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

Justine Schofield (Author, Cook & TV Host) – Freezer Friendly

Prolific author, cook and TV host Justine Schofield is our guest on today’s Dirty Linen summer series. Justine shares a cosy school camp memory and provokes a couple of...

Journey to Barragunda Episode 3 with Simone Watts and Marie Grasset – weeks from opening

We continue our Journey to Barragunda with episode 3 of a special series that tracks the opening of an innovative, thoughtful restaurant on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Today is different:...

Gilava Pour (Exotic Bazaar) – a passion for sharing her culture

Dirty Linen Summer Series! In this special series we catch up with fabulous food folk to hear about a time they realised how important food is to them. Gilava...

Australian Open Food Special

Dirty Linen puts on the tennis shoes and heads to the Australian Open to see what’s cooking. Come with us to eat bagels, Filipino corn ribs, a chicken roll...

Tezzi Daniel (Cooee Cookies) – making dreams come true.

Dirty Linen Summer Series! In this special series we catch up with fabulous food folk to hear about a time they realised how important food is to them. Today...

Brigitte Hafner (Tedesca Osteria) – popping up at the Australian Open

Dirty Linen Summer Series! In this special series we catch up with fabulous food folk to hear about a time they realised how important food is to them. Restaurateur...

Elana Benjamin (Writer) – a fascinating intermingling of culinary cultures

Dirty Linen’s summer series continues with Sydney writer Elana Benjamin, author of the new book Indian-Jewish Food: Recipes and Stories from the Backstreets of Bondi. Elana shares the backstory...

Dirty Glass with Dani Valent and Shanteh Wale – reflecting & setting intentions

We see out 2024 with a fun, fizzy episode of Dirty Glass, the occasional crossover pod with Shanteh Wale from Over A Glass and Dani Valent from Dirty Linen....

Joanne Lee (Butchers Buffet/Gyuniku) – a taste of Korea

Dirty Linen’s summer series continues with Joanne Lee’s moving tale of the time she cooked for her teacher as a small child in Korea. These days, Joanne is the...

Jono Hurst (Brooklands Farms) – abbatoir access issues

Pig and cattle farmer Jono Hurst takes a break from ‘hamageddon’ to talk about the big issue facing many small farmers: lack of access to abattoirs. Why has it...