Deep in the Weeds - A Food Podcast with Anthony Huckstep

With 250,000 people about to descend upon Melbourne to celebrate our incredible food culture, Pat Nourse (The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival) had to postpone Australia’s largest food festival just a week out from launch. But an online initiative will bring the festival to life until restrictions on large gatherings ease.

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Pierre Issa, otherwise known as Pepe Saya, is one of the world’s best butter producers, but with almost 90% of his business supplying the Hospitality sector & Qantas he had to whip up a new business model to survive.

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With the world facing a crisis like never before, will our diets come into question too? Shannon Martinez (Smith and Daughters and Smith and Deli) believes the time is nigh to consider a paradigm shift in the way we grow, purchase and consume food.

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Just as award-winning restaurateur Stuart Knox (Fix Wine Bar + Restaurant) was raising doubts over his passion and commitment to the hospitality sector, the global pandemic hit him like a Tyson right hook and put things in perspective. Ever since he’s been fighting like a heavy weight underdog to save his business.

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Tasmania has been isolated from the rest of Australia since shutting its borders. With a small population and a hospitality sector that traditionally needs tourist trade restaurateur Bianca Welsh (Stillwater and Black Cow Bistro, Launceston) discusses the impact of the pandemic and how a new sense of community has emerged.

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With the financial situation for most restaurants in the balance Nino Zoccali (The Restaurant Pendolino) believes the next year will test the resolve of everyone in the industry, because as he explains, the problem is much bigger than many may realise.

In a turning of the tables Dani Valent takes the wheel of Deep in the Weeds to interview host Anthony ‘Huck’ Huckstep about how the series came to light and whats been involved in pulling it together. In a moving episode Huck talks of the future of hospitality, food media and delves deep into his own adversities to explain that clarity and purpose can come from even the most devastating trauma.

Devastating drought, brutal bushfires and a global pandemic. It’s the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters, but a very harsh reality for many Australian producers. Small producer Westerly Isbaih (Alto Olives) discusses the hardship involved in farming downunder, but delivers an inspiring assessment of the amazing people in our food industry and why the future is bright post-Covid.

Fish fiend John Susman (Fishtales) has been the connective tissue between catchers and cooks for over three decades and is credited for helping bring some of the most special seafood brands to market. With restaurants unable to pay bills, he paints a picture of the impact on those upstream as well as the positive impact this pandemic has had on our consumption of seafood.

Australian chef Monty Koludrovic is best known for steering the ship at Icebergs Dining Room overlooking Bondi Beach. Now in Los Angeles with his young family, he was in the process of opening a new restaurant (Grandmaster Recorders) when the global pandemic changed everything.