Apple Podcasts
Spotify
RSS
Google PodcastsClement Demarais (Restaurant Manager) – don’t forget us
Clement Demarais is a highly accomplished restaurant manager who lost his Melbourne job when the pandemic hit. As a sponsored worker he’s stuck: can’t work for his previous boss,...
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
Tugce Bayrakdar (geneticist turned chef) – a food dream for the future
This week on Dirty Linen, our topic is visa holders in hospitality. Who are they? What are they struggling with? Is it fair that they were told to ‘go...
Dr Claire Kelly (Mental Health First Aid Australia) – the frontline of assistance
We wrap up ‘mental health fortnight’ with Dr Claire Kelly, the Director of Research and Curriculum at Mental Health First Aid Australia, a training organisation devoted to ‘mental health...
George Wintle (Eat the Issue) – encouragement & enrichment in the kitchen
Ex-Oakridge chef George Wintle founded his Eat the Issue mental health forums after a friend of his was abused at work and ended up in hospital. George’s mum Rae...
Steve Kilminster – dismantling the ‘push on’ mentality
Veteran chef Steve Kilminster speaks to Dirty Linen from rehab in Townsville, where he’s recovering from alcoholism, anxiety and depression. He talks about the long hours, low wages and...
Nathan Toleman (Hazel, Dessous) – turning mental health into a habit
Nathan Toleman is one of Melbourne’s most dynamic restaurateurs. With wife Sarah, he’s progressed from a suburban cafe 13 years ago through a series of increasingly ambitious businesses that...
Kate Bartholomew (Coda, Tonka) – big, brave, deep
Restaurateur Kate Bartholomew owns Coda and Tonka in Melbourne’s CBD. She talks openly about her obsessive compulsive disorder, post-natal depression and the shame she felt when her restaurant Oter...
Jared Ingersoll – the strength of vulnerability
Sydney chef Jared Ingersoll is best known for putting the farm at the centre of the table at Danks Street Depot. He’s out of restaurants now, working at tech...
Annie Smithers (Du Fermier) – generosity & courage
Country restaurateur Annie Smithers generously and courageously shares her mental health journey. We talk boundaries, working hours, medication, persistence and what it’s like to be gay in hospo. She’s...
Dr Paul Valent (Psychiatrist, Traumatologist) – the impact of disasters
Dr Paul Valent is a psychiatrist, traumatologist and expert in the psychological impact of disasters. He’s also Dani’s dad. Dr Dad shares his thoughts on how the pandemic is...