Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

Jesse McTavish (Bar Elvina) - in it for the long haul

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Four weeks ago, chef Jesse McTavish opened Bar Elvina, the restaurant of his dreams at Avalon on Sydney's Northern Beaches. It was going gangbusters -...

Giovanni Pilu (Pilu at Freshwater) - staying calm and hopeful

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sydney restaurateur Giovanni Pilu is deep in the uncertainty of the Northern Beaches lockdown, having had to deal with thousands of cancellations at h...

Frank Roberts (Food & Beverage Director at Merivale) - strangely calm.

20 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As Sydney scrambles to control a cluster of COVID cases on the northern beaches, and Australia closes its borders to Sydney residents, we chat to Fran...

Jacob Bettio (Councillor City of Moonee Valley, Ascot Lot & Holmes Hall) - creating rich experiences for a diverse community

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We round off a week of discussing hospitality and representation by talking to Jacob Bettio, newly elected councillor for the City of Moonee Valley in...

Michael Bascetta (Worksmith) - the difference between being a loud voice and a representative

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We continue talking about representation with Michael Bascetta, co-founder of hospitality hub Worksmith. Michael talks about balancing the demands of ...

Jason Chang (Melbourne City Councillor & Calia) - small business representation

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our week focusing on representation in hospitality continues. We chat with Jason Chang, a new councillor for the City of Melbourne. Jason owns Calia r...

James Consiglio (United Workers Union) - a hospo voice

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen continues investigating representation in the hospitality industry by talking to James Consiglio, one of the founders of Hospo Voice, whic...

Wes Lambert (CEO Restaurant & Catering Industry Association) - industry voices

13 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Dirty Linen we are discussing representation in the hospitality industry. Who gets to speak for restaurants, cafes, bars and their worker...

Yoana Lemonnier (Fine Dining Waitress, Hobart) - building a future

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen wraps up a week of running around the country with a trip to Hobart to chat to fine dining waitress Yoana Lemonnier. Yoana is from France ...

Taro Akimoto (Taro’s Ramen) - desperately craving ramen

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen continues its trip around the country as we head to Brisbane to get the lay of the land from ramen obsessive Taro Akimoto. Taro has four s...

Max Veenhuyzen (Food Writer, Perth) - what pandemic?

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The borders are open and Victorians are FINALLY allowed to go to West Australia so I do - well, via audio at least, and today's chat with Perth-based ...

Mike McEnearney (Kitchen By Mike) - CBDs and airports, produce and hope.

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen continues zipping around Australia's cities with a Sydney stop in the 2020 tale of Mike McEnearney from Kitchen by Mike and Carriageworks ...

Jane Semple (King William) - feeling like the place to be again

06 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen chats CBDs - how are they going and can they recover? Sommelier Jane Semple is an owner of new, optimistic, epic sandwich hole-in-the-wall...

Jessica Bilston (Positive HR) - supporting staff through tricky situations

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen wraps up a week of talking about customer behaviour with Jessica Bilston. Jess runs a Melbourne HR consultancy which services many hospita...

Karen Golding (Red Hill Brewery) - the difficulties of corralling customers

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Karen Golding chats to us from the carpark of a variety store where she's buying supplies to reopen her restaurant at Red Hill Brewery on Victoria's M...

Rod Shokuhi (Beasleys Tea House) - attitude & approach to aggression

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen continues talking about diner behaviour and the impacts it can have on hospitality staff. Today we chat to experienced baker and chef Rod ...

Lisa Bilston (Bob's Your Uncle Cafe) - have some people forgotten how to be kind

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What's going on with customer behaviour? This week Dirty Linen throws the spotlight onto rude, aggressive, unreasonable and upsetting diners and the i...

Georgina Dent (Anchovy, Melbourne) - who's picking the lemons now

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are backpackers exploited on Australian farms? Georgina Dent is a young UK chef working at Anchovy in Melbourne. Having arrived in Australia on a Work...

Nina Meiers (Bimbimbi Farm) - best crop rotting on the ground

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen continues with the topic of regional labour. Nina Meiers is a tree-changer who moved to north-east Victoria with her husband and started a...

Kim McDonnell (CEO of Thankful) - fostering gratitude

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen is spending the rest of this week talking about labour in the regions - it's in deep crisis. We are 26,000 workers short and produce is ro...

Daisy Miller (Soi38 Adelaide) - Part 2, asking the big questions

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With South Australia's six-day lockdown ending after three days, Dirty Linen decided to check back in with Daisy Miller, owner of Adelaide's Soi38. We...

Marika Oost - undoing and rebuilding

22 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For 30 years, Marika Oost has been in kitchens, including a period as Karen Martini's head chef at Melbourne Wine Room. She often struggled with the c...

Daisy Miller (Soi38, Adelaide) - stoic but uncertain.

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We head back to Adelaide to talk to Daisy Miller, owner of Soi38. It's the first day of a planned six-day hard lockdown and Daisy is feeling stoic but...

Adam Liston (Shobosho, Adelaide) - shutdown shellshock

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As South Australia enters a hard, fast lockdown we chat to chef and restaurateur Adam Liston from Shobosho. He's a bit shellshocked but supportive of ...

Jacqui Allen (Wy Yung Pub) - a hell of a year

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jacqui Allen owns the Wy Yung Pub in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland plus two sushi shops and a festival business. Let's face it, she's a gun. It's been a ...

Clement Demarais (Restaurant Manager) - living in a country that loves restaurants as a pastime, but not a career

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen first spoke to French restaurant manager Clement Demarais in August. Melbourne was locked down and as a sponsored worker, Clement's option...

Paul Stafford (Bigger Than Texas BBQ) - staffing shortages begin to bite.

15 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Stafford owns Bigger Than Texas BBQ food truck and we chat to him while he's setting up in Mornington during the first weekend that Melbourne is ...

Joseph Vargetto (Mister Bianco) - leave it to the true believers.

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen spoke to indomitable chef and restaurateur Joseph Vargetto two months ago when Melbourne was in a very different place. But now, with the ...

Jerry Mai (Annam, Bia Hoi, Pho Nom, Mornington's Ocean 8) - training, nurturing, work-life balance and career planning

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After Dirty Linen's 100th episode segue, we are back talking staffing with Jerry Mai (Annam, Bia Hoi, Pho Nom and a pop up at Mornington's Ocean 8). J...

Dani Valent (Dirty Linen Podcast) - Raising the bat

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate 100 episodes of Dirty Linen we decided to turn the tables on host Dani Valent. We wrangled stable mate Anthony Huckstep to take the steer...

Aidan Robinson (Chic De Partie) - a Covid rollercoaster

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

UK-born chef Aidan Robinson's pandemic began on Valentine's Day when his restaurant Dinner by Heston served its last meal. Since then, Aidan has fruit...

Chantal de Fraga (Kingston Hotel, Swan Hotel and Public House) - staffing crisis

08 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chantal de Fraga owns three Richmond pubs, Kingston Hotel, Swan Hotel and Public House. We focus on staffing in this episode, an instant crisis as Mel...

Sean Kierce (Ladro Pizza) - play the long game

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Kierce owns Ladro pizza restaurants in Fitzroy and Prahran. He didn't know it till we started chatting but numerous diners have been in touch wit...

Jacob Wolki (Wolki Farm) - local, local, local

04 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As Victoria and New South Wales decide to open their border, we head to Albury-Wodonga to chat to Jacob Wolki. Jake is a farmer who's about to open a ...

Pierre Geoffroy (Abbiocco, Hampton Wine Co)

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Is it crazy or brave to open a restaurant during a pandemic? Let's ask Pierre Geoffroy, who launched Abbiocco in bayside Highett in June. But before w...

Suzy Pavlov (Bekka) - reevaluating everything

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Dirty Linen, we talk with Suzy Pavlov from Moonee Ponds' Lebanese restaurant Bekka. Melbourne is a few days into reopening and it's a juggle ...

Hugo Tremayne (Little Hop, Fitzroy) - weaving meaning through connection

01 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hugo Tremayne owns Fitzroy bar Little Hop. We chat mid-way through their first weekend back open - busy, positive, crazy! Our chat is a bit of an ode ...

Dion Sanusi (Yoi Indonesian Fusion) - joys and challenges

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we speak to restaurateur and salted egg obsessive Dion Sanusi, owner of Yoi in the Melbourne CBD. Yoi opened on Day One of Melbourne's emergence...

Mary-Louise McLaws (Professor of Epidemiology, UNSW) - Dine safe, everyone!

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With Melbourne reopening, we thought it was timely to check in with epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws to look at the new landscape with a dining skew....

Coskun Uysal (Tulum Restaurant) - a city of love, welcome & excellent food

27 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Melbourne is open! Coskun Uysal is gearing up to open his modern Turkish restaurant Tulum in a couple of days. He opens up about how negative and self...

Sophie Storen (Cookes Food) - dealing with the unexpected

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As Melbourne prepares to reopen, I thought it would be great to get some intel from a caterer who specialises in dealing with the unexpected - bad wea...

Jessie Singh (Mr Brownie) - life and lessons

25 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Unstoppable Melbourne restaurateur Jessi Singh opened Mr Brownie in winter, adding it to a roster of restaurants that includes Daughter-in-Law, Mrs Si...

Alba Badrena Alcover - lovely and lively

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alba Badrena Alcover is a Spanish waiter who had about five jobs in March then lost them all when COVID hit. She's bounced around during the pandemic,...

Bruce Keebaugh (The Big Group) - hope and joy

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Normally at this time of year, event maestro Bruce Keebaugh would be putting final touches to his Bird Cage marquees and canapes, the hottest ticket a...

Jayne Newgreen (Talbot Provedore & Eatery/Provenir) - steering through tumult

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jayne Newgreen has so much going on! With her partner Christopher Howe, she runs Talbot Provedore & Eatery, a country store/cafe/restaurant with a str...

Victor Aghtan (Tim Ho Wan and Hawker Chan) - difficulties of reopening

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Victor Aghtan owns Tim Ho Wan and Hawker Chan, city restaurants with branches in Box Hill and Chadstone. We talk about the difficulties of reopening, ...

Manpreet Singh (Ladyboy Dining) - getting ready

18 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen chats to Manpreet Singh from Richmond's Ladyboy Dining in the wake of Victorian Premier Dan Andrew's easing of restrictions - including th...

Paul kasteel (Hoo Haa Bar) - waiting for clarity

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Kasteel owns Hoo Haa bar in Windsor. It's upstairs on Chapel Street and has a drinking and DJ focus so sedate outdoor dining is far from a straig...

Kristoffer Paulsen (photographer) - picturing a pandemic

14 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

There are lots of people who are ancillary to the hospitality industry - people like food writers (hello!) and photographers - hello, Kristoffer Pauls...

Rabih Yanni (Botanical Hotel, South Yarra) - looking forward to better times

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rabih Yanni owns Botanical Hotel in South Yarra, an iconic pub that looks after a huge, invested community. Rabih is finding solidarity with other pro...

Philippa Sibley (Take3 by PS) - the best of times, the worst of times.

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Renowned Melbourne chef Philippa Sibley reckons this year has been one of the best, as well as one of the worst. She's appreciated the creativity of t...

Mary-Louise McLaws - Professor of Epidemiology, Hospital Infection and Infection Diseases Control at the University of NSW

11 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mary-Louise McLaws is a Professor of Epidemiology, Hospital Infection and Infection Diseases Control at the University of NSW and a Member of the Worl...

Stephen Nairn (Omnia) - skipping asparagus season

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Dirty Linen we chat to Omnia chef Steve Nairn about how sad it is to skip asparagus season and how difficult it is to plan reopening when you...

Dan Sims (Revel) - being stronger together

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Sims' pandemic started with a cancelled cheese festival and 1.5 tonnes of cheese to move, and continued with some big questions about the place of...

Christo Christophidis (Ripponlea Food & Wine/Mocha Jo's) - bringing back the magic

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Christo Christophidis owns Ripponlea Food & Wine in inner-city Ripponlea and Mocha Jo's in outer-suburban Glen Waverley. As president of the Glen Wave...

Mary-Jane Daffy (Carter Lovett) - fixing pre-COVID problems

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mary-Jane Daffy is a veteran cafe opener, owner and adapter in Melbourne's south-east. She's launched a bunch of new businesses at Carter Lovett in El...

James Broadway (Tedesca Osteria) - the true meaning of hospitality

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

James Broadway's pandemic includes closing one 17-year-old restaurant and building a market garden, bakery and supply box store at the infant Tedesca ...

Dianne Ray (The Shared Table) - comfort food chat

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today on Dirty Linen we head back to regional Victoria, to Dianne Ray's The Shared Table in Buninyong. She shares her views on kindness and what 'we'r...

Chayse Bertoncello (O.My restaurant) - the importance of community

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chayse Bertoncello and his brother Blayne own and run O.My restaurant in Beaconsfield in Melbourne's outer south-east. We talk to Chayse about the dif...

Emma Handley (Temple Lodge) - outdoor dining in the snow

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Emma Handley is owner-chef at Templar Lodge in Tawonga in north-east Victoria but much closer to Albury, NSW, than Melbourne. My last restaurant meal ...

Rae Bonney (integrated wellbeing specialist ) - How does it feel to be you today?

27 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We hear a lot about the mental health impacts of the pandemic but what actually might they be and how do we deal with them? We start the week with int...

Robbie Bell (City Larder) - a lot of gratitiude

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Melbourne chef Robbie Bell was on the cusp of launching a food distribution business when the pandemic hit, forcing many restaurateurs to turn their i...

Dr Quentin Stevens (RMIT School of Architecture & Urban Design) - Temporary and Tactical Urbanism

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen darts out of the hospo space into academia. We talk to Dr Quentin Stevens, Associate Professor in RMIT University’s School of Architectu...

Jason M Jones (Entrecote) - Melbourne will be back

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Jones was an 11-year-old pianist in a country fine diner when he fell in love with hospitality. Putting steaks in boxes isn't the warm service e...

Agustin Hernandez - Hotel Quarantine Cooking

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Agustin Hernandez is an out-of-work Melbourne chef who intersects with the pandemic in interesting ways. He cooked for guests in hotel quarantine, he ...

Simone Watts (Barragunda Dining) - a storytelling chef

20 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When chef Simone Watts lost her casual shifts at the start of the pandemic she soon noticed that the job might be gone but the adrenaline wasn't and b...

Anne-Marie Banting (Daylesford Hotel) - light at the end of the tunnel

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Regional Victoria is allowed to open! But COVID-safe restrictions mean it's not yet worthwhile for everyone to throw open the doors. Anne-Marie Bantin...

Sonia Anthony (Masons of Bendigo) - feeling hopeful

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Regional Victorian restaurants are allowed to open today. YAY! We speak to Sonia Anthony, owner of Masons of Bendigo, and a champion of local produce ...

Ben Shewry (Attica) - we'll be OK

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When COVID came a-calling, Ben Shewry gave himself one day to feel sorry for himself then set about saving his business. We talk about privilege, lead...

Mark Glenn (Pialligo Estate) - Melbourne exodus

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Glenn was head chef at Cumulus Inc in Melbourne but he's escaped to Canberra for a challenging new job at Pialligo Estate. We talk about the Melb...

Andy Mullins (Sand Hill Road) - throwing energy at the future

13 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We continue to chat about the Victorian shutdown and the slow move towards partial reopening. Today it's Andy Mullins, part of the group of mates and ...

Bao Hoang (Roll'd) - Rolling and pirouetting.through the pandemic

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When we speak to Bao Hoang, he's not long off a call with PM Scott Morrison: Bao is representing the perspective of small-to-medium enterprises and cu...

JY Lee (Anchovy) - small, innovative and nimble

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

JY Lee is a co-owner of Anchovy in Richmond, alongside her partner chef Thi Le. Anchovy is small and so nimble that it changed cuisines overnight at t...

Veronica Fil (Grounded Foods) - an LA cheese story.

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we head to LA to speak to Veronica Fil, a founder of plant-based cheese company Grounded Foods, alongside chef-wizard-husband Shaun Quade (ex-Lu...

Ryan Moses (Naughtons Hotel) - plans, hopes, dreams and fears

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Moses owns Naughtons Hotel in Parkville, near Melbourne Uni. He thought he had a pretty good business model with diverse income streams, but drin...

Salvatore Malatesta (St Ali) - digital creative coffee

06 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As Victoria comes to grips with an extended lockdown and a slow path to reopening, Dirty Linen chats to Salvatore Malatesta, owner of St Ali. During C...

Helly Raichura (Enter Via Laundry) - blue sky thinking

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

What if a new way of running restaurants was not to run a restaurant at all? Melbourne cook Helly Raichura started her home-based eating experience as...

Joseph Vargetto (Mister Bianco) - turning pivot into a pirouette

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're talking about the future on Dirty Linen. Melbourne chef and restaurateur Joseph Vargetto has appeared endlessly energetic during the pandemic, l...

Michael Grogan (Bendigo Wholefoods) - a bright future

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After three weeks traipsing around the world, Dirty Linen comes back to Australia. It's time to think about the future. We're starting with young Bend...

Matt Horn (Horn BBQ, Oakland) - better than yesterday

30 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen is thrilled to clock up 50 episodes in a chat with US chef Matt Horn from Oakland, California. There's almost too much to talk about with ...

Dwi Ermayanthi (Little Talks Cafe, Bali) - open but quiet (apart from the monkeys)

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Let's go to Bali! Dwi Ermayanthi owns Little Talks cafe in Ubud and also works on Ubud's food and writers' festivals. Erma learnt a lesson from the Ag...

Junichi Onuki (Isana Sushi Bar, Tokyo) - the art of sushi

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Junichi Onuki is the chef and owner of Isana Sushi Bar in Tokyo. Life in Japan feels mostly normal though density restrictions and a lack of internati...

Enrico Cerea (Da Vittorio, Italy) - Italian spirit

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chicco Cerea is the chef and patron of three-Michelin-star Da Vittorio near Bergamo in northern Italy. The Michelin guide says the restaurant is 'eleg...

Annette Tan (FatFuku Singapore)

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Annette Tan is a cook and food writer in Singapore where restaurants are open but drinking stops at 10.30pm on the dot and 'COVID ambassadors' patrol ...

Prateek Sadhu - Masque Restaurant, Mumbai

23 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We head to Mumbai, India today to talk to Masque chef Prateek Sadhu. Masque explores India's regional food in thoughtful tasting menus, inspired by th...

Janice Leung Hayes (Food writer and social entrepreneur) - it all changed overnight

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Food writer and social entrepreneur Janice Leung Hayes speaks to us from Hong Kong. Janice is used to packing a bag and jumping on a plane but the pan...

Jade George (Kalei Coffee Beirut & The Carton Magazine) - gone in the blink of an eye

19 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dirty Linen goes to Beirut today to Jade George. Jade is an owner of Kalei Coffee, founded by her friend Dalia Jaffal. She also publishes The Carton, ...

Tomas Lidakevicius (Turnips - Borough Market)

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we head to London to speak to Tomas Lidakevicius, who was executive chef at Michelin-starred City Social when the pandemic bit. Tomas has left b...

Noemi Lekube (Basque Tours - San Sebastian) - pintxos in a pandemic

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Noemi Lekube takes Australian, American and Asian tourists on food adventures in the Basque country around San Sebastian. Or at least she did. Noemi t...

Liam Tomlin (Chefs Warehouse) - the South African story

16 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Liam Tomlin used to be an owner and executive chef of Sydney's three-hat Banc but he now owns five restaurants in Cape Town, South Africa. We talk to ...

Jorge Curi (Madre Mia, Brazil) - surviving week by week

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our trip around Planet Pandemic takes us to Brazil, where chef Jorge Curi runs three restaurants in Pelotas, a city on the far south coast, two hours ...

Sam Crofskey (C1 Espresso, Christchurch) - pandemic predictions

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For 24 years, Sam Crofskey has been running C1 Espresso in Christchurch, New Zealand. That's long enough to see off a couple of earthquakes and a glob...

Di Keser (Hardware Societe) - fortitude and optimism

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Di Keser owns Hardware Societe cafes in Melbourne and Paris. In February, she and her husband Will moved to Barcelona to open up there too...just befo...

Justin Burke (Pastry Chef - North Carolina) - a loss of smell and taste

09 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Dirty Linen, we're hearing voices from around the world. Justin Burke is a pastry chef in North Carolina. He tells us about the US mess, ...

Philipp Hockenberger (Hof Group) - finding the upside

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Philipp Hockenberger is a visa worker who's determined to stay positive and find the upside in the COVID times. He's an unusual brand manager in that ...

Anna Bailey - fallen through the cracks

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anna Bailey is a little bit English and a little bit Canadian but she's built her life in Australia. And now that the pandemic has struck, her visa st...

Zefy Souvlakis (Immigration Lawyer) - guiding and advising

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zefy Souvlakis is an immigration lawyer who works with many temporary visa holders, guiding and advising them as they tackle a flawed and faceless bur...

Michael Ng (Chef) - tied down with no income

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Ng is a chef from Hong Kong and he's in Melbourne on a 482 sponsored visa. This means he's tied to his employer even though he's stood down fr...

Mike Rapajic (Sommelier) - shake it up

02 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Rapajic is a sommelier who's worked at top restaurants in Melbourne and Sydney, as well as Paris and Montreal. A trained scientist with a penchan...

Paul Waterson (Australian Venue Co)

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Waterson is the CEO of Australian Venue Co which employs over 4000 staff across 160+ pubs. When the pandemic struck, Paul moved quickly to suppor...