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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January 6, 2026 • 11 mins
It's the summer series of Deep in the Weeds where we catch up with past guests to share some of their favourite travel and food yarns. Today it’s a pleasure to welcome back Tim Cassimatis from Olympic Meats on the show, who takes us on a journey to the birthplace of his father.
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January 4, 2026 • 15 mins
It’s the summer series on Deep in the Weeds and Today’s guest was one of the originals on the show, racking up the third episode of the show over 5 and a half years ago. Join us as Jared Ingersoll shares yarns about cooking mishaps, scoring killer crabs and kitchen prep nightmares.
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December 30, 2025 • 12 mins
Welcome back to another episode of our Summer Series on Deep in the Weeds where we catch up with past guests to share yarns from their life in food. And today we head to Queensland with Alex Munoz from LaBart who shares yarns of inspiring meals, near misses, and the importance of family when you work in hospitality.
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December 28, 2025 • 15 mins
It’s the summer series on Deep in the Weeds and today we head to Tassie to catch up with friend of the show Bianca Welsh who shares yarns about the ongoing endeavour of finding child friendly venues while abroad, to inspiring your team with immersive food trips.
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December 23, 2025 • 16 mins
And the summer series continues here on Deep in the Weeds and today chef Alastair McLeod takes us on a global journey to his homeland Ireland, across to France and New York where he experienced the true art of hospitality.
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December 21, 2025 • 17 mins
It's the summer series on Deep in the Weeds and the last time we caught up with today’s guest she dished up a Christmas special for us, and as always, it’s an absolute joy to welcome back legendary chef and restaurateur Alex Herbert who shares yarns of hidden gems in Japan, making a pilgrimage and how food weaves a web through one’s life.
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December 18, 2025 • 10 mins
Angelo Vaxevani, manager of Nicholas Seafood at the Sydney Fish Market takes us on a tour of what's good for the festive season in 2025.
From prawns, oysters, lobsters, live fish and more.
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December 16, 2025 • 17 mins
It's the summer series and today we catch up with a chef who once led the team of one of Australia’s best restaurants, before elevating everyday eats.Darren Robertson joins us to share tales of Tokyo with Tetsuya, Pilgrimage to St John, a wild New York ride and going off track in Indonesia.
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December 14, 2025 • 33 mins
After finding her feet in hospitality in Hong Kong, Yammi Cheung (Caption by Hyatt) yearned for a new adventure in a city that offered not only a great career but the lifestyle she was after. She headed downunder to Sydney, and now she is leading the team at a new venue delivering a menu that strikes a balance between healthy eating and guilty pleasures.
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Sam Coverdale is the owner/winemaker of Polperro and Even Keel wines located on the Mornington Peninsula. Here the sea wraps the lands on three sides, fuelling his passion for cool- climate wines and his enduring search for the perfect wave.
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December 9, 2025 • 34 mins
Today’s guest has appeared on the show a few times, including one of our special Christmas episodes. But this time it’s to reflect on what has been an extraordinary run of influence for his restaurant Red Lantern, which after 23 years, he’s pulled up stumps on. Mark Jensen joins us to share yarns from one of Sydney’s most influential establishments.
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December 7, 2025 • 51 mins
Last time we caught up with Ross Lusted he took us on a journey through his career and Woodcut, an establishment that was over a decade in the making. With Woodcut firing, he’s also launched his first Melbourne venue, Portuguese-inspired Marmello, and taken on the challenge of raising the bar on inflight meals with Qatar.
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Tania and Stephen Walter are biodynamic grain farmers in north-western Victoria. Burrum Biodynamics is a place of dark cracking soil and grey loam, red clay and sand, underpinning fields and wildlife reserves which attract native birds. The Walters grow oats, wheat, barley, lentils and rye according to biodynamic principles. It’s a life of creativity, variety, challenge and meaningful rewards that go beyond yield and balance sheets...
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December 2, 2025 • 21 mins
Legends Giovanni Pilu and Marilyn Annecchini open their brand new restaurant Flaminia today and we were lucky enough to catch up with chef Giovanni in the restaurant on the eve of swinging the doors open. Join us a Giovanni shares the story behind his new restaurant and what to expect on the menu that explores the port cities of Italy.
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November 30, 2025 • 41 mins
After falling in with the wrong crowd as a teenager, Max Sharrad (Nido Bar and Pasta, Fugazzi), found his feet in the commercial kitchen. His young, over-confident personality helped him open the door to some of the world’s best kitchens, but rising the ranks so quickly had its drawbacks. With maturity has come a different view of hospitality and what he wants to get out of it.
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November 25, 2025 • 26 mins
She was one of our very first guests way back in 2020 when the world was upside down coping with covid. Since then her business model, and perspective of hospitality has evolved exponentially. We catch up with legend Jackie Middleton (Earl, Dame) to discuss the modern art of hospitality.
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November 23, 2025 • 21 mins
The epitome of a farm to table approach to cooking, Mike McEnearney (From Here by Mike) has played a huge role in elevating everyday eats and bringing consumers closer to the source. We catch up with Mike to discuss his new projects and how he finds the right offering for the right market while continually evolving.
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November 18, 2025 • 37 mins
It’s been four years since we last caught up with Dash Rumble (Pilot, Such and Such) and like many of us a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, including the size and shape of her businesses. We catch up with one of the Capital’s best restaurateurs to see how she’s built the foundations to not only let her business’s grow but nurture a creative and inclusive culture in the workplace too.
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November 17, 2025 • 21 mins
How many cows do you need to milk to call yourself a dairy farmer?
Tess Sellar has 10 friendly girls at her farm on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria. As Sellar Farmhouse Creamery, she bottles milk and makes yoghurt, selling both directly to local customers who value short supply chains and delicious dairy.
https://sellardairy.com.au
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November 16, 2025 • 38 mins
Australia is considered by many to have the most mature coffee market in the world all thanks to a bevy of operators who laid the foundations and changed the game many years ago.
Single O is one of the foundations of this movement, and after more than two decades of influencing how we drink our daily brew, co-founder Dion Cohen joins us to share just how they did, and how their making the future more sustainable too.
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