Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

Dani Valent

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led food and hospitality show focused on behind-the-scenes restaurant-industry issues, featuring candid conversations with chefs, operators, hospitality executives, and other food-world practitioners. PR agencies could credibly pitch restaurant and cafe owners, chefs, producers, hospitality leaders, and specialists in areas such as pricing, workforce challenges, technology, and sustainability; booking difficulty is likely low because the show regularly features accessible working professionals rather than celebrity guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 1074

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: Australia

Instagram: 4.4k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

rlocke@glimpseentertainment.com

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Host

Dani Valent - Australian food journalist and restaurant critic who has covered restaurants and the people behind them for two decades.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low

Typical Credentials:

Working experience in hospitality or the wider food industry, such as restaurant or cafe ownership, executive-chef responsibility, food production, hospitality management, or expertise in an industry issue affecting operators.

Required Achievements:

Operating or managing a hospitality venue, Holding senior culinary or food-service responsibility, Building a food, beverage, or hospitality business, Contributing practical expertise to hospitality-industry challenges

Recent Guest Discussions

Emma Sheahan - Hospitality Costs, Pricing, And The Realities Of Operating A Cafe And Wine Bar.

Tony Moss - The State Of The Hospitality Industry, Costs, Pricing, Menu Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Immigration, And Skills.

Ash Nathan - Cooking For Aged-care Residents, Community, Connection, And The Role Of Food Service In Care Settings.

Jody Sutherland - Running A Country Pub, Preserving A Community Institution, And The Challenges Of Rural Hospitality.

Recent Topics

Food, Hospitality, Restaurants, Chefs, Food Business

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

Kellie Ashton (Pure Catering, Brisbane) - Is it ever not crunch time in hospitality?

September 29, 2026

Is it ever not crunch time in hospitality? We’re continuing our ‘state of the industry’ series with a dive into a part of the food world that tends to get less attention, even though it's often crucial to key life milestones. Kellie Ashton runs Pure Catering in Brisbane, a family-owned business that has clocked up an impressive 20 years. https://www.purecatering.com.au SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, NEWS, GIVEAWAYS AND BEHIND THE SCENES https://deepintheweeds.u...

Jenna Abbruzzese (Addington Downs) - spring lambing

September 27, 2026

In an ongoing series on Dirty Linen, we return to Addington Downs to talk spring lambing (and kidding) with Jenna Abbruzzese. When things go wrong, and the anguish is real, how does a microfarmer balance emotion with the ongoing project of land regeneration and ethical meat production. We also invite you to a special dinner at Old Macaroni Factory on November 7. The event: https://www.addingtondowns.com.au/events The Salon Series chat with the Jens: https://deepintheweeds.com.au/podca...

Emma Sheahan (Lumen People) - Illuminating Lumen

September 22, 2026

As we discuss the state of hospitality, Dirty Linen returns to Illuminating Lumen, an ongoing series of chats with Emma Sheahan from Lumen People, a cafe and wine bar in Melbourne's Fitzroy. Why does cheddar on toast cost $26? https://lumenpeople.com 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.in...

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rlocke@glimpseentertainment.com

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