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Michael Ng is a chef from Hong Kong and he’s in Melbourne on a 482 sponsored visa. This means he’s tied to his employer even though he’s stood down...
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.
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Mike Rapajic (Sommelier) – shake it up
Mike Rapajic is a sommelier who’s worked at top restaurants in Melbourne and Sydney, as well as Paris and Montreal. A trained scientist with a penchant for analysing and...
Paul Waterson (Australian Venue Co)
Paul Waterson is the CEO of Australian Venue Co which employs over 4000 staff across 160+ pubs. When the pandemic struck, Paul moved quickly to support the 900 visa...
Attila Yilmaz (Pazar Food Collective) – no visa holder, no business
Attila Yilmaz runs Pazar Food Collective in western Sydney. He employs a lot of visa holders in his restaurant and reckons he wouldn’t have a business without them. We...
Kaitlin Chase – in pandemic limbo
Kaitlin Chase is a front-of-house star from Texas but she’s been back and forth to Australia for five years and has just applied for permanent residency. While she’s waiting...
Clement 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,...
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...