Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

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Ali Currey-Voumard (Table Bar & Bistro, Castlemaine) - How resilient are small local businesses in today's hospitality industry?
04/10/2026 | 34 mins.
What's the future of the independent neighbourhood bar, bistro or cafe? How resilient are small local businesses in today's hospitality industry? We talk it through with Ali Currey-Voumard, owner and chef at Table Bar & Bistro in Castlemaine, a regional restaurant in a record store.

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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.
Kellie Ashton (Pure Catering, Brisbane) - Is it ever not crunch time in hospitality?
29/09/2026 | 30 mins.
Is it ever not crunch time in hospitality?

We’re continuing our ‘state of the industry’ series with a dive into a part of the food world that tends to get less attention, even though it's often crucial to key life milestones. Kellie Ashton runs Pure Catering in Brisbane, a family-owned business that has clocked up an impressive 20 years.

https://www.purecatering.com.au

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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.
Jenna Abbruzzese (Addington Downs) - spring lambing
27/09/2026 | 40 mins.
In an ongoing series on Dirty Linen, we return to Addington Downs to talk spring lambing (and kidding) with Jenna Abbruzzese. When things go wrong, and the anguish is real, how does a microfarmer balance emotion with the ongoing project of land regeneration and ethical meat production. We also invite you to a special dinner at Old Macaroni Factory on November 7.

The event:

https://www.addingtondowns.com.au/events

The Salon Series chat with the Jens:

https://deepintheweeds.com.au/podcast/jenni-draper-and-jennie-wilmoth-old-macaroni-factory-where-old-stones-and-new-stories-meet/

Chef Turned Farmer series:

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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.
Emma Sheahan (Lumen People) - Illuminating Lumen
22/09/2026 | 29 mins.
As we discuss the state of hospitality, Dirty Linen returns to Illuminating Lumen, an ongoing series of chats with Emma Sheahan from Lumen People, a cafe and wine bar in Melbourne's Fitzroy. Why does cheddar on toast cost $26?

https://lumenpeople.com

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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.
Tony Moss (ALH) - the state of the industry
21/09/2026 | 32 mins.
It feels like it’s never not a big time in the restaurant world but this does feel like a particular moment of challenge and change. So for the next little while, Dirty Linen will be posing more questions about the state of the industry - maybe even finding some solutions. What’s happening? What’s good, what’s hard, and what do we do next?

We’ll still be sharing stories, there will still be the warm chats you love, I just want to sharpen the pencil slightly. We’ll be talking costs and pricing, menu engineering, AI, climate, immigration, skills. It’s all on the table.

If you dine in restaurants, even if you love ordering takeaway, if you work in the food world - this is for you.

Tony Moss is the Victorian executive chef for ALH, which runs 350 pubs around Australia. He also finds time to make cooking videos and manage an AI recipe app.

https://www.instagram.com/cheftonymoss/

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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.

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About Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

Dirty Linen goes behind the scenes in restaurants, cafes and bars, covering issues the hospitality industry finds hard to share in public - it's all up for grabs and everything is on the table. Your host is food journalist Dani Valent. For 20 years, Dani has been writing about restaurants and the people who give them life. But she's an outsider, a critic, a tourist, a fan. Despite hearing the stories and writing the tales, she's never really understood what happens behind the scenes. Now it's time to get stuck in, with compassion, humour and fearlessness. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in pressing topics. We ask the hard questions and discuss the big issues, bringing a unique perspective to a world that we all intersect with but often don’t understand. Dirty Linen is a Deep in the Weeds Production.

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