The taste of place — Australian native ingredients

What characterises Australian food? We're a nation adept at making first-rate versions of food drawn from all corners of the globe, but our palates are less familiar with the foods of our own backyard. For millennia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have cultivated and enjoyed uniquely Australian foods. So, why are these ingredients still so hard to find on supermarket shelves?

Guests: 

• Mark Olive, Bundjalung man, ambassador chef at Midden
• Nornie Bero, Torres Strait Islander, chef and founder of Mabu Mabu
• Madonna Thomson, Jagera and Yugambeh woman, co-founder of the Bushtukka and Botanicals Indigenous Enterprise Cooperative (BBIEC)
• Yasmina Sultanbawa, director of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods

This episode was originally broadcast on May 24, 2025.

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This episode of Every Bite was produced on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation.