Gontran Cherrier joins Pete Dillon and Tad Lombardo on Cravings today talking about the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. Colin Neathercoat from Melbourne Water also joins us to talk about a key event of the festival, Rivergraze.

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Joining Tad Lombardo  on Cravings  today is Thanh Do one of Melbourne’s premier food bloggers, we’re talking all things food and social media.

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Stuart is also involved with Collingwood cafe South of Johnson and cookware, food merchant and cafe Oxford Larder.

Tad and Stuart chat about the book as well as their experiences as food business proprietors.

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Also in this episode of Cravings hosts Pete Dillon and Tad Lombardo kick off a discussion on the connections between queer culture and the food service industry, both today and in times gone by.

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Christy Tania

Hosts Tad Lombardo and Pete Dillon discuss a varied range of topics with Tania including the question that has been raised recently of Australian menus being too confusing.

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Author of The Gay Chef, ambassador for Gay Rights Australia and My Kitchen Rules semi finalist Jordan Bruno joins Tad Lombardo in this episode of Cravings.

Also speaking with Tad is celebrated chef & author of the cookbook Taqueria, Paul Wilson. Listen in to hear Paul talk about the book along with the highly anticipated opening of restaurant Mr Wilson at the Prahan Market.

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It’s the 25th year of The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival and festival CEO Natalie O’Brien is with Pete and Tad today talking about some of the highlights of this year’s festival.

Renowned New York Chef Wylie Dufresne who will be part of the MasterClass series at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival also joins us on Cravings today.

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Katy Barfield is the founder of Yume which is a wholesale marketplace for surplus food.

Marcus Godinho is the CEO of Fare Share which cooks around 5000 free nutritious meals for charity every day.

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Jerry Mai, chef at Phở Nom, joins the discussion with a Vietnamese perspective of Lunar New Year and talks about the unique food offering as part of Asia TOPA 2017 at the Arts Centre Melbourne.

Elizabeth Chong has much to share about Lunar New Year food and traditions as well as being part of the Chinese New Year Melbourne Festival appearing at locations throughout Melbourne including Queen Victoria Market.

For all this and more listen in to this episode of Cravings with hosts Pete Dillon and Tad Lombardo.

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We hear from Helen Healy from Mildura where there is a series of art, food & wine festivals including the Mildura Summer Music Festival.

There’s a little more this week about some of the things that you may expect to find on your plate this year as we talk with Roslyn Grundy from Good Food.

We also hear of a venue that has reopened its doors, Pure South Dining,  with co-owner Philip Kennedy joining us.

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What’s influencing food and restaurants for 2017?

Talking with Pete Dillon on Cravings today about what’s going to be big in 2017 is Hilary McNevin of The Essential Ingredient.

We also hear a recent chat with Virgilio Martinez of number four restaurant in the world, Central Peru in Lima, talking about the restaurant and his recent book, Central .

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• Fabio Cattafi of La Spaghettata in Lygon Street talks to us about Christmas in the family restaurant business.
• Owner of The Grosvenor Hotel and St Kilda Burger Barn Rabih Yanni joins us and chats about the experience of working in a restaurant that opens on Christmas Day.

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Joining Tad on the show today are:

• Chef and host of cooking show My Market Kitchen, Lynton Tapp;
• Don Marzano from The Craft & Co in Smith Street Collingwood; and
• Moondarra winemaker and Wagyu beef producer Neil Prentice.

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• Food personality, author and food consultant Vikki Leng; and
• Matthew Butcher, Head Chef at Morris Jones Restaurant & Cocktail Bar in Windsor.

Be sure to listen in to this special JOY podcast as Tad Lombardo admirably presents his first Cravings program as the sole host.

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Kei Lum Chan shares some of his incredible knowledge of Chinese food along with a snippet of the recently published book China: The Cookbook.

We hear from Ashley Palmer Watts, Executive Chef of Dinner By Heston Blumenthal, talking about the first year of the restaurant and all sorts of other things.

Virgilio Martinez of number four restaurant in the world, Central Peru in Lima also joins us to chat about the restuarant and his recent book, Central.

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We are talking all things Thanksgiving today on Cravings with Tad Lombardo and Pete Dillon.

• From Norfolk Island, president of the tourist bureau there Tania Anderson chats with us about Thanksgiving on Norfolk Island and how it plays out as part of the Norfolk Island Food Festival.
• Turkey farmer Daryl Deutscher from Deutscher’s Turkey Farm in Dadswells Bridge joins us to talk Turkeys.
• We also hear from Trunk Bar and Restaurant Head Chef Orazio Cutuli about their Thanksgiving celebrations right here in Melbourne.

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• Bon Fromage is a festival of European cheese and French Dairy Board representative Laurent Damiens is here to tell us all about it.
• Festival Creative Director Gemima Cody lets us know what’s coming up at the Good Food Month Festival.
• Reporting in from the Taste Of Melbourne Festival at Pelican Lawn at Albert Park is Mike Patrick from Fancy Hank’s.

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Talking smoking and BBQ, Kevin Bludso of San Antone by Bludso’s BBQ Restaurant  joins us along with his business partner and barbecue understudy, Noah Galuten.

Pizza Master Johnny Di Francesco of 400 Gradi also joins us today and we have a chat about pizza and cheese.

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Steve of QT Hotels & Resorts joins us from Flemington Racecourse and talks about their involvement in the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Anthony Femia from Maker and Monger at the Prahran Market helps us out with some cheese selections for Cup Day festivities.

Back at the races Alice Zaslavsky, Food Editor of The Weekly Review, reports on some of the highlights from the marquees at Flemington.

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Both authors have new books recently released which we explore as well as having a much broader discussion on the topic of books about food.

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• Leno from Simply Spanish;
• Kathy of Sweet Greek; and
• Renee from Claypots Seafood Bar.

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On Cravings today with Pete Dillon and Tad Lombardo we have some interesting guests and topics including:

• The Wine and Cheese Fest coming up at Seaworks in Williamstown;
• Gourmet food at the races with Melbourne Racing Club; and
• Chefs dressing up for a cause with team Chef It In a Dress.

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Hosts Pete Dillon and Tad Lombardo talk with:

• Warren Turnbull, the founder of burger joint Chur Burger; and

• Anthony Kumnick of Greenvale Farms who makes some high quality hotdogs.

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On Cravings today Pete Dillon and co-host Tad Lombardo of Cioccolato Lombardo explore unusual foods and unusual things to eat.

Ben Mack from Grub Food Van talks about the upcoming Bug Dinner, a sustainable, ‘harvest style’ tasting event.

Lance Rosen, author of Temples of BBQ, joins us on the show again talking about the art of smoking and BBQ.

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Will Bignell tells us all about Thorpe Farm located at Bothwell in the central highlands of Tasmania.

Frances Bender is one of the owners of Huon Aquaculture and shares with us a fascinating story about salmon farming in Tasmania.

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• Nina Stocker and Callie Jemmeson from Wine Unplugged;
• Peter Kuruvita talking about his upcoming show on SBS Coastal Kitchen; and
• Matt Wilkinson from Pope Joan for International Bacon Day and Father’s Day.

Join host Pete Dillon for this most enjoyable edition of everyone’s favourite food and wine show, Cravings.

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• Louise Allen has two businesses in East Gippsland, Little Alice Cafe in Bairnsdale and Rudder & Fin Eatery and Bar in Lakes Entrance.
• Simon Cordery is from the region’s online produce market Feast on East Direct.
• Karly McCaskill is Marketing Manager at East Gippsland Marketing promoting the region including events such as the Australian Adventure Festival.

To find out more about the East Gippsland or to plan a visit to the area take a look at www.visiteastgippsland.com.au.

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We’re going coastal today on Cravings with Pete Dillon. Frances Bender, one of the owners of Huon Aquaculture,  shares with us a fascinating story about salmon farming in Tasmania. On the phone from Far North Queensland is Wendy Hargreaves to tell us all about the food and wine festival Taste Port Douglas.

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Yarra Valley bespoke event space Projekt 3488 along with Equality Projekt are the focus of discussion on Cravings today with Pete Dillon. Joining Pete in the studio are Projekt 3488 designer-owner Mark Fenech and lighting designer Chris of architectural lighting design studio Christoper Boots.

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