Roots Hospitality

Roots Hospitality


Latest Episodes

Ep. 52 Jason Saxby (Raes on Wategos)
November 04, 2022

We chat about Jason's brief stint cooking at the Olympics, the good timing between being a fresh chef to a new team and integrating into a kitchen, writing prep lists on the back of dockets and being upgraded to a premium recipe folder; plus the imp

Ep. 51 Bartender Roundtable II (Sarah Proietti, Dre Walters, Chau Tran, Harrison Kenney)
October 21, 2022

Second time around for the Bartender Roundtable with Sarah Proietti (Maybe Sammy), Dre Walters (Old Mates Place), Chau Tran (Burrow Bar), Harrison Kenney (Bar Planet).Do you get free shots at Bar planet if it's your birthday? Are the wet pussy shot

Ep. 50 Mo Zhou (Restaurant Gaea)
October 07, 2022

Ever been stitched up while doing a pop up at a house on a mountain in China with no electricity? How did Mo get out of it? Sometimes I don't think he even knows. It was almost as if he had repressed it until I mentioned the Yunnan Provence.  But whe

Ep. 49 Luke Whearty (Byrdi)
September 16, 2022

Luke and I chat about the importance of time and place, his experience at Faviken, why he believes he has the sports almanac from Back to the Future and how busting chops to forage blackberries eventually stitched him up at a festival in Melbourne.The Roo

Ep. 48 Kimberly Tang (Society Restaurant)
August 26, 2022

My next guest was the first person I got to chat too while visiting Melbourne and I was especially excited to not only catch up with Kim but also check out the venue only having heard about it from afar. With a lavish interior and fully decked out kitchen

Ep. 47 Chau Tran (Burrow Bar - Cash Only Diner)
August 12, 2022

My guest today has created a speakeasy bar hidden away on Clarence street that provides this getaway place with a cosy ambience, fun vibes and a longing for more once you leave. Packed with stories, Chau shares her experiences in hospitality through the m

Ep. 46 Diego Bonetto Returns... with a Book!
July 29, 2022

In this episode Diego and I catch up about his journey from last two years since he has come on the podcast last. He shares the story of mushroom foraging with Hugo Weaving, pulling together his latest book 'Eat Weeds' (which we go into depth ab

Ep. 45 Kennedy CK (Nomad, Ex-Sopra)
June 17, 2022

Its not only one thing to be passionate about your job in hospitality, but to take it a step further and to be attentive, entertaining and to care about the guests that walk into your venue, is another. It might sound strange to highlight these character

Ep. 44 Matt Whiley & Evan Stroeve (Re-)
May 27, 2022

Setting a landmark bar that strives to change the conceptions of waste was never going to be easy. It relies on ingenuity, passion, patience and making a lot of mistakes. No different to whenever you strive to do something good. But when you have two expe

Ep. 43 Martin Hudak (Sammy Jr. & Maybe Sammy)
May 06, 2022

Martin Hudak has only been in Australia from 2018, but since then, he has certainly created a big impact on the hospitality bar scene. With venues (co-owned) like Maybe Sammy, Dean & Nancy and Sammy Junior under his belt, its clear Martin and the te