Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent Podcast
1) Lee Tran Lam (New Voices on Food) - Difference is everything!
Difference is everything! This week on Dirty Linen we're celebrating New Voices on Food #2, the food writing anthology that showcases diversity. Sydney-based editor Lee Tran Lam kicks off the series. ...Show More
2) Pietro Porcu (Da Noi ) - Ash everywhere you look.
Summer always means bushfires in Australia but this season has already been devastating for people, animals and businesses in Victoria. We talk to Pietro Porcu, owner of 30-year-old Da Noi restauran...Show More
3) What's On My Mind - Hello 2026
Dirty Linen is back for 2026. This is a solo chat with me, Dani Valent, covering big topics like the Bondi shootings and bushfires. We set some intentions for 2026 and share some of the restaurants th...Show More
4) Jenni Draper and Jennie Wilmoth (Old Macaroni Factory) - where old stones and new stories meet.
Dirty Linen visits the Old Macaroni Factory, an 1859 building in Hepburn Springs, on Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Central Victoria. The Jens - Jenni Draper and Jennie Wilmoth - have painstakingly restor...Show More
5) Erfan Norouzifard (People’s Coffee) - the true meaning of welcome
Erfan Norouzifard is well-placed to talk about the power of hospitality and the true meaning of welcome. He arrived in Australia as a refugee from Iran and was running low on hope when he joined Scarf...Show More
6) Fern Barrett (AO Tennis) -
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7) Steve Chan (Moondrop, Sleepy's Melbourne) - building connections
As he opens his second venue, a bar called Moondrop, Steve Chan reflects on Sleepy’s, his inner Melbourne wine bar, and the journey of embracing and expressing his Chinese identity. How does he balanc...Show More
8) Laura Valli (Rye Expert) - raised on rye
Laura Valli looks at food systems with the perspective of an anthropologist. Born in Estonia and raised on rye bread, her special focus is rye, an underappreciated grain that lends itself to rich stor...Show More
9) The Producers: Tania Walter (Burrum Biodynamics) - a life of creativity, variety, challenge and meaningful rewards
Tania and Stephen Walter are biodynamic grain farmers in north-western Victoria. Burrum Biodynamics is a place of dark cracking soil and grey loam, red clay and sand, underpinning fields and wildlife ...Show More
10) Nick Shelley (Blue Wren Bakery) - bread pathways, small business and resilience
It's Grainz week on Dirty Linen! We spent time with grain growers, users and appreciators at Pomonal, thinking about local food systems and community. Join us for three conversations in and around t...Show More
Nick Shelley (Blue Wren Bakery) - bread pathways, small business and resilience
59:09 | Nov 30th, 2025