It's the week before Easter and Vicki's got a bee in her bonnet about Easter trading hours while Tash confesses - she's just not that into chocolate, unless it's dark, dark, dark. Vicki brings Thomas Capdevielle from Coromandel Chocolate onto the show to win her over.

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This week Vicki talks roast chicken, Tash shares her Awildian gin collaboration and the spicy sauce: Vicki wonders why all those people who say they'd love to be in hospitality aren't working in it? So Tash brings Alice Taylor to the show - on the cusp of releasing her brand new cookbook and fresh off a rollercoaster of kitchens and working in hospitality since she appeared on Masterchef.

Tash and Vicki welcome Sarah Meikle in studio to talk about all things food tourism and her exciting new ventures. Tash cries foul for Turkish eggs featuring Polish sausage and we're trying Moksha X Cassia collaboration gin in celebration of all things India and spice.

Whoop whoop! Our audio is fixed and we've got a pep in our step as we launch into March with Kate Evans, a feijoa freak who's spent ten years creating her book 'Feijoa' that highlights connections between people, plants and culture. We love it - but Vicki didn't love the latest Zero alcohol options we tasted this week.

New audio is on the way! Thanks for your patience - the audio in this episode is still a bit off but we've sorted it for the next episode! Nothing a little good oil won't fix.

So dive on it a bath of oily scandal and a drop in to chat with New Zealand's busiest chef, Sid Sahrawat as he takes to TikTok to discover if New Zealand's favourite treats will take to Cassia's take home curry sauces.

Celebrating the release of the 2024 Top 50 Influential Women in Food and Drink list, we speak with Kelli Brett. Kelli is editor of Cuisine magazine and launched the list in 2023. The 2024 list is full of compelling and remarkable women in the NZ food and drink sector. We talk to Kelli about what's ahead for New Zealand food and why she started the community. Plus we do talk about the other kind of influence - social media presence and rising hospitality personality Albert Cho.

Tash and Vicki get right on the Sauce - with Sidekick Soda and New Zealand's ultimate tomato sauce taste test. Then we speak to iconic chef and New Zealand food storyteller Peter Gordon about New Zealand cuisine and the future of our food story.

We ask the question - is New Zealand just too small for people to have big opinions when it comes to food, or ... anything? Speaking of big opinions - Al Brown doesn't consider himself a great chef! We might disagree especially after we get informal and into the nitty gritty of his love of nostalgic, simple food.

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This episode features Vicki Ravlich-Horan's iconic annual food trends predictions for 2024 as she puts Tash to the test. As far as the future goes - you can't get more transformative than Brianne West, entrepreneurial founder of Ethique and more recently, Incrediballs. You'll be so inspired you'll be reaching for camel milk.

This episode Tash and Vicki dive into the summer essentials - and we put a brand new Red Bull flavour to the test! We talk about Papa Salt and interview Luke, from Luke's Kitchen in the Coromandel about the challenges of road closures and gearing up for a truly seasonal restaurant.