In this small bites, Stef and Simon chat about what it really means to shop local, and how change of habits can be so difficult. We also talk about seasonality and our favourite short season ingredients.

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Martin’s Ridge is a chemical free, grass fed beef, pork and lamb farm in Conjola on the NSW South Coast. After 40 years working as a chef in Sydney, Ian Martin and his wife Tina (also a chef) bought the farm and and moved the family to the coast. Their son Rhys is a butcher […]

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Butter in Sydney has gained a cult following with its fun and unique concept founded on  pillars of fried chicken, hip hop, champagne & sneakers. Now, with three locations, its been a pretty wild ride for chef Julian Cincotta and his business partners. We chat about Julian’s background in food, how the Butter concept came about, […]

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Dwayne Bannon-Harrison is a Yuin man, a chef and an educator. He began is his food truck and catering business Mirritya Mundya to bring Indigenous food to the masses, and to provide himself a platform to educate people about the history and cultural significance of the native ingredients that are now found throughout mainstream cuisine. […]

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For this small bites episode of The Food Fight Simon and Stef talk about the culinary wonders of our cultural hubs, like Cabramatta in Sydney’s West and Cringilla Wollongong. We discuss the variety of different ethnic cuisine available at lesser-known places that take a bit of time to seek it out.

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Nic Wong (Culinary Director at Cicciabella) has had a huge career as a chef in Sydney, on the pans at  Billy Kwong, Rockpool and Bodega – and part of the opening teams at Ester, Cho Cho San, The Apollo and the Orana pop-up. With this huge range of experience in opening different types of venues, […]

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https://www.quicksandfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Small-Bites-UK-V-AUS.mp3 This small bite sees Stef and Simon compare and contrast how some foods are done in the UK compared to Australia. We discuss things like sandwiches, curry and fish and chips – getting into the pros and cons of each country’s approach.

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This episode we speak to former Bar Rochford chef Louis Couttoupes. After a decade in the public service, Louis became a chef at 31 following a trip to Paris and a three month stint at the OG bistronomy venue, Au Passage. When he returned to Canberra and took up a position as head chef at […]

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In this – largely Covid free – final episode of the Food Fight for 2020, Stef and Simon do a yearly wrap by talking about what they did and didn’t like about Good Food’s 100 best things of 2020. They also give us brief lists of their best things of 2020 to wrap up the […]

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Stef and Simon travel to the ANU in Canberra for a chat with Dr Blair Williams and Dr Kim Huynh about food and multiculturalism in Australia. In September 2020 Blair and Kim penned an article titled: “Channel Seven’s Plate of Origin shows how Australian multiculturalism is defined by white people”. We discuss food reality shows […]

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