Our Team
ANTHONY HUCKSTEP, CO-FOUNDER & HOST
DANI VALENT, HOST DIRTY LINEN PODCAST
ANTHONY HUCKSTEP, CO-FOUNDER & HOST
Anthony Huckstep is a food writer and restaurant critic with a passion for producers, restaurants, food & drink and hospitality.
He is also the co-author of the
Co-founder of Metal Mouth Australia.
ROB LOCKE - CO-FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
DANI VALENT, HOST DIRTY LINEN PODCAST
ANTHONY HUCKSTEP, CO-FOUNDER & HOST
Rob Locke is the Executive Producer, he worked in radio programming and production in a past life, and now produces content for clients in the food, tech and travel industries.
He lurks in the background of interviews and believes that sound tells the best story.
DANI VALENT, HOST DIRTY LINEN PODCAST
DANI VALENT, HOST DIRTY LINEN PODCAST
DANI VALENT, HOST DIRTY LINEN PODCAST
Dani Valent is one of Australia’s most respected food communicators. She is a longtime freelance journalist and restaurant critic, award-winning cookbook author, host of the popular Dirty Linen hospitality podcast and chief creator at danivalent.com. Her business card says: writer, eater, traveller and cook, and if you could sum up Dani’s
Dani Valent is one of Australia’s most respected food communicators. She is a longtime freelance journalist and restaurant critic, award-winning cookbook author, host of the popular Dirty Linen hospitality podcast and chief creator at danivalent.com. Her business card says: writer, eater, traveller and cook, and if you could sum up Dani’s ethos in a phrase, it would be "connecting people through great food experiences”.
JOHN SUSMAN, HOST FISHTALES PODCAST
SHANTEH WALE, HOST OVER A GLASS PODCAST
DANI VALENT, HOST DIRTY LINEN PODCAST
John Susman has a long history in the seafood industry, working from catcher to cook and more recently as senior partner at Fishtales, provides counsel to catchers, processors, Government and Industry bodies, retailers, restaurateurs and fisheries managers.
John is co-author of the Australian Fish and Seafood Cookbook
SHANTEH WALE, HOST OVER A GLASS PODCAST
SHANTEH WALE, HOST OVER A GLASS PODCAST
SHANTEH WALE, HOST OVER A GLASS PODCAST
Shanteh is the Head Sommelier at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant. She is a rising star in the ranks of sommeliers in Australia having been three times nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award. She has also been a Len Evans Scholar and has judged at numerous wine shows including Royal Sydney, Hunter Valley, New
Shanteh is the Head Sommelier at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant. She is a rising star in the ranks of sommeliers in Australia having been three times nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award. She has also been a Len Evans Scholar and has judged at numerous wine shows including Royal Sydney, Hunter Valley, New South Wales and Langhorne Creek Wine Shows. Shanteh has also recently contributed to Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine.
Podcast Links
Listen to Deep In The Weeds
Listen to Deep In The Weeds
Listen to Deep In The Weeds
Listen to Dirty Linen
Listen to Deep In The Weeds
Listen to Deep In The Weeds
Listen to Fishtales Podcast
Listen to Deep In The Weeds
Listen to Fishtales Podcast
Listen to the Producers
Listen to the Producers
Listen to Fishtales Podcast
Listen to Over a Glass
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Listen to the Crackling
Listen to the Crackling
Listen to the Producers
Listen to the Crackling