Jess Koncz is the founder of Eatsee, a company changing the way that people discover food in a visual and personalsed way. Think Tinder for food. Jess's passion for food and content marketing began with an Instagram page @cravenewcastle as a hobby and now has 48,000 followes. Jessica is now expanding the business across Australia and the United States, after recently completing the Launch Accelerator program in San Francisco. For more Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show:...

Daniel O'Leary heads up COQUUN. Here he delves into his connection with Wonnarua country and his extraordinary inspiration for COQUUN which takes its flavours from the native food bowl.  Discover COQUUN here and to connect with Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

Amorelle Dempster went from high flying Marketing Executive to farmer in Maitland who started the slow food earth markets after she heard of a farmer that was going to destroy his harvest of pumpkins because they were imperfect. Hear her story.  The Slow Food Earth Markets can be found the The Levee Maitland.  For more Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

Lauren Branson is the owner and founder of Your Food Collective here in Newcastle Australia.  Lauren and her team source FRESH LOCAL FOOD GROWN locally, pay a fair price for it and then sell and deliver locally.  Brilliant concept! For more Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

My special guest today is Ian Charles from Aqua Sustainable.  A very highly respected and awarded Murry cod Farm on the Murry Darling Basin in the Riverina, NSW. Their mission is to produce great-tasting Murray cod, fully traceable from pond to plate, in a way that’s respectful to the environment, our growers, and community.  And I can tell you from experience, they are achieving this very successfully. For more Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

Haley Thomson is the daughter of Colin and Deann Thomson who are the founders and owners of San Diego Tortilla Factory, also known as Diego’s. Hayley has literally grown up in this business and is now the marketing manager of this very much a family oriented company. For more Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

Lindi Cohen is a dietician and nutritionist that is all about getting back to basics and not being on a diet.  Sounds weird right.  A dietician telling you not to be on a diet!  That’s why I love her.  This is a quote from her web site which really resonates with me. Swap cauliflower for carbs and you will lose ~88% of the joy you get from food. Twenty minutes of exercise is better than an hour at the gym that you never do. Don't give up 95% of your life to weigh 5% less. If hating your...

Steph speaks to the self proclaimed Crazy Egg Lady, Simone Stephens. The main reason we chat to Simone is to clear up what all of these egg terms mean! Barn laid, free range, biodynamic, parture fed , its so confusing????? For more Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

Larissa Takchi My new family member, Larry, Master Chef 2019 winner.  The girl that taught me how to swear while living in the Master Chef house, but also made me laugh so hard.  I love her like I love my own kids. I can not wait to watch this girl shine over the next few years because I just know she is destined for amazing things, Support the show.

I am such a fan of survivor and of Pia Miranda, so can you imagine how excited I was when they both combined.   I didn’t know a lot about Pia personally before Survivor because she is a pretty private person, but one thing I did lean about her in survivor is what a sassy lady she is, that she is Sicilian, she loves pasta and is a Yogi. For more from Spicy Steph go here. Support the show.

Honestly, one of the nicest men I have ever met.  I could not have asked for a greater mentor during my Master Chef experience than Matt.  So generous with his words, time and experience. I could just listen to him speak about food all day every day. Support the show.

My big sister and my greatest mentor.  I thought it might be fun to compare our last supper meals and food memories.  We are 5 years apart and I wondered how different our food memories are. Support the show.

Daniella is the CEO of the hugely successful Buttercréme Lane, a custom cake shop. Daniella dropped out of high school at 16 due to severe dyslexia and went on to open her business, learning recipes by ear and watching tutorials online.  She has recently opened the doors to her kitchen to share her skills so you too can bring your own sweet creations to life in her workshops. For more Spicy Stef go here. Support the show.

Lee Sullivan from The Urban Vege Patch takes us through her journey as a Mum and an extraordinary Urban Edible Gardening creator. For more from Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

Akmal Saleh has a fascinating past. Originally immigrating to Australia from Egypt with his family nearly 30 years ago.  He sums it up in his own inimitable style – “My parents didn’t tell us where we were going.  We thought it was two hours away.  Twenty hours later, we got off a plane and we were on another planet”. Akmal has had a very interesting food culture background, and talks very fondly about a dish that resembles green snot!!  Support the show.

Julie Goodwin. What can I say to introduce this lady except, Role model!  This lady is responsible for me taking my love of cooking and making it a career.  Winner of the very first Master Chef and now hilarious morning radio host. For more Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

Rochelle Adonis is a pastry chef, restaurateur, and television presenter known for her role as a judge on The Great Canadian Baking Show.  Rochelle first came to my attention with her beautiful Instagram page showcasing her amazing high tea treats. For more Spicy Steph go here. Support the show.

Michelle Schoeps is bordering on obsessed when it comes to her food choices and feeding her family… She calls it committed! Committed to living a healthier, happier life and helping her kids make good food choices now and into the future. Despite having a busy family and work life, the Sydney-based foodie and mum of three is passionate about feeding her kids unprocessed foods and showing kids of all ages and adults alike, how easy it is to cook in the same way. Michelle’s German, French and...

Jessie McTavish is the Head Chef at the Dunes Palm Beach, surfer, ocean and seafood sustainability advocate, I met Jessie on Master Chef when he was a guest chef.  Jessie was to most giving of all the chefs I met.  He went out of his way to show us contestants respect and openly appreciated what we were doing and giving up.  There is a quote from Jesse in his profile that I love and really gives you a sense of who Jessie is it says, “it is a privilege to catch, cook and protect what the ocean...

Another new friend of mine.  We met at the Variety of Chef’s charity event and bonded instantly.  This man has the biggest and most generous heart and so willing to show us newbeys the way.  Chef, TV personality, author 3 times over, cyclest and all round good guy. Support the show.

Chef, Author, award winner, restauranteur and owner of Estelle, Saint Crispin, Pickett’s Deli & Rotisserie and Matilda 159 Domain but one thing that drew me to him and why I think his Last Supper will be so interesting is he is a country boy. Scott grew up on his family farm in Kangatilla in South Australia. He has such a respect for farmers and growers and their beautiful produce. For more on Spicy Stef go here.  Support the show.

Master Chef 2016 winner, my personal role model, host of My Market Kitchen, and her newest and most exciting role, Mumma to baby Jonathon! For more Spicy Steph go here.  Support the show.

Jackson and I are new friends. We met at his gelato dessert bar here in Newcastle called luvvgelato.  But the more I get to know Jackson, the more I discover what a cliché he is.  This man has nearly every health, exercise and nutrition degree you can get, he is a fine specimen with muscles on muscles  on muscles, and yet, own’s a gelato and dessert bar!  For more on Spicy Steph go here. Support the show.

Masterchef's Steph De Sousa explains the ideology behind The Last Supper Podcast and her ambition to challenge some of Australia's top foodies and personalities to connect with their food memories and reveal the story behind their favourite meals and why they matter. Support the show.