Eat It

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 from Iran.

Join Cam Smith and Matt Steadman for Easter Sunday EAT IT! On the show, Jo Barrett joins with news on Little Pickett and heading to America. Market Correspondent John chats about what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allahyari joins the duo to chat about his restaurant SalamaTea and his inspirational journey to Melbourne in 2012 frjJoiJoin Cam Smith and Matt Steadman on Easter Sunday! On the sjhshow., Jo Barrett joins the show to discuss Little Pickett and travelluiing to America. Market Correspondent John discusseds what he has on his plate, and Hamad Allayhhyari is in the studio to instell his story of his restuaauran, SalamaTea, and, and his trechouachorous journey to Australia in 2012 from Iran. inspirationalCafe Sunshine and SlamaTea

On today’s Easter Sunday we spoke with superstar chef Jo Barrett from Lorne’s Little Picket about her upcoming travels to the US, caught up with John at home rather than the market, and then spoke to Iranian refugee and café operator Hamad Allahyari about his journey from Iran to Melbourne and his café Salamatea.

Cam Smith catches up with Stephanie Alexander and Natasha Grogan, of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation to delve into the origins of their majorly successful school programs and how enriching it is to teach children how to grow and prepare their own food in a way that is pleasurable to them!

Duncan Buchanan calls in to chat with Cam about the optimum time to pick fruit for wine making, altitude temperatures, and different types of wine glasses.

Cam Smith and Matt Steadman get together (over zoom) to chat about the fantastic range of food festivals that are on at the moment, and Cam joins John at the Queen Vic Market for John's autumn produce market report!

Leo Donati of 'Donati's Fine Meats' sits down with Cam to talk about his upbringing in Melbourne, and how this lead to Donati becoming a butcher. The pair also delve into Donati's time serving during the Vietnam War and the difficulties of running a butcher shop whilst in another country, in addition to the challenges that came with being Italian in Australia in the 70's.

Cameron and Matt talk to Cathalina Pauta from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre about their upcoming Feast For Freedom - a cuisine exchange experience in aid of people seeking asylum in Australia. They also talk to experts on challenges when operating restaurants.

Cam and Matt speak with Karen Martini all about her new St Kilda restaurant Saint George, reminisce on her incredible career so far, and get to the bottom of whether or not Karen is hanging up the TV apron for good after 17 years-spoiler alert: you'll have to wait and see.

Later, Cam and Matt are joined by Pat Nourse, Creative Director of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, to celebrate the festival's 32nd
edition, running from the 15th to the 24th of March. From the World Longest's Lunch, the incredible featured chefs from around the world, and where you'll find the best Danhattan in town, the crew discuss everything you can expect to see at the festival this year.

Cam walks and talks with Hohn from Tomato City about picking the best tomatoes at Queen Vic Market. Cam chats with Sebastian Raeburn from Distiller for Craft & Co. about tequila and mezcal and the new Agave liquor they managed to produce from Australian produce.

Cam and Matt sit down with Besha Rodell, chief restaurant critic for The Age and Good Food, to catch up on the state of the restaurant scene in Melbourne. John Pontelandolfo checks in from a hot day at Tomato City in Queen Victoria Market. And winemaker Duncan Buchanan chats about the excitement of the summer season at the vineyard.

Cam Smith and Kent Goldsworthy chat with the delightful Ashleigh Butler about her new book 'The Small Kitchen Cook: Thoughtful Recipes for Tiny Kitchens', which is a collection of recipes for those living the van life, or are living in a tiny home. Butler explains how raising her twins in a combi van helped inspire her to come up with dishes that only need to be cooked on two burners!

Three time winner of the International Gin Producer of the Year, Cameron Mackenzie (of Four Pillars Gin), joins Cam and Kent in the studio to reflect on the beginnings of his business. After starting out in the wine industry (after attempting to qualify as a sprinter in the olympics), Mackenzie bought a still with his business partners and began making gin in the back of a shed in Warrandyte, which brought them to where they are today! They also discuss how the team managed to create a carbon neutral distillery.

Join Cam and Matt as they catch up with award winning food writer, Richard Cornish, who enthuses about Slow Food, an organisation that is centered around traditional cooking and local food promotion. Cornish expands on the magical experience of coming together with people and eating home grown foods, and talks about some of his favourite places that promote Slow Food.

John meets with Cam at the Queen Vic Market for his market report and talks all things eggplant, green capsicum, unwashed potatoes, and more!

Former Melbourne Food and Wine Festival industry engagement manager, Zenon Misko calls in from Bangkok to talk about his decision to live there, and how it's taken him to all kinds of street corners and back alleys in the name of food! Misko also discusses his street food guide which covers eleven cities - Bangkok included - and can be found on https://roadbook.com/.