Dirty Linen Food Podcast with Dani Valent

Hosted ByDani Valent

Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues.
Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.

Dirty Linen is a food podcast with Dani Valent that goes behind the scenes in restaurants, cafes and bars. Your host is food journalist Dani Valent. For 20 years, Dani has been writing about restaurants and the people who give them life. But she’s an outsider, a critic, a tourist, a fan. Despite hearing the stories and writing the tales, she’s never really understood what happens behind the scenes. Now it’s time to get stuck in, with compassion, humour and fearlessness. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in pressing topics. Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.

All Episodes

Dani’s Postcard from the Phuket fresh market at dawn with chef Thames Kraitat,

Want to join me on a peak food adventure? I trawl a Phuket fresh market at dawn with chef Thames Kraitat, learning so much about fresh ingredients and how...

Dani’s Postcard from Bangkok (with Zenon Misko) – exciting, amazing and energising

Coming to you from Bangkok today as I dive deep into my first international food adventure since 2019. I’m not sure if it’s the time between street-side noodles or...

Francesco ‘Ciccio’ Crifo (Roccella, Melbourne) – is it ever OK to put pineapple on pizza?

Francesco ‘Ciccio’ Crifo was more or less born under a pizza bench and has spent his whole life in kitchens. We talk to the Roccella chef about tradition and...

Evette Quoibia (La Gout Afrique) – a milk bar with West African food?

What do you get from a milk bar? Cheezels, ice cream, emergency Tim Tams…What about jollof rice, fried plantain and fufu? That’s what’s on offer at La Gout Afrique,...

Shaun Quade (The Lawns of the Lobby, Canberra) – returning home

Shaun Quade ditched fine dining to manufacture vegan cheese in the US. It was…challenging. He’s back in Australia after four years in Silicon Valley with a renewed appetite for...

Shaun Quade (The Lawns of the Lobby, Canberra) – back in Australia

Shaun Quade ditched fine dining to manufacture vegan cheese in the US. It was…challenging. He’s back in Australia after four years in Silicon Valley with a renewed appetite for...

Jay Clough (Bureau of Eating and Drinking) – the joys and traumas of a life in food

We hate thinking about the pandemic but it seems a lot of Covid-induced impacts are only now coming to the surface: the emotional fallout and economic crunches are very...

Danielle Alvarez (Author and Chef) – the differences between home and restaurant cooking

It’s been a couple of years since we caught up with Sydney chef and author Danielle Alvarez. A lot has happened. She experienced burnout, left her job at Fred’s...

Liam Scotchmer (Single O, Sydney) – a year in coffee

We love celebrating young talent at Dirty Linen. Seventeen-year-old Liam Scotchmer is a return guest on the pod. We catch up with the Single O barista on the occasion...

Guy Jeffreys (Millbrook Winery, WA) – stepping back

We chat to leading West Australian chef Guy Jeffreys on the occasion of him stepping back from his executive chef role at Millbrook Winery after 13 years. It’s been...