Episodes: 100
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: Australia
YouTube: 188 subscribers
Instagram: 13.0k followers
Publicly listed emails
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Tawnya Bahr - Australian food industry professional with experience spanning the kitchen, dining room, and boardroom, including work as a chef, restaurateur, consultant, and educator.
Lucy Allon - Australian food industry professional with experience spanning the kitchen, dining room, and boardroom, including work as a chef, restaurateur, consultant, and educator.
Luca Ciano - Building A Food Brand, Food Production Economics, Sourcing, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship, Family, And Mental Health.
Eddie Stewart - Building A Bakery Brand, Hospitality Culture, Brand Collaboration, Values-led Partnerships, And Sustainable Packaging.
Oliver Allis - Scaling A Food Brand, Company Culture, Collaboration, Customer Experience, And Sustainable Packaging.
Ian Hemphill - Herbs And Spices, Food Education, Product Quality, Culinary Heritage, Entrepreneurship, And Building A Long-standing Food Brand.
Colin Fassnidge - Professional Kitchens, Restaurants, Television, Leadership, Business Resilience, Family, And Mental Health In Hospitality.
Damien Pignolet & Jason Roberts: Mentorship, Sydney Dining and 33 Years of Friendship
October 07, 2026
Damien Pignolet, an icon of Australian dining, and acclaimed chef Jason Roberts sit down to reflect on a relationship spanning more than 30 years, one shaped by food, mentorship, trust and friendship. What makes someone back a young chef before everyone else can see what they’re capable of? From Claude’s and Bistro Moncur to the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year Award, this conversation explores mentorship, trust, kitchen pressure, and the evolution of Sydney dining. Damie...
Australia Exports 70% of Its Seafood and Imports 70%. Heidi Walker tells us why.
September 30, 2026
Why is it easier to buy imported tuna in an Australian supermarket than tuna caught off our own coast? Heidi Walker, co-founder of Walker's Seafood and Walker's Tuna, explains why. Australia exports about 70% of the seafood it catches and imports about 70% of what it eats. Local fishers pay Australian wages and Australian fuel prices, and they compete against subsidised foreign fleets fishing the high seas with few rules. The country also has no scaled seafood canning facility left. Heidi and...
Angus Cameron: Beyond the Jar at Meredith Dairy
September 23, 2026
Meredith Dairy’s marinated goat cheese has become one of Australia’s most recognisable food products. But behind that famous jar is a far bigger story about farming, family, innovation, sustainability and what it really takes to build an Australian food business with global reach. In this episode of Straight To The Source, Tawnya Bahr sits down with Angus Cameron, the next generation helping steer Meredith Dairy, to get beyond the cheese and into the realities of running one of Au...
Straight To The Source is hosted by Tawnya Bahr and Lucy Allon. Its publicly listed email is hello@straighttothesource.com.au. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for Straight To The Source: hello@straighttothesource.com.au.
Podseeker estimates Straight To The Source reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Straight To The Source typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Established chefs, restaurateurs, food and beverage founders, producers, winemakers, hospitality executives, and other recognized food industry professionals with demonstrable expertise, business impact, or a compelling leadership story. Common among recent guests: Building or scaling a recognizable food or hospitality brand; Operating award-winning restaurants or hospitality businesses; Creating notable food products or producer businesses. Recent guests include Luca Ciano, Eddie Stewart, and Oliver Allis.
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