Singapore is a wonderful melting pot of offerings of cuisine from all over the world. From air-conditioned malls filled with cafes, restaurants, pasta bars and dumpling houses to the side streets filled with character houses brimming with foodie options. Dempsey Hill is a former barracks which houses fashion, food and furniture. Ambling from one sp…

Sasha is an engaging & wonderful woman who runs a fast- growing foodie business in Singapore. She is an intrepid explorer of product from around the world which is organic, sustainable and comes from folk who truly believe in what they create and offer. Slowly, but surely, Sasha has tracked the provenance of the fresh and frozen products which she …

Many years ago, prior to having a family, I was privileged to travel with a client to cook for them in Klosters, Switzerland. Already a fan of fondue, I completely re-fell in love with this dish, along with many others served up top and beside the ski fields of the rich and famous. From sublime wood smoked salmon, to the raclette and along with my …

Join me in reminiscing of my dreamy days in Greece in the late 90’s. Days were full of authentically beautiful food, sunshine, writing, reading, exploring and being fearless!

When I met Teage I was totally unprepared for the big Aussie bloke who shook my hand. Teage is a true professional. His restaurant is top notch, yet unpretentious. He gives an experience of a lifetime, but doesn't allow you to feel intimidated. He himself is much the same. When we got to the question around how he found himself traversing the terra…

Join us inside the Prahran market with stall owners as we chat about family run businesses, daily cooking and creating, and keeping the balance and passion alive!

Anthony's vision is to eventually open an all-encompassing cheese shop in Prahran Market with an on-site cheese maturation cellar focusing on local cheeses, fresh cheese made in house and a cheese selection offering a small bespoke range of farmhouse cheeses from Australia & abroad. Maker & Monger is a Chariot of Cheese inside Prahran Market's frui…

I caught up with Jim last year in Saigon, Vietnam. He and Kylie have lived in Vietnam for years and I met them when our boys were attending early primary school together many years ago when I lived there too. He is a passionate wine educator (and consumer) and Kylie is the wonderful Chef of the pair. Together, they set up a fabulous bottle shop and…

Pauline Stockhausen is an awesome and vibrant single mum, a very busy social media strategist, business coach and fellow podcaster. Join Pauline and Vanessa sharing their food philosophies and balancing busy lives.

Whilst I love kitchen equipment and utensils and could spend hours and potentially a fortune in kitchen stores, it is possible to build your essentials in the kitchen on a budget by buying good quality individual items and keeping your choices streamlined. Today I share with you how I have slowly replaced cheaper items with sturdier superior produc…

Easy Eats is the idea from a wonderful young enterprise group at Kings college in Auckland. They created their business around the idea that Uni Students cannot cook for crap. The cookbook they have released is fun, friendly and transportable with recipes created by famous figures and students themselves. I interview the group in a classroom at Kin…

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor based in Brooklyn, NY. She offers online intuitive eating courses and private intuitive eating coaching to help people make peace with food and their bodies. Since 2013 Christy has hosted Food Psych, a podcast exploring people's relationsh…

Lauren is a fitness advocate, a lover of food and is passionate about her family. She tells of her visit to France and her increase in weight until she learned the tricks and tips of the locals in enjoying their food whilst maintaining their figures - and their health. She has created a plan to help others to achieve the same in simplifying cooking…

When you rent a bach you are journeying into a true Kiwiana experience. A little holiday house, near the coast or in the middle of farmland, near a volcano or on an island. It doesn’t much matter where you are because the ‘bach’ (say bachelor and take off the ending!) comes in all shapes and sizes and there is one for every traveller. What is impor…

Be prepared for a little mess, but reap the rewards when you get your kids inspired in the kitchen. Today I share my passion and tips and ideas for you to share with the kids in your life - whether they are nieces and nephews, grandkids, students or your own. Cooking is a life skill and brings with it so much more. I am truly passionate that we can…

Cooking seafood is terrifying for some people and when you are out of your comfort zone and trying to cook up regional seafood for the first time and for someone else, it can be even more of a challenge. Join me in this chat where I share how I managed with the local New England produce in the USA and relied on the knowledge of others around me to …

In this episode I describe my arrival into the USA, as in my 20s I took up a Private Chef role with a family on Cape Cod. It was the most wonderful engagement but didn't start well. In fact it began with me so desperate to impress that I did the exact opposite. I learned a valuable lesson very early on, that it is not worth trying to be or emulate …

Fearlessness is part of my DNA. My parents never showed fear and were always adventurous. My sister and I have tended to follow the same path. I am not sure it is always admired from the outside, but it has been what has driven us to where we are today. And that, we all must own. My time overseas post University was amazing. Living in London and se…

In our chat on air we ramble from subject to subject. It is complicated to get it back to food, but the thread is there. Food is more than medicine and what we put in our mouths. Food brings people together and we are aiming to bring our missions to everyone, all over the world. So listen in and hold on tight to something nearby and when you feel t…

As a young woman I became obsessed with the world of food. Yet, at the same time I was becoming familiar with myself and who I was and how others viewed me. This is a difficult time for girls/women and I believe these issues are coming earlier and earlier - so it is no longer young women facing these questions but young girls. For me, the desire fo…

Food brings people together - it is the only language you need. When I was in my 20s I headed to Rome without any agenda. I just wanted to experience the city and try some food. Things can head in any direction if you don't have a plan and that is exactly what happened. I love that. I love surprises and adventures which are unplanned. Of course it …

Christine Manfield came into my life long before I met her. The recipes she wrote and compiled into her book Paramount, over 20 years ago, were my first introduction to South East Asia and I was quickly in love - with the flavours, the piquant hints of spice, the merging of ideas and cuisines into a dish. The layout was unique, the recipes were rea…

Antonio Carluccio, OBE, OMRI, the Godfather of Italian cuisine, chef, restaurateur and food expert, flew from the UK to Melbourne for the Food and Wine Festival, where I had the pleasure to meet this most loved and respected cookery writer and champion of Italian gastronomy. Antonio was just shy of his 80th birthday relaxed and clearly chuffed to b…

I’m in love with Melbourne, & Lyon Street brings back a host of extraordinary memories. When the opportunity arose to work at Tony Sassi's it was so exciting for me and for my bar friends who’d visit me. These were heady student days and I loved every minute of them. Join me as I share this story with you.…

This is my first solo episode where you’ll hear just from me without an interview. I’ve chosen to add some stories into the podcast to share my own story and the challenges I also face as a passionate lover of food, a lover of motivating others - and how I try to pull this together to successfully make it my life.…

Manish Tyagi has followed his passion, through fate and circumstance, through the hand of God and through his own diligence and determination to succeed. When you listen I guarantee you will be uplifted, energized - probably ready to book a ticket and then a table to visit this Chef in San Francisco.…

Niki Bezzant is a writer, a speaker, an editor and an eater! A believer in balance, she speaks out against diets and 'faddish' eating types of lifestyles because to her they are unsustainable. She is the President of the Food Writers of NZ Association and Editor at Large of the Healthy Food Guide NZ.…

Jacques Reymond, a composer of ingredients into dishes and dishes into occasions. Known as the founder of modern Australian cuisine, Jacques came to Melbourne over 30 years ago. Jacques will play an integral part in the annual Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, held over 2 weeks from the 31st March 2017.…

My hero; Peter Gordon is Chef extraordinaire, Consultant Chef to AirNZ, passionate food lover, Exec Chef of The Providores in London, The Sugar Club and Bellota in Auckland, and co-founder of Cross Town Doughnuts in London.

Trudi and I chat about our mutual love of food, of sharing food and how our lives are totally intertwined with our passion of food. Trudi shares how she and her husband Mark are literally living and breathing their business; the Fresh Factory in Mt Eden. Plus, I announce my rebrand to 'The Fearless Kitchen'.…

There’s a Kiwi humbleness about Australian Kelli Brett when she insists that she is still shocked at the reaction in a crowd when she mentions she is the Cuisine Magazine Editor. Whilst I am also an import, I have learned that the Cuisine magazine is the holy grail of mags for all true foodies in this country.…

Damon Gameau; a respected Aussie actor took a chance and filmed himself in an experiment around the effects of sugar in our diet. He wasn’t sure ‘That Sugar Film’ would make it to the public - he was not aware of the effects on his body that the experiment would have, and his eventual status as a Food Advocate.…

Nadia Lim is a household name; an aspiring chef who won MasterChef 2012, the face of My Food Bag, plus an established author. Hear an inspirational journey of nutrition, food, cooking, motherhood: of a girl following her dream to the true height of success.

Glen has grown up by the water in Tasmania and as a child, aspired to be a deep sea diver and naturally became an experienced seafood chef. This episode also features snippets of audio from my recent visit to the famed, lively or laxed (you choose) dining lanes of Melbourne!

This week's special guest is Renee Wright, a friendly and glamourous television presenter and producer for TVNZ. Also an ambassador for Ronald McDonald House in Auckland and a busy mother of three little ones - she made time to chat about family, her food travel experiences and much more.

Eric and Sonya are passionate Chefs who love to teach the classics of cooking from all over the world, often to those who have not had the similar opportunity to roam the world, cooking along the way. They’re also the owners of Auckland’s most beautiful cooking school location - Main Course.

I met Quinn 4 years ago as a cancer patient & resident of Ronald McDonald House in Auckland; I was drawn to her personality & determination to beat the disease. In 2016 it was a privilege to visit & cook at her school with the students. It was also wonderful to chat to Leigh - founder of the Kind Hearts Movement.…

Julian and Cathy Raine are 7th­-generation dairy farmers of Nelson and their family has been milking cows at Oaklands Farm for more than 80 years. Julian has been providing fresh milk locally since 2013. Now, for the first time in decades, we can buy 'Aunt Jean's' Milk - in a traditional glass bottle.…

Kiara Ashanti is an author and a man passionate about following through his ideas. In this podcast we chat around his decision to research the traditional Thanksgiving meal as it was first eaten. He was to discover so much about this annual occasion, determined to recreate it - the ‘old fashioned’ way.…

In this podcast I chat with Will Fleming and his wife Moni about intercultural family life and how they & their children, celebrate food & meal times together. Will is a husband, Dad and works full time but he has a mission which he ponders in his spare time - looking for the missing link to being a happy human!…

Reading View. Alt Shift A for Accessibility Help. Successful Singaporean Chef Irene - ultimately married her passion for singing and cooking with “The Singing Chef”, a live culinary musical performance which involves whipping up delicious dishes whilst singing out the recipes.

Nicola’s career has seen her work for a variety of large NZ & multi-national food manufacturers in product development, marketing and management. A blip in her health in 2011 took her understanding of healthy eating/living to a completely new level and she loves soaking up information on this subject.…

Chef Adrian Scott moved to Ho Chi Minh City from London 10 years ago & took on and local culture and the challenge of leading locals in the kitchen, making sure you empower them without overshadowing them. For foodies, for travellers, for expats and those who lead or teach others - this chat is for you all.…

Wendy is from Waiheke Island, NZ and joins me to share her story - from a child to an adult - from a Mum of young children to the creator and owner of a small business which hand churns out hundreds of bottles of the famous Waiheke Herb Spread each week.

Food waste is a major issue in NZ. Every time we throw out food; our bread crusts or last night’s leftovers – it can add up to 79kgs per year! Love Food Hate Waste wants to change this.

Alan & Vicky are a tight team creating recipes packed with flavor. Here they share the story of how Vicky, who after struggling with her weight, finally lost 35Kg and determinedly also decided to try to beat her hay fever and acne by forgoing dairy.

Former DJ Eddie Paje started cooking in his family’s commercial kitchen at 14 years old and quickly realised he wanted to be a Chef. His mother, a Chef for 27 years, imparted her wisdom on technique and traditional cooking – and his belief still lies in that all cooking stems from tradition.

How does one even begin to describe Ray? A self-taught Chef, a passionate life-long learner, a food obsessed writer, a MasterChef Judge, a Senior Lecturer in Gastronomy, he cuts quite the figure. This is a podcast episode I am still blown away to have had the pleasure to have created.

RebelFood founders Joe and Leoni decided to create something that would give NZer’s the nutrients they need, without adding anything to harm what’s natural and without taking anything away from it. ‘Join The Uprising’ – An explosion of raw nutrition. Made by humans for humanity.

Dubbed “The Fat Professor”, Grant Schofield is at the forefront of challenging the widespread fat phobia that’s pushed us to eat a diet full of processed, carb-laden food. “It’s time to help the world change”. Join me for a chat with Prof Grant; a respected PhD public health academic.