Gourmet Traveller's Set Menu

Apr 08 2018 21 mins 20
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Each fortnight we round up the most interesting characters from the food world for your listening pleasure. We chat to chefs, cooks, authors, bar tenders and baristas, anyone who has something new and interesting to say about the way we like to eat and drink. A podcast from Gourmet Traveller magazine.

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Samin Nosrat's four secrets to better cooking: salt, fat, acid, heat

Apr 08 2018 23 mins  
By focusing on teaching people the essentials of what makes food taste good rather than simply handing them recipes, Samin Nosrat's début took the cookbook world by storm. She joined GT's David Matthews in the studio with some salt, fat, acid and heat to discuss a key cooking question: what is it that actually makes a good meal good?

Inside Noma 2.0: a Gourmet Traveller exclusive

Feb 17 2018 41 mins  
In an Australian exclusive and as part of just a handful of international media given access, Noma invited Gourmet Traveller to walk through the yet-to-open Noma space. Your tour-guide? None other than charismatic and visionary chef René Redzepi himself. Readers and listeners can join the tour in a special extended version of the Gourmet Traveller podcast, Set Menu out today. Spli

Learn how to drink whiskey from a master taster

Jan 14 2018 29 mins  
Elizabeth McCall is a whiskey master taster, sensory scientist and Kentucky native. This week she sits down with Gourmet Traveller's Pat Nourse and a few bottles of Woodford Reserve.

Is ham the king of Christmas meats?

Dec 17 2017 16 mins  
Chief Restaurant Critic Pat Nourse and Mitch Edwards from Australian Pork deliver the ham hacks you'll need to get you prepped for Christmas day and we chat entertaining with Melbourne chef Matt Wilkinson and his partner, Sharlee Gibb.

Josh Niland is here to save Christmas

Dec 04 2017 29 mins  
In this episode we chat with Australia's seafood maestro, Josh Niland of St Peter in Paddington. He sits down with Gourmet Traveller's Dave Mathews to discuss his whirlwind year and how to cope with any seafood-related Christmas angst. Also on the show Gourmet Traveller Editor Sarah Oakes talks to our Senior Food Editor Lisa Featherby about how to get out of some classic tight spot

Coffee and pastry

Nov 19 2017 32 mins  
We have a caffeine-heavy chat with Single O Coffee buyer Wendy De Jong and the team behind Melbourne's Tivoli Rd Bakery, Michael and Pippa James call in to the office. Plus the opening of our pop up Christmas boutique.

What separates good gelato from bad gelato?

Nov 05 2017 14 mins  
Mark Megahey of Redfern's Ciccone & Sons tells us about the art of making really good gelato.

A compelling case for drinking more gin

Oct 22 2017 12 mins  
In this episode of Set Menu our host Samantha Teague talks to Harriet Leigh, the Head of Hospitality at Archie Rose Distilling Co in Sydney about gin drinking, distilling and mixing. Harriet, in her wisdom, makes a very strong case for the gin old fashioned.

An expert's guide to drinking prosecco

Oct 08 2017 13 mins  
Drinking for a living: Gourmet Traveller's Drinks Editor taste tests a selection of proseccos of mixed reputation and price point.

What's the difference between Sydney and Melbourne diners?

Sep 24 2017 21 mins  
"It's amazing what two wog boys from Melbourne can do," says Chris Lucas (owner of Chin Chin and Kisume). Lucas sits down with Maurice Terzini (Icebergs) to compare their long history of opening restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne. Kristen Allen walks us through making our own cheese at home and we pop ​in to Ramblin' Rascal in Sydney for a quick Negroni masterclass.