Chef and restaurateur Mauro Callegari owns The Independent in Gembrook, in the Dandenong Ranges outside Melbourne. The past year's events have reinforced his belief in community and giving back. Despite huge challenges finding staff, he's grateful for Australia's pathway through the pandemic, especially when considered in the light of his homeland of Argentina's very different track: 25,000 cases a day, low compliance with lockdown rules and leadership that sows dissent rather than working for unity.

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We continue to chat silver linings with drinks guy Chris Hysted-Adams from Moon Dog brewery. The pandemic has been tough for the indie Melbourne brewers but it's also given them time to develop a range of alcoholic seltzers which - to their absolute astonishment - has overtaken beer sales. We chat about work-life balance and the differences and similarities between product development, wholesaling and hospitality.

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Some people have had quiet pandemics. Then there's chef Rebekah Pedler, who had her dream job at Eleven Madison Park in New York when COVID hit. She lost her job, then went back to the restaurant when it started making meals for frontline workers, transforming herself from fine dining chef to bulk cook. What else? She was part of Black Lives Matter protests, the craziness of the American election swirled around her, her husband got really sick from coronavirus, and she's just finished hotel quarantine in Sydney. It's been a time but Rebekah is feeling optimistic...

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Dirty Linen is spending a fortnight talking optimism. What's good? What's worked? Where are the bright spots? We start with chef and entrepreneur Charlie Carrington who launched Atlas Masterclass at the start of the pandemic. His recipe box service was a successful pivot in a crisis and it's continued to build after lockdown.

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I’m wrapping up a fortnight of discussions about anti-Asian racism with a great chat with

Mike Souvanthalisith. Mike and his partner Muriel-Ann Ricafrente are designers and food lovers based in Sydney. In February 2020, as the pandemic started to impact Australia's Asian communities, they launched More of Something Good - MSG - a website and Instagram designed to shine a light on Asian restaurants in a period of deep struggle.

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Victor Liong is chef and owner of Lee Ho Fook in Melbourne and Chuuka in Sydney. After an early career embedded in European fine dining, Victor moved on to cook a new style of Chinese food. We talk about being a model minority, staying contained to keep safe, struggles with identity and the power and limits of kindness.

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Sandra Tan is part of The Entree.Pinays, a collective of Australian Filipinas working to further understanding and enjoyment of Filipino food and culture. She's also a writer, editor and content strategist working mostly in design and architecture. As part of our series of discussions around discrimination against Asians, we talk visibility and the office microwave, about the differences in representation and dialogue in the design and food worlds, and how small, simple acts can have powerful consequences.

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Dirty Linen continues airing the issue of anti-Asian racism in this conversation with Sydney restaurateur Will Mahusay. Will moved from Cebu in the Philippines to Sydney as a child and was the victim of devastating racist insults and abuse for many years. After long struggles with shame and his identity - including as a gay man - he has forged a victorious career that shines a proud light on his heritage.

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Visible and vocal, restaurateur, author and two-time MasterChef Australia contestant Khanh Ong was born in a refugee camp to Vietnamese parents, grew up in Springvale and immersed himself in fashion and DJing before finding a career focused on food. We talk about his path, representation, being the boss and when it's not a banh mi.

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As part of a series of discussions about anti-Asian racism, we are speaking today to food writer Yvonne C. Lam. Yvonne is the digital editor of Gourmet Traveller magazine and a founding member of Diversity in Food Media. This is a Big Chat.

https://www.yvonneclam.com.au

References:

Yvonne C. Lam on Problematic Restaurant Names: https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/news/food-and-culture/problematic-restaurant-names-19020

Reni Eddo-Lodge:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/30/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race

Diversity in Food Media:

https://diversity-in-food-media-australia.webnode.com/

Australians love Asian food, so why doesn't it win as many awards as Italian?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-27/asian-food-fine-dining-good-food-guide-gourmet-traveller/10427934

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