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Jan 4, 2024

Agnes Restaurant was recently awarded Restaurant of the Year by Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant. In this episode of ExtraVirgin, Natascha Mirosch chats with Agnes executive chef, Ben Williamson, who also co-owns other popular restaurants  Same Same, Bianca, Honto and Agnes Bakery.

Western Australian-born Ben...


Aug 22, 2023

Being credited with having "the Midas touch" is one thing that riles the seemingly unflappable Tony Kelly. His journey from young apprentice to owning ten successful Sunshine Coast hospitality businesses has been far from easy, nor linear - there have not only been set-backs and hard times, but also periods of...


Jun 4, 2023

Italians have what is indisputably the best cuisine and lifestyle in the world, right?

In this episode of ExtraVirgin Food and Travel, Natascha Mirosch talks with Silvestro Silvestori, owner and director of cooking school The Awaiting Table, in the beautiful baroque city of Lecce, in Italy's south about how to cook and...


Mar 29, 2023

What is wrong with our food system? What's threatening food security? Covid and food shortages highlighted one aspect - the supply chain, and climate change is showing us another. There is an urgent need to fundamentally transform the way we farm, shop and cook - it's no longer enough to just try to maintain the...


Oct 13, 2022

In April 2022, chef Adam Wolfers was riding his bike when he was struck down by a stroke, at just 38. 

He lost movement on one side of his body, his sense of taste and had to learn to do the everyday things he once took for granted all over again.

In this episode of ExtraVirgin Food & Travel, Natascha Mirosch catches...