After traversing the globe running the kitchens of some of the most luxurious hotels and resorts, to cooking for The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and many more VIPs, Shannon Batten started a young family and decided Brisbane was the best place for kids to grow up. He ventured to the Queenies city of the north and is now running two hotels and making a name for himself in the process. https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/bnewi-the-westin-brisbane/dining/ Follow Deep In The Weeds on Instagram    https://www.instagram.com/deepintheweedspodcast/?hl=en Follow Huck https://www.in ..read more

After cutting his teeth and learning solid technique in Canada, Russia and London it wasn’t until he landed in Australia that Konstantin Putkin (The Good Shed, Ballarat) discovered the profound relationship between produce and cooking. Inspired by a throng of Australian venues that places emphasis on simplicity in cookery while using the best produce, he’s now running one of the largest regional venues - and celebrating the region producers to-boot. https://www.instagram.com/chefkonnyk/ Follow Deep In The Weeds on Instagram    https://www.instagram.com/deepintheweedspodcast ..read more

Sarah Andrew operates in almost all important educational and scholarly sectors within the Australian drinks scene. She is a huge contributor to academic learning in this country, and I am thrilled to have her on the podcast to discuss more. https://www.instagram.com/sarahandrewwine/?hl=en Follow Over a Glass https://www.instagram.com/overtheglasspod  Host Shanteh Wale https://www.instagram.com/shantehwale/?hl=en Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Executive Producer Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOO ..read more

Sarah Andrews operates in almost all important educational and scholarly sectors within the Australian drinks scene. She is a huge contributor to academic learning in this country, and I am thrilled to have her on the podcast to discuss more. https://www.instagram.com/sarahandrewwine/?hl=en Follow Over a Glass https://www.instagram.com/overtheglasspod  Host Shanteh Wale https://www.instagram.com/shantehwale/?hl=en Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Executive Producer Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FO ..read more

Growing up in an Italian Australian family, Dave Dellai (il Bacaro) was surrounded by amazing food and festivities. It lead to a yearning to live a life in food, and after finding his way in commercial kitchens he became part of the team of one of Melbourne’s institutions. Now he’s become a key component to its longevity. https://www.instagram.com/daviddellai/?hl=en Follow Deep In The Weeds on Instagram    https://www.instagram.com/deepintheweedspodcast/?hl=en Follow Huck https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.c ..read more

\While studying at university Jake Ahrens (Nomad Sydney) needed to earn some money, so his father offered a deal - cook dinner three nights a week and he’d pay him for it. Soon enough a love of cooking took over and he found himself veering from university and into a commercial kitchen. After working is way through some of Sydney’s best establishments, he’s now leading one of the largest kitchen teams at one of Sydney’s institutions. https://www.instagram.com/jakeahrens86/?hl=en Follow Deep In The Weeds on Instagram    https://www.instagram.com/deepintheweedspodcast/?hl=en F ..read more

Rhys Julian is the General Manager of Strange Nature Distilling, based in New Zealand. Their signature gin is rewired in wonderful ways. Today Rhys joins me to uncover if Strange Nature is in fact by name, nature or flavour. https://www.strangenaturegin.com/ Follow Over a Glass https://www.instagram.com/overtheglasspod  Host Shanteh Wale https://www.instagram.com/shantehwale/?hl=en Executive Producer Rob Locke https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Executive Producer Anthony Huckstep https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr ..read more

Growing up in a family that placed great importance on good food, James Spreadbury began a fascination with wine and service from a young age. Driven by a deep desire to learn, perfect his service skills and expand his world knowledge of wine, he ventured to Europe, where he eventually earned the role of Service Director at the world renowned restaurant, noma. After returning to South Australia to immerse himself back home for a few years, he’s now off for another European adventure. https://www.instagram.com/jspreds/ Follow Deep In The Weeds on Instagram    https://www.insta ..read more

After plying her craft in some of London’s and Sydney’s most influential establishment Eilish Maloney (The What if Society) knew she was ready to open her own establishment. Lured by the connection to producers in the region she grew up in, she began to build a business that connects producers to consumers, focuses on zero waste, and with a goal to not only change a few lives, but take on the world too. https://www.thewhatifsociety.com/ Follow Deep In The Weeds on Instagram    https://www.instagram.com/deepintheweedspodcast/?hl=en Follow Huck https://www.instagram.com/hucks ..read more

It’s not uncommon to see signature dishes in the spotlight, but rarely do we see a hero dish using an animals extremities so widely championed in the media as we have with today’s guest Brendan Fong (Hubert) who has put pig’s totters well and truly in the spotlight. https://www.instagram.com/brendan.fong/?hl=en Follow The Crackling https://www.instagram.com/thecracklingpodcast/ Follow Huck https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow PorkStar https://www.instagram.com/porkstars/?hl=en https://www.porkstar ..read more