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IT’S THE PERFECT TIME TO EXERCISE YOUR BODY AND MIND. HERE’S OUR TOP 10 FOOD PODCASTS SO YOU CAN LEARN AS YOU BURN CALORIES
MADE best friends with the fridge during isolation? For many of us, food has become our go-to comfort during COVID-19. Whether it be eating everything that’s not nailed down in the house or cooking up a storm finding new ways to use all that bulk-bought pasta and rice. But if you need a break from the kitchen and its nefarious, belly-bulging temptations, try going for a walk and listening to a food podcast. It promises all the culinary pleasure, but without the calories. From wine guides to nutritional orations, here are my top 10 sustenance-related podcasts.
THE DAVID CHANG SHOW
The internationally revered Korean-American chef behind the hugely successful Momofuku restaurants delivers an intelligent, engaging and insightful look into the world of restaurants and hospitality. While perhaps appreciated most by the serious foodie or those in the industry, Chang’s straight-shooting, brash style is entertaining and captivating.
DEEP IN THE WEEDS
From News Corp and delicious. food critic Anthony Huckstep comes this heartfelt new podcast examining the issues facing Australia’s dining scene. Featuring interviews with some of the best chefs and restaurateurs from across the country, it tells honest, real and raw stories of the people and places that make some of our favourite food.
DRINKS ADVENTURES
Aussie booze guru James Atkinson interviews independent winemakers, brewers and distillers behind some of the country’s coolest and fastest-rising alcohol brands about their businesses and trends in the craft. Whether you just fancy a tipple or are a hardcore spirit, beer or vino nut, the chats make for easy and entertaining listening.
WINE FOR NORMAL PEOPLE
From those who are simply curious about wine and want to know more to the oenophile, this light-listening yet highly informative podcast ensures you walk away having learnt something new with each episode. American sommelier and wine instructor Elizabeth Schneider discusses wine and grape varieties, their history, ideal growing conditions, flavour and more in a passionate yet completely unpretentious fashion designed to help make choosing what to buy at the bottle shop or restaurant easier. Also check out the detailed show notes.
FOOD HACKER WITH ROSIE MANSFIELD
If it’s time to give your nutrition an overhaul, but you don’t know where to start, this plain and simple show is for you. Nutritionist Rosie Mansfield ditches the hyperbole and complicated jargon surrounding healthy eating and gives you the cold hard facts in an easily digestible format. She tackles topics like whether to go gluten-free, the Mediterranean diet, intermittent fasting and more so you can make your own decisions around what to eat to become healthier.