How do you create an identity for a restaurant? How do you change it? Are there rules for making it feel right? We chat about change, growth, style and authenticity with Kirbie Tate, owner of Kirbie in South Melbourne. Kirbie is in a space she's inhabited for a decade but it's only now that she's put her name on the door. Why?

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Dani's review of Kirbie:

https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/melbourne-eating-out/restaurant-goes-from-modern-korean-to-broadly-european-and-finds-its-identity-20250303-p5lgk1.html

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. 

Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.