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Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani ValentAuthor: A Deep in the Weeds Production
Dirty Linen goes behind the scenes in restaurants, cafes and bars, covering issues the hospitality industry finds hard to share in public - it's all up for grabs and everything is on the table. Your host is food journalist Dani Valent. For 20 years, Dani has been writing about restaurants and the people who give them life. But she's an outsider, a critic, a tourist, a fan. Despite hearing the stories and writing the tales, she's never really understood what happens behind the scenes. Now it's time to get stuck in, with compassion, humour and fearlessness. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in pressing topics. We ask the hard questions and discuss the big issues, bringing a unique perspective to a world that we all intersect with but often dont understand. Dirty Linen is a Deep in the Weeds Production. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Nino Cucciniello (Ercolano) - rising from the ashes
Sunday, 1 November, 2026
Back in 2019, I reviewed a restaurant called Ercolano in Patterson Lakes, an outer bayside suburb of Melbourne. I liked the place. Nino Cucciniello and his family put everything into their restaurant: the pasta, the pizza, the sausages, all made in house. After making it through the pandemic, Ercolano burnt down in 2022. There was a fire in an adjoining tobacco shop which destroyed this family business. It was the first arson attack of more than 200 in the what became known as Victoria’s tobacco wars. Now, more than four years later, Ercolano has relaunched in collaboration with local cafe 38 South, owned by previous customers. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeMAEHxxAT-/?exln=b2l6aDZmM3FoMzRt SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, NEWS, GIVEAWAYS AND BEHIND THE SCENES https://deepintheweeds.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d33e307cf7100cf947e2e6973&id=d17d8213f5 Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.
