Three Food Memories – Détails, épisodes et analyse

**A Greek and English swear warning in this episode***

If you’ve watched or listened to Australian prime-time news any time in the last 30 years, it’s likely you’ll recognise the face and voice of our guest in this episode of Three Food Memories. 

And if you’ve watched social media at any time in your life, it's likely you'll have heard her swearing in Greek too.

Chris Bath has been in the media since 1988, but it was working as a waitress in a Surry Hills restaurant (that later turned into a leather bar) that brought her to our screens.  

Direct from her Bird-Nerd Farm in the lower Hunter Valley, hear how growing up with Maltese mates fuelled a desire to see (and eat) the world, how mutual love of a spicy condiment made her fall in love with her husband Jim, the truth behind the infamous Greek swearing that went viral…and how the phrase became useful later on! 

Bathie’s social cause is Birdlife Australia - you can find out more here: birdlife.org.au

A risotto with farm greens is on it’s way to our next guest (coming soon in Season 6)

We'll be back October 1 - put it in your diaries! 

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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.

In this episode of Three Food Memories we’re graced with a voice that is nothing short of sublime - it is as beautiful as it is haunting, and resonant with the echoes of a thousand ancestral stories.

Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO, is a luminous star in the constellation of classical music — an opera singer, composer, artistic director, and professor. Music runs in the family, she’s the niece of music legend Jimmy Little and her grandfather was a talented gum leaf player, who performed at the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Hear Deborah’s musings on the restorative benefits of chicken soup, how seeing Dame Joan Sutherland perform in The Merry Widow as a school kid completely changed her life, what it was like to connect with her Aboriginal heritage and the joy of finding her biological family, competitive Christmas trifle making, and how Bar Italia in Leichardt may receive an operetta in it’s name one day soon. 

Deborah’s social cause is truth telling - she believes it’s the foundation of any society that’s going to remain cohesive. She says “the truth makes us stronger, even if it causes us pain in the moment of knowing”.

She pays forward a steak with red wine jus, asparagus and creamy mash to our next guest Chris Bath. 

For more information on Short Black Opera Company and Dhungala Children’s Choir head to shortblackopera.org.au. 

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Daniel Principe is a youth advocate and consent educator. Daniel has spoken to more than 55,000 students at more than 250 schools around Australia about creating spaces to champion boys into becoming good men. 

The saying “boys will be boys”, can be traced back to ancient Roman times. Essentially society has been saying some form of this for at least 2,500 years. This dated idiom is working against us.

Yet, we still hear it. We hear it at the same time as we see the number of women being killed by a current or former intimate partner increase.

So how do we stop the violence? For Daniel, the answer is simple. Start young…take our boys on journies of self-discovery and show them the benefits of being decent, safe, respectful, courageous, empathetic, kind - to think of other than self. 

Daniel’s social cause is an end to the exploitation and abuse of children. 

He’s also an ambassador for Consent can’t wait. 

This conversation discusses domestic violence - if this triggers something for you or you need help please contact 1800 737 732 

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“ I like to make paintings to give people pleasure.”

Just as the late Bill Granger exported Australian food culture to the world, Ken Done’s bold and colourful brush strokes spread the essence of Australia and Australians; creative, optimistic and bold.

There’s a bit of Ken Done iconography in every Australian home, if not our psyche.

In this episode of Three Food Memories, Savva sits with Ken at his gallery in The Rocks, at a paint-spattered and well-worn wooden table, Ken’s hands reflecting the same aesthetic.   

Lobster, treacle sandwiches, and a surprisingly chewy green jelly are on the menu - as are his reflections on childhood by the Clarence River and six-year-old hysterics at a floating latrine during a flood.

UNICEF is Ken’s social cause. He spent over 35 years as the Australian National Ambassador, campaigning for the rights of children around the world.

This in-person episode of Three Food Memories with Ken Done is with great thanks to the team at the Ken Done Gallery.

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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.

When you think of career changes let me assure you this one probably takes the cake for the most unusual and unexpected.

Renae Bunster went from interviewing stars such as Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Valentino Rossi, Johnny Depp, and Angelina Jolie, to creating a worldwide hit condiment that you can put on almost anything.

She's the global president and founder of Bunster’s Worldwide - whose best-selling chilli sauce Shit the Bed has topped the Amazon US charts multiple times. 

Renae chats with Savva about her time on Food Stars with Gordon Ramsay, how carrots changed her life, her experiences with crowdfunding, goji berries, salad, realising that she’d used all the postage money for the sauce making the sauce, and how all the stories in her life somehow come back to poo. 

Renae’s social cause is Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage. Because as she says, child marriage is legalised paedophilia and robs young girls of any chance of a life. 

***This conversation discusses suicide around the 33 - 35 minute mark. If this triggers anything for you please call Lifeline on 13 11 14***

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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.

Tim Ross is a man of many talents - one of which is talking, but his love for mid-century modern architecture has taken pride of place since his former life as one half of the legendary radio duo Merrick and Rosso. Like a modern-day indoorsy Paul Hogan, there’s something about Tim Ross’s  Australian sensibilities that we connect to. He makes us feel Australian without the Southern Cross tattoo. 

Tim is the recipient of the National Trust Heritage Award for Advocacy regarding Australia’s legacy of modernist architecture; of an Australian Institute of Architects National President’s Prize for activism and outstanding contribution to the profession; was a National Architecture Awards jury member and is an honorary Institute member.

His three food memories are a hit of 80s nostalgia with the bonus of pineapple (of course) and revolve around the food of his teenage years. Tim's memories are full of surprising and incredible stories about his parents - his mum was a GP and his dad a pharmacist (and lunchtime nudist). 

Tim’s social cause is the Aboriginal Legal Services NSW / ACT. He says it’s an inconvenient truth to find out what we learned in school wasn’t the full history of our country and it’s going to take us a long time to understand the landscape in the way that we should. We have to listen to Indigenous Australians.  

This episode was recorded live at the Poliform showroom in Sydney. 

TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter
Original score by Russell Torrance

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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.

In this once-in-a-lifetime experience, Savva sits down with the incomparable Stephanie Alexander AO, at her home in inner-city Melbourne.

Stephanie's impact on Australian cooking is nothing short of legendary. Her books read like culinary poetry, enticing readers with every page turn, but her influence extends far beyond the kitchen. From professional chefs to home cooks, her work has woven itself into the fabric of Australian culture and into shaping today's youth with her Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation.

Share the moments that shaped Stephanie’s passion for food; from her formative years in the kitchen with her mum, to the UK, France and back again, her experiences are second to none. 

Stephanie has lots to be grateful for, but as she says “be prepared to listen and to compromise”. 

Please enjoy listening as much as Savva enjoyed spending time with Stephanie. 


(p.s. there was an incident of sorts where Savva's microphone didn't work, so he was speaking into his phone and so he sounds a bit funnier than usual. Please excuse him, it will never happen again.) 

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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.

The name Jo Malone is synonymous with posh fragrances and fancy candles.

But there’s so much more to Joanne Lesley Malone CBE than meets the nose! 

In this episode of Three Food Memories recorded in Sydney, Savva chats with Jo about her formative years, becoming a global name in perfume (not once, but twice), surviving breast cancer after a nine-month diagnosis, how food and scent are intertwined through her life, and how she was once asked to leave a fancy restaurant for being too tipsy! 

Jo’s positivity and love for life breathe through this conversation, because as she says “I’ve got to live my best life, otherwise what did I fight for?” 

Her social cause is Magic Breakfast who make a difference to over 200,000 young people every day by offering breakfasts and expert advice to tackle morning hunger in schools across England and Scotland. 

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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.

In this episode of Three Food Memories Savva chats with brilliant author and journalist Johann Hari. 

Johann’s books Chasing the Scream, Lost Connections and Stolen Focus have transcended borders, languages, and bestseller lists. His latest book, Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs is out May 7th.

Unsurprisingly, Johann’s food memories are life-defining and themed (hello KFC) and they link his issues with food and weight from childhood through to adulthood as he discusses the fascinating insights from his research into obesity and the science behind weight loss drugs such as Ozempic. 

This conversation deals with some heavy topics, but also his love for Gabor Maté and Guy Pearce, and as you’ll know if you listened to the teaser - there’s some swearing. So listen with headphones (or other people who drop the f-bomb on the reg). 

Johann’s social cause is getting processed food out of our diets, as he remarks after telling the story of dancing with a 102-year-old woman “This is what you win when you sort out the obesity crisis. You get to live so much longer!”

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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.

***WARNING: Johann says the c-word five times in a minute, probs best not to play at work (unless you work with people like us who swear a lot), or around children***

Context to this story:
At the beginning of our conversation, producer Loz mentioned to Johann that her husband had been listening to an episode of The Imperfects podcast where Johann was a guest. Loz's husband came home from work just before they were about to record with Johann and said "Just so you know - Johann swears a lot, he even says the c-word".

Loz told this to Johann, and this anecdote ensued...

You can catch the FULL episode with Johann Hari first thing Tuesday morning the 30th of April. 

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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.