Deep in the Weeds - A Food Podcast with Anthony Huckstep
Deep in the Weeds is a food podcast hosted by Anthony Huckstep in conversation with chefs, food producers and members of the hospitality industry. An Australian Food Podcast from the Deep in the Weeds Network.
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May 11, 2025 • 36 mins
Hospitality Groups come in many forms and are a large part of the culinary landscape these days. What impact do they have on the evolution of the dining scene? And how do ensure each offering in the group holds its own identity? Frank Tucker (Pacific Hunter Group) joins us to talk about his fascinating career, and how he steers the ship of one of the most interesting restaurant groups in the country.
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May 9, 2025 • 21 mins
After years working one of the world’s great proponents of Thai, Annita Potter (Viand) decided to return to Australia and take diners on her own journey through Thai cuisine through a different lense. The result is a dining experience where the guests and the food are the show in equal measure.
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At the southern end of the Grampians, chef Robin Wickens uses the Royal Mail’s market garden to supply produce for his pub bistro and fine dining restaurant Wickens, which is set in bushland in a glassed pavilion. We meet up with Robin for a garden tour, before heading back to the restaurant for a 10-course degustation with matched wines. Dinner is creative, exciting and fun, one of regional Australia’s most complete and engaging d...
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May 8, 2025 • 24 mins
Institutions in hospitality are a rarity these days, with longevity one of the holy grails of the industry. Today we are very excited to be joined by the third generation of one of Sydney’s most loved and visited venues that started all the way back in 1963. Duan Wong co-owner of the Malaya in Sydney shares yarns of its incredible influence and the new era for this institution.
https://themalaya.com.au
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May 4, 2025 • 32 mins
Leaving school at a young age, Samuel Rozsnyoi (Chiswick) found a home and direction in the hospitality sector. First as a means to pay the rent and buy groceries, he soon discovered a never-ending world to explore if he pushed himself. He set about bouncing from venue to venue learning his craft from some of the very best chefs.
That insatiable appetite to continually evolve his food knowledge has led to a huge role in a Sydney...
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May 2, 2025 • 18 mins
One of the country’s most influential chefs hung up the whites and donned a butcher’s apron and soon enough obtained a cult following. We catch up with former Tetsuya’s head chef and now LP’s Quality Meats maestro Luke Powell to hear his story, some tricks and tips on making the best charcuterie and what it takes to transition a career.
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May 1, 2025 • 41 mins
Clive Jones joined Nautilus Estate as Winemaker in 1998. Today, he still holds that title, now carrying the wisdom of decades on his shoulders. It’s no surprise, then, that he is crafting some of the most captivating wines in New Zealand
https://www.nautilusestate.com
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April 30, 2025 • 21 mins
The opportunity to take ownership of a kitchen and menu is an exciting moment in a chef’s career, but what’s it like being given the chance to express yourself on the plate but ensure the offering lures people in and keeps them coming back too?
Elliot Gotovac (The Inn, Ainslie ACT) is taking the popular and unassuming venue into a new era and joins us to roadmap the evolution.
https://www.edgarsinn.com.au
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April 27, 2025 • 35 mins
We’ve had a few guests on Deep in the Weeds that have made the successful transition from TV show Masterchef into a career in Hospitality, but perhaps none quiet like today’s guest. An early winner on the series, then part of the Three Blue Ducks empire, Andy Allen is now celebrating 6 years hosting the show that opened the door into life in food for him.
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Rob Mack is the winemaker and co-owner of Aphelion Wine Co, based in McLaren Vale.
Since launching in 2014 he has gained a reputation for his affinity with Grenache and his obsessiveness with quality and value.
https://aphelionwine.com.au/
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April 22, 2025 • 50 mins
Although he started his career in the hospitality sector that took him into the some of the best hotels around the world, an opportunity for change saw Pete Dillon (Hotel Canberra, Ballarat) carve out an influential career in media and brand development in and around the food sector.
But a yearning to get back to a simpler life in the country saw him chance his arm in the very sector that he got a start in – hospitality.
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April 21, 2025 • 15 mins
Central Victorian farmer Rob Lockhart grows wheat, oats, lambs and beef but potatoes are his main deal. We talk about the ups and downs of farming, small town life and SpudFest, a festival that takes over Trentham on the first weekend in May.
https://www.trenthamspudfest.org.au/
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April 18, 2025 • 38 mins
Sue Hodder is one of Australia’s most renowned and respected winemakers. For over three decades, she has crafted some of the country’s most collectible and long-lived wines at Wynns Coonawarra Estate in South Australia.
Her achievements are remarkable—on paper, in person, and of course, in the glass.
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April 16, 2025 • 29 mins
We don’t talk about Latin-American cuisine much in Australia, because in truth it isn’t very prevalent in the culinary landscape. Today’s guest however, is flying the Latin-American flag high and garnering a lot of attention.
Diego Cardenas, head chef of Pincho Disco in Collingwood, joins us to take us on a journey through his heritage.
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April 7, 2025 • 34 mins
At the base of the Blue Mountains former journalist Gemma Deavin and her family are producing Mount Henry Honey that truly captures a sense of time and place in each jar.
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April 2, 2025 • 39 mins
Chris Morrison is a name synonymous with Australia's beverage and hospitality scene. You name it, he’s done it—quite literally.
He is a mover and shaker and has been at the forefront of the industry, for as long as I can remember.
And just when you think he might be ready to step back, he reinvents himself once again, challenging us to rethink how we operate in this industry.
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April 1, 2025 • 30 mins
How do you transfer the skills, technique and approach of European Michelin star restaurants – the old and the new, into a regional setting in South Australia that not only delivers a top shelf dining experience, but taps into the local producer network too? Well today’s guest Fabian Lehmann (Maxwell Restaurant, McLaren Vale, South Australia) is doing just that.
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March 30, 2025 • 34 mins
A long life in food is one thing, but being an integral part of the success and longevity of an establishment is another thing altogether. As Tasmania’s incredible Stillwater restaurant and Seven Rooms hotel celebrates 25 years, today we catch up with Craig Will, co-owner and executive chef of Stillwater in Launceston.
https://www.stillwater.com.au/
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March 25, 2025 • 32 mins
Regenerative farming is becoming more prevalent in Australia as small operators aim to look after the land, the ecosystem and give animals the best life all while working together. But what happens when you change the scale of things, from farmer – going direct to market with your very own butcher too?
Luke Winder owner of Tathra Place farm is opening his first full butcher, Tathra Place Belconnen at Capital Food Markets where he ...
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March 23, 2025 • 44 mins
Raised in a wine-producing family near the Amalfi Coast, Italy Fabio Magliano (Buono and Sincero) cut his teeth in his uncles restaurant from the age of 14. It set him on a journey to some of Italy’s and England’s best restaurants before a move to Australia changed his approach to his craft. Now he is at the helm of two of the most exciting suburban Italian restaurants in Melbourne.
https://buonoparkdale.com.au/
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