The Mitchen with Andrew Levins and Mitch Orr
by Andrew Levins and Mitch Orr
The Mitchen is a new weekly food podcast recorded at The Projects in Sydney. Hosted by food writer/DJ Andrew Levins and chef Mitch Orr (ACME), each week they invite their mates from the food world over to discuss and make jokes about any recent big announcements in food and dining.
Episodes
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Episode 76: The Best Movies About Food with Alexei Toliopoulos
We recruited Alexei Toliopoulos, host of film podcasts Total Reboot, Mike Check and Finding Drago, to help us select the best movies about food, restaurants and chefs. Alexei's list: https://letterboxd.com/thisisalexei/list/food-movies-for-the-mitchen/ Order Mitch's food:...
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Episode 75: Lockdown Reunion Special
We're back! Live from the comfort of their own homes, Levins and Mitch talk about ACME closing, Levins's book and a little situation that's affecting the restaurant industry called Covid-19. Check out Levins's new book Nelson: Pumpkins and Aliens here:...
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Episode 74: Beer, BBQ And Matty Matheson
A couple of weeks ago our old friend Duncan Welgemoed from Attica got in touch while he was in Sydney for the Beer and BBQ Festival and asked if we wanted to come interview Canadian food lover Matty Matheson. Mitch was overseas living it up but Levins carted his setup to the festival and...
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Episode 73: Mitchen Confidential
Levins and Mitch make their triumphant return to Australia's third most popular food podcast for an episode about Anthony Bourdain, travelling and failure in the restaurant industry. This episode is brought to you by LEVINS! Specifically, all of his podcasts! He's putting up a new episode of each...
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Episode 72: Popups (with Mike Eggert)
Pinbone's Mike Eggert returns yet again to discuss his exciting new venture with Merivale now that Good Luck Pinbone has closed. We also give tips for anyone thinking about starting their own popup and complain about burgers and Perth as per usual. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM / LEVINS / MITCH...
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Episode 71: Cambodia (with Sophia Thach)
Mitch visited Cambodia for a week and brought back our friend Sophia Thach who's been living there for the last year. Find out what to eat in Cambodia and the best places to get it! FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM / LEVINS / MITCH TWITTER: LEVINS / MITCH - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in...
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Episode 70: Love All (with Lauren Eldridge)
Josephine Pignolet award winning pastry chef Lauren Eldridge returns to The Mitchen to chat burgers, allergies and her article about the media portrayal of women in the food industry. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM / LEVINS / MITCH TWITTER: LEVINS / MITCH - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in...
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Episode 69: Master Of Buns (with Lee Tran Lam)
We recorded this episode with one of our favourite regular guests Lee Tran Lam yesterday after lunch. On our ways home we received the news about our friend Jeremy Strode, an incredibly kind and generous chef who passed away early this week. He's someone who has appeared on the show in our early...
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Episode 68: Bollocking (with Mike Eggert)
Mike's back for a extra long ep about getting bollocked in the kitchen, Justin Bieber's favourite places to eat in Sydney and the latest run of finalists for the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year Award. Plus we actually talk about food for once at the end of the episode with a massive…
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Episode 67: Sydney Chef Exodus (with Phil Wood)
Our pal Phil Wood worked at Rockpool for eight years, was head chef of Rockpool Est 1989 and Eleven Bridge for most of them, and is now moving to Victoria's Mornington Peninsula to start something new. Find out as much about his new project as he's allowed to tell, plus all the usual antics.…
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Episode 66: Donkey Sauce (with Danielle Alvarez)
Danielle Alvarez returns to The Mitchen for the first time since becoming head chef of Fred's in Paddington. Together we discuss food criticism, Guy Fieri, farming and communication between restaurants and diners. - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in Sydney, hosted by Andrew Levins and Mitch...
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Episode 65: Taste Da Ruckus (with Jake Smyth, Kenny Graham & Callan Boys)
We head to the newly reopened Lansdowne Hotel for a chat with the boys in charge, Jake Smyth and Kenny Graham, about their plans for the venue. Good Food's Callan Boys shows up with the new Wu Tang Clan liquer range for us to try. We all weigh in on some recent Pete Wells articles and answer some...
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Episode 64: Seven Superfoods And A Crab (with Louis Tikaram)
Our good mate Louis Tikaram is back from L.A., taking a short break from cooking at his restaurant E.P. & L.P. and catching up with his favourite Sydney restaurants. Find out the challenges of running a restaurant in L.A., why South East Asian cuisine is so special and exactly how drunk Louis was...
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Episode 63: Mitch In Mexico
Sad that there wasn't an episode last week? Blame Mitch! He went to Mexico! But he's back now with an extensive guide of what to eat in LA and Tulum PLUS a dish by dish recount of his amazing meal at Noma Mexico. - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in Sydney, hosted by Andrew Levins and Mitch...
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Episode 62: Cow Tipping (with Sean McManus)
This week we're joined by Mitch's golf buddy Sean McManus, who also owns Neighbourhood in Surry Hills and recently opened Bad Hombres with past Mitchen guest Toby Wilson. Today's topics include tipping, cloud eggs, dumb restaurant staff, national food guides, 3 year old cases of food poisoning…
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Episode 61: Pandas With Hand Grenades (with Jock Zonfrillo And Jake Smyth)
Mitch has returned from the Tasting Australia Festival and he's brought someone up from Adelaide with him: Jock Zonfrillo, the creative curator of Tasting Australia and the head chef/owner of Orana. Find out the juiciest Marco Pierre White gossip from the festival and learn a little about The…
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Episode 60: I Can't Taste The Green (with Aaron Gocs And Callan Boys)
Mitch is away this week so instead Levins is joined by two of Australia's best food critics: Good Food Brisbane editor Callan Boys and comedian Aaron Gocs. In this episode we discuss Zinger pies, green doritos, freak burgers, fry forks, flavoured milk and more super important food developments…
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Episode 59: $47.50 (with Mark Di Stefano)
After ranting about them to no end last week, Levins and Mitch are joined by someone who actually knows a thing or two about the 457 visa changes: Buzzfeed Australia's Political Editor Mark Di Stefano. - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in Sydney, hosted by Andrew Levins and Mitch Orr. Get in...
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Episode 58: Cucumbers In Suits (with Kylie Javier And Mike Eggert)
Momofuku Seiobo general manager Kyler Javier Ashton returns to the Mitchen, along with Pinbone's Mike Eggert, for a HEATED discussion about 457 visas, unpaid penalty wages, Easter egg hunts and Caribbean food. - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in Sydney, hosted by Andrew Levins and Mitch Orr....
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Episode 57: The Head Shill Of ACME (with Dan Hong)
Extremely famous guest Dan Hong (Mr Wong, Ms G's) returns to the Mitchen to chat about his new TV show The Chef's Line, the recent Top 50 Restaurants announcement and staying fit while running a restaurant. Plus we laugh at some feedback Mitch received over Instagram and answer an email about…
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Episode 56: The World's Biggest Whingers
Longtime Mitchen royalty Mike Eggert (Pinbone) returns to the podcast for an episode about social media, starting a new restaurant, the great chef shortage and Hongy's new TV show on SBS. - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in Sydney, hosted by Andrew Levins and Mitch Orr. Get in touch with us…
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Episode 55: Steaks And Bladders (with Lee Tran Lam)
Lee Tran Lam, the host of Sydney's far more professional food podcast The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry, joins us to discuss 72 year war rations, the 50 best restaurants in the world, Netflix's recent food programming and the benefits of cooking food in bladders. Plus, we check back in…
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Episode 54: Lucky Mango (with Monty Koludrovic)
Levins and Mitch are joined by a special guest cohost this week: Monty Koludrovic, head chef at Icebergs in Bondi and The Dolphin Hotel in Surry Hills. On today's episode we lick video games, sign up for gym memberships and discuss the ownership of dishes, more details about Lucky Peach's…
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Episode 53: Rotten Figs And Sticky Lamb Ribs
Levins and Mitch say goodbye to Lucky Peach & Eleven Bridge and laugh at dried oregano & Bondi popups. Plus good friend and scholar Ray Jones joins us for a discussion about cultural appropriation in Australian restaurants. - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in Sydney, hosted by Andrew Levins...
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Episode 52: The All New Mitchen
We're back! With a new format and an all new look, with thanks to our new partners at The Projects! This week Levins and Mitch discuss Pauline Hanson's new craft beer line, restaurant therapy, chefs on instagram and the importance of a good kitchenhand/dishwasher. - The Mitchen is a podcast about...
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Episode 51: Bye C*nts
Levins and Mitch sit down to record the last ever episode of The Mitchen... maybe. - The Mitchen is a podcast about food in Sydney, hosted by Andrew Levins and Mitch Orr. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we're missing out on. Email us at...
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Episode 50: Live From Rootstock 2016
After the success of last year's drunken nightmare episode, we returned to Rootstock, an annual sustainable food and wine festival in Sydney to record another enormous podcast with too many guests. Things start out professional enough with a sit down chat with Rootstock Founders Mike Bennie…
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Episode 49: Reunited, And It Feels So Good
An action packed, guest filled episode features chefs Dan Hong (Mr Wong), Analiese Gregory (Bar Brose) and Paul Carmichael (Momofuku Seiobo), bartenders Mike Nicolian (Continental Deli) and Lewis Jaffrey (Big Poppa's), Time Out CEO Mike Rodriguez, Country Director for Sonos Rennie Addabbo and...
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Episode 48: The Mitchen Vs Perth
After receiving an angry email about how The Mitchen makes too many jokes about Perth, Levins heads to Australia's most western city in the hopes of finding a reason to not make fun of it in the future. Pro-Perthers Amy Hamilton (Liberte in Albany, WA), Max Veenhuyzen (Gourmet Traveller,...
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Episode 47: This Is What West End Draught Will Do To You (with Africola)
While in Adelaide, Levins had a late night feed at the blazing hot African restaurant Africola and recorded an episode with head chef/owner Duncan Welgemoed and restaurant manager Nikki Friedli, plus good friends Michael Downing (Murdoch Hill Wines) and wine writer Nick Stock. Learn more about…
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Episode 46: FDT (with Bar Liberty)
Levins was in Melbourne the night Trump won the election so he got tanked at Bar Liberty and went back the next afternoon for a chat with owners Banjo Harris Plane and Michael Bascetta. The pair met years ago while working at Attica and opened the significantly more casual Bar Liberty earlier…
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Episode 45: Big Fans Of Chyna (with Pinbone)
Levins catches up with Mike Eggert, Berri Eggert and Jemma Whiteman, collectively known as Pinbone. After closing their Paddington restaurant last year, the Pinbone crew have been looking for new sites to open something new and this weekend sees the opening of Good Luck Pinbone, their new...
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Episode 44: Very Occasional Coarse Language (with Sue Dyson And Roger McShane)
While in Hobart, Levins visits two of the most beloved figures in the Australian food scene - Sue Dyson and Roger McShane. Best known for importing French natural wines through their business Living Wines, Sue and Roger have been writing about food and wine for 30 years, for almost every...
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Episode 43: Proudly Pokies Free (with Tom Lawrence)
Levins sat down with Tom Lawrence from Proudly Pokies Free, a new youth focused campaign which raises awareness about the damage caused by the pokies in Australia. NSW has 50% of Australia's pokies, and you'd be surprised just how many venues (and restaurants) you visit regularly that still have...
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Episode 42: Scorching Hot Live Q&A
Levins and Mitch fired up Facebook live video and answered the back log of old emails and listeners questions! Hear us talk about hot topics like home delivery, lattes, craft beer, drunk episodes, recording equipment, gimmicky food and more in what will become a monthly live experience. -- The...
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Episode 41: Keep Sydney Open, The Musical (with Tyson Koh And Gio Paradiso)
We caught up with Tyson Koh from Keep Sydney Open just after the successful second rally in Sydney last weekend. What does Tyson have planned next for the campaign? Also joining us is Fratelli Paradiso and 10 William St's Gio Paradiso, adding his thoughts on the lockout situation as a late night...
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Episode 40: Pretty Much The Worst Word You Can Say (with Monty Koludrovic, Morgan McGlone, Matt Abergel And Elliot Faber)
On a late Monday night at The Dolphin Hotel, Levins strikes up a conversation with Monty Koludrovic (Icebergs) and Morgan McGlone (Belle's Hot Chicken, Harpoon Harry), plus visitors from Yardbird in Hong Kong, head chef Matt Abergel and beverage director Elliot Faber. In what may be the rowdiest...
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Episode 39: Mar-tinnies On My Mind (with Mike Bennie And Mikey Nicolian)
Levins records another booze episode alongside wine writer Mike Bennie, with special guest Mikey Nicolian from Continental. After answering a listener question about buying wine in Sydney, we talk about cans, cocktails and a whole bunch of stuff that I don't really remember, which shows how...
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Episode 38: The Mitchen Awards (kinda)
Levins and Mitch reflect on the Sydney food awards season, going through the Good Food Guide and Gourmet Traveller award lists and agreeing, disagreeing and making completely unwanted suggestions about which chefs and restaurants they deserved to win in their eyes. - The Mitchen is a podcast…
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Episode 37: No Scratching (with Myffy Rigby, Callan Boys, Anton Forte And Jason Scott)
We sat down with the owners of the Good Food Guide's best restaurant of the year - and the two editors who awarded it to them! Myffy Rigby is back for her second episode of The Mitchen, with her is Brisbane Good Food Guide editor Callan Boys, plus Jason Scott and Anton Forte, owners of the best…
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Episode 36: Canned Rissoles (with Elvis Abrahanowicz And Jake Smyth)
A day before they won the award for best bar food (and gained a hat!) in this year's Good Food Guide, we went to Continental in Newtown and recorded an episode with Elvis Abrahanowicz (Porteno, Bodega, Continental) and Jake Smyth (Mary's, The Unicorn). In this super fun episode we discuss the...
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Episode 35: A Tad Too Salty (featuring Pat Nourse, Kylie Javier Ashton And Paul Carmichael)
The 2016 edition of Gourmet Traveller's Australian Restaurant Guide has just been released, so we sat down with Pat Nourse, Gourmet Traveller's chief restaurant critic and deputy editor, plus two of the people from the restaurant Pat named number one in the country: Momofuku Seiobo's general...
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Episode 34: Lines And Lines Of Hardcore Cooking
Levins and Mitch speak with Adelaide's Duncan Welgemoed, who was previously on the Live From Rootstock episode of The Mitchen, briefly chatting to us as he cooked an entire cow over coals. This time he doesn't roast any livestock BUT he does cook up a few incredible tales, including how he opened...
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Episode 33: Are These Mikes On? (with Mike Bennie And Mike Eggert)
We're super excited to announce that Sydney's Lord Mayor of Wine, Mike Bennie, will be hosting an episode of The Mitchen about wine once a month! We're even more excited to announce that we FOUND MIKE EGGERT! The two Mikes and Levins gather around Mike Bennie's business table with every intention...
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Episode 32: Sydney's Hot New Trend Is Closing Your Restaurant (with Moon Park's Ben Sears And Ned Brooks)
The Mitchen is back with new episodes going up every Tuesday! This week Levins and Mitch head to Redfern's Moon Park to speak with two thirds of the owners, chef Ben Sears and sommelier-manager Ned Brooks. One of our favourite restaurants in Sydney, Moon Park's incredible modern Korean food will...
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Episode 31: Special Tea Talk (with Arthur Tong And Toby Wilson)
After falling in love with his philosophies on tea, food and life in general, we invited ourselves over to Arthur Tong's warehouse, where he runs his tea business Teacraft. Arthur treats Levins, Mitch and Ghostboy Cantina's Toby Wilson to eight courses of tea - including whites, blacks and…
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Episode 30: Sloppy Dip
Levins and Mitch catch up with Toby Wilson, who opened up Ghostboy Cantina, a not authentic Mexican taqueria inside a Chinatown food court earlier this year. We talk Mexican food in Sydney, the best food court spots and fried chicken. Mitch lets us know why he's headed to the UK for a bit and...
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Episode 29: The Deep Deep Woods (featuring Rodney Scott And Morgan McGlone)
We're back with another BBQ episode! The last one was about Alabama BBQ, this time we go whole hog with Rodney Scott from Scott's BBQ in South Carolina and Morgan McGlone (Belle's Hot Chicken, Harpoon Harry). Rodney came to Sydney to smoke a whole pig or two with Morgy and found a moment to chat...
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Episode 28: Live From The MCA (with Pat Nourse, Dan Hong, Lee Tran Lam & Giovanni Paradiso)
We recorded a live episode in front of an audience at the MCA Artbar at the end of April, with special guests Pat Nourse (Gourmet Traveller), Lee Tran Lam (The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry, Good Food), Dan Hong (Mr Wong, Ms G's) and Giovanni Paradiso (10 William St, Fratelli Paradiso).…
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Episode 27: Live With Ta-ku And Hongy
Last week Mitch, Levins and Dan Hong sat down with Perth producer Ta-ku at Golden Age and spoke about getting into cooking, the food they eat when they're heartbroken and how they all know each other. Plus: Levins reveals the details of our very special, first ever LIVE EPISODE of The Mitchen,...
About this show
The Mitchen is a new weekly food podcast recorded at The Projects in Sydney. Hosted by food writer/DJ Andrew Levins and chef Mitch Orr (ACME), each week they invite their mates from the food world over to discuss and make jokes about any recent big announcements in food and dining.
Hosted by
Andrew Levins and Mitch Orr