aldous.
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.
Food Neighbourhoods 37: Venice, Castello
A tour in the district of Castello which, away from the tourist flows, has managed to keep its strong local character.
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 to make Parisians fall in love with fish and chips.
Food Neighbourhoods 36: Seville, El Arenal
A tour of the El Arenal district of the Andalusian capital, which is famous for its cuisine.
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.
Food Neighbourhoods 35: Prague, Karlín
A tour around the Prague district that has transformed from being one of the less-impressive parts of the Czech capital into a food-and-drink destination.
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.
Food Neighbourhoods 34: Kyiv, Podil
A tour of one of the oldest areas of the Ukrainian capital, which has become a hotspot for the country’s food and drink.
