Three Food Memories
The things you find out when you ask people about their food memories can be soulful, spicy, sensational, sour, and sublime. Often you'll discover something you never knew about the person you asked - and this is what the Three Food Memories podcast is about, how every food memory is linked to a moment in time. Three Food Memories is hosted by Savva Savas, dad of twin boys, entrepreneur, caterer, and creator. In each episode Savva chats with a guest who shares three food memories and a social cause close to their heart, revealing far more about themselves than what t...
🥙 Mohsin Zaidi (bite-sized) 🍛
On author Mohsin Zaidi's menu; family Eid dishes, pork to prove, and birthdays at Lahore Kebab House.
Hear the full episode released July 30, 2024. Search Mohsin Zaidi, or scroll back to find it.
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♯ Jessie Ware (Bite-Sized) 🥣
♯ On the menu; toffee apple nice and sticky, mum Lennie's chicken soup, and a "goodbye" omelette 🥣
Listen to the full episode recorded May 29, 2022 in Season 2. Just search Three Food Memories Jessie Ware.
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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.
❔❔❔Jack Savoretti asks Savva about how important food is connecting with his kids
And a surprising confession from Jack about the decadent treat he eats while sitting on the couch...
Listen to the full episode with Jack, published May 12th 2025
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Kirsha Kaechele, first lady of MONA
"Essentially, I just manipulate my husband as much as possible using sex" - Kirsha Kaechele
In this episode, recorded in the brand new recording studio at MONA in Hobart, Kirsha takes Savva on a journey through growing up in Guam, travelling through Tibet, why she designed a table that was too heavy to steal, and a peek at what it's like hanging at home with David and Sunday.
On the menu is; fried rice & Spam washed down with Mr. Coffee, roasted fruit bats, Eat the Problem feasts, and yak cheese necklaces and butter tea in T...
🫖Kirsha Kaechele (Bite-Sized) 🧀
On the menu; Fried rice & spam, Mr. Coffee from a can, Eat the Problem feast, and yak cheese necklaces and butter tea in Tibet
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Louise Adler, book publisher, editor and director
“I’m devoid of caution, and it’s got me in to plenty of trouble in my time” - Louise Adler
Louise Adler is a leading figure in Australia’s literary and cultural landscape — a distinguished publisher, editor, and intellectual who has played a key role in shaping Australia’s literary voice.
On the menu this episode is; fruit salad at the Fruit Salad Farm, "Continental" cooking, and the food hall at KaDeWe in Berlin. Along the way, Louise shares the hilarious story of her first “date” with husband Max Gillies, moving family tales of escape during World...
📖 Louise Adler (Bite-Sized) 🍓
On the menu; Fruit salad at the Fruit Salad Farm, "Continental" cooking, and the food hall at KaDeWe in Berlin.
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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.
Tom Parker Bowles, food writer and critic
"I'm not really up on my royal history" - Tom Parker Bowles
How do you make food your job without having to cook it?
Well you become a food writer and critic (and all time lover of food) like Tom Parker Bowles, who says “I loved eating and could just about string a sentence together, so I thought I could write about it...I was rubbish at everything else.”
🍗On the menu; diabolical boarding school food, mum’s roast chook, all of the chillies, why he may have been a bogan in a previous l...
🍗Tom Parker Bowles (bite-sized) 🌶️
On the menu; diabolical boarding school food, mum’s roast chook, and all of the chillies
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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.
Judy Joo, chef, author, entrepreneur
"You're going to smell it before you even taste it, and then you're going to burp it for five hours afterwards." - Judy Joo
In this episode, the Queen of Korean Fried Chicken, Judy Joo shares her journey from Wall Street to the kitchen, the interesting way her baby bath tub was used well after she'd grown out of it, and the fascinating story of her parents, who met in America after both having fled Korea for a better life after the war.
🥘On the menu; homemade kimchi, grilled bulgogi, and roasting gim with dad 🥓
As...
🥘Judy Joo (bite-sized) 🥩
🥘On the menu; homemade kimchi, grilled bulgogi, and roasting gim with dad 🥩
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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.
Sarah Wilson, author and journalist
"The beauty is that we're going to be taken back to a simpler life, and I think that many of us have been craving it." - Sarah Wilson
In this existential episode with best-selling author and renegade Sarah Wilson, you'll take part in an uphill bike ride while exploding on the inside, hitch-hike with randoms in Greece, and find the curious in almost everything - even if it is as dark as the fall of civilisation.
On the menu is; a life-saving bowl of chicken curry in Vietnam, a bowl of rice f...
🍚 Sarah Wilson (bite-sized) 📕
🍚 On the menu; Vietnamese chicken soup, rice, and Greek figs📕
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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.
Jen Brister, UK comedian
"I think what we're going to get from this is that I'm not prepared for the real world." - Jen Brister
This episode with comedian Jen Brister is packed full of punch, in the greatest way. On the menu is; a fancy degustation in Mayfair, a hotter than the sun Thai chicken curry, and Spanish Christmas Eve spreads. You'll also find out the truth behind bringing up twins as a gay parent, why walking in a wiggly line is sometimes much better than walking in a straight line, as well as the amazing work J...
👓Jen Brister (bite-sized) 🎭
👓Jen Brister, comedian and advocate🎭
On the menu; a fancy degustation in Mayfair, a hotter than the sun Thai chicken curry, and mum's Christmas Eve Spanish spreads
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🎶 Jack Savoretti (bite-sized) 🎹
🎶 Jack Savoretti, singer-songwriter 🎹
On the menu; double-double animal-style burger, pesto in Portofino, first Tropea onion.
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Jack Savoretti, singer-songwriter
I just don't know how music works. I can't read music. I don't even know a single scale. And that's how I like it. - Jack Savoretti
If you’re a music fan (and aren't we all?!) you’re gonna love this episode with the fabulous singer-songwriter Jack Savoretti where we discover the ins-n-outs of the; double-double animal-style burger, why the pesto in Portofino is the best along with the Savoretti secret recipe, how to make a Bob Dylan song your own, and where to get the best potato and onion dish you never knew you needed at 10...
❔❔❔Saskia Havekes asks Savva what he'll say to his mum this Mother's Day
When Savva joined florist Saskia Havekes at her Grandiflora atelier for a Mother's Day special, she asked him what he'll say to his mum today... 🪻🪻🪻
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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.
Saskia Havekes, florist, creator, founder of Grandiflora
"I found out I was pregnant the first day I put the key in the door of the shop" - Saskia Havekes
In this episode Savva joins Saskia at the Grandiflora atelier, where they're joined by an intimate audience in celebration of Mother's Day to chat all things motherhood, floristry, growing up in the bush, and what it takes when the roles are reversed, and you now look after your mum who suffers with dementia.
Saskia's social causes are Two Good Co. who support and empower women experiencing domestic violence, as well as the Women...
🪻Saskia Havekes (bite-sized) 💐
🪻Saskia Havekes, queen of floristry, Grandiflora 💐
On the menu; smoked oysters on black bread, poached chicken with ginger and shallot oil, and scones with jam and cream
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Maggie Beer AO, cook, restaurateur, entrepreneur, advocate
“I’m chaos” - Maggie Beer
Cook, food author, restaurateur, entrepreneur, public figure, and champion of Australia’s ageing population Maggie Beer AO epitomises life force.
After a miraculous recovery from a life-threatening fall, she continues to be a huge part of our great culinary Australian story.
In this episode, Savva joins Maggie at her home in the Barossa Valley while the scent of dampened fig and persimmon trees and the songs of magpies and currawongs travel through the door.
Their conversation travels through her 53 years in South Australia, her influence in Austral...
🐷Maggie Beer AO (bite-sized) 🪿
🐷Maggie Beer AO, cook, author, and advocate for Australia’s ageing population🪿
On the menu; Crispers full of brawn, chicken soup, and goose.
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Season 8 - coming soon (April 29 to be precise!)
Coming your way in Season 8...out April 29, 2025
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TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.
Happy Easter, please enjoy this egg-cellent treat of bum-nuts served three ways.
Happy Easter!!! (How's the sugar rush coming on?!)
Here is something to make your day egg-stra special. Yes we did just use that terrible pun. Sorry, not sorry...
A trio of bum-nut delight coming your way with;
-- Kiwi comedian Thomas Sainsbury, who shares how he sneakily devoured a few dozen Cadbury Creme Eggs in a very short period of time without managing to chuck it all back up again
-- Rewilder and author Gina Chick, who reminisces about Jervis Bay adventures boating with her family and lunching on egg sandwiches...
❔❔❔Justin Narayan asks Savva what's something he wished he was told when he was a few decades younger
In each episode of TFM our guests ask Savva a question. We don’t keep them in the main chat, we release them on a special occasion…like, Good Friday…have the kids eaten all the eggs yet?
Justin asks Savva what’s something he wished someone had told him when he was younger, which makes him sound a bit like an old man.
You can listen to the full chat with Justin, which was released March 18, 2025 - just scroll down the episode list til you find it.
❔❔❔Elly-May Barnes asks Savva if the podcast is a legacy for his kids or not
In each episode of TFM our guests ask Savva a question. We don’t keep them in the main chat, we release them on a special occasion…like, school holidays…how you getting on?!
Elly-May asks Savva if the podcast is a legacy for his kids Dane and Leo, which puts Savva on the spot!
You can listen to the main chat released March 11, 2025 - just scroll down the episode list til you find it.
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❔❔❔Rae Johnston asks Savva about the state of Australia's food culture
In each episode of TFM our guests ask Savva a question. We don’t keep them in the main chat, we release them on a special occasion…like, school holidays! Yeah!
Rae asks Savva what role he thinks food plays in Australian culture, is it just meat pies and stale sausage rolls at the servo?
You can listen to the full chat with Rae which was released 25 March, 2025 - just scroll down the episode list til you find it.
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❔❔❔Jonathon Moran asks Savva how he juggles it all
In each episode of TFM our guests ask Savva a question. We don’t keep them in the main chat, we release them on a special occasion…like, school holidays! Yeah!
Jonathon Moran tells it like it is, asks Savva how he juggles fatherhood, his catering business, as well as creating and hosting a successful podcast, to which Savva replies to all of this and also explains why he keeps needles handy around his children, which is as strange as it sounds.
You can listen to the...
❔❔❔Rachel Griffiths asks Savva about the rosary
In each episode of TFM our guests get to ask Savva a question. We don’t keep them in the main chat, we release them on a special occasion…like, school holidays! Yeah!
Rachel Griffiths questions Savva about the rosary beads in the TFM artwork, and it gets deep - hope, community, and the danger in giving up trying to understand each other.
If you've missed it - you can listen to the full episode released March 4, 2025 - just scroll down the episode list til you find it.
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Deborah Frances-White, Six Conversations We're Scared To Have
“From my teenage years to my mid-twenties, I was in a cult. I know what it is like to be told this is what you think, you can’t argue outside of this.” - Deborah Frances-White
Deborah first appeared on Three Food Memories in mid 2022, where she gave Savva invaluable advice that galvanised TFM's foundation, to create a community where everybody belongs.
She's back as her latest book Six Conversations We're Scared to Have drops around the world, and she shares why these conversations need to be had, a new fo...
👓Deborah Frances-White (bite-sized) 📖
👓Deborah Frances-White, comedian, author, and writer 📖
On the menu; pre-prepared pies from Lidgate Holland Park, Sally’s Apizza in New Haven, and smoked emu with capers at Riberries in Sydney.
These food memories come from Savva's original chat with Deborah in June 2022. A new chat and food memory with Deborah is out tomorrow, alongside a conversation about her new book Six Conversations We're Scared To Have
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Lucy Barnard, Adventurer of the Year, walking the length of the world
“Four people start this adventure every year to make an attempt to get to Alaska, but usually everyone quits in the first year. Most people quit because they say they fall in love.” - Lucy Barnard
Our guest on this episode of TFM is on a mission most of us would only dare dream about - to walk the length of the world. Yup, WALK.
Currently on her 22nd pair of shoes, Lucy Barnard joins us with her trusty companion Wombat from Denver, Colorado - where she's prepping for the fi...
🏃🏽♀️Lucy Barnard (bite-sized) 🐶
🏃🏽♀️Lucy Barnard, Adventurer of the Year, walking the length of the world🐶
On the menu; King Crab empanadas after a week of misery, freshly cooked beef after stumbling upon a cottage during an alpine blizzard, free food for Wombat at markets on the Inca Trail
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Rae Johnston, STEM journalist, broadcaster and self confessed tech-geek
"Every recess, every lunchtime, I had detention. I had to write on the board "I will not interrupt the class, I will not interrupt the class, I will not interrupt the class..." - Rae Johnston
Our guest on this episode of TFM is a science communicator with a twist. A Wiradjuri and Greek woman with a little Welsh in the mix too, Rae Johnston is as warm and enveloping as her homemade (and grown) spiced apple cake.
On the menu is; roast lamb that knocked eight years of being v...
🤖Rae Johnston (bite-sized) 🎭
🤖Rae Johnston, broadcaster and tech communicator 🎭
On the menu; roast lamb that knocked off 8 years of being vego, mum’s triple choc muffins, and Greek feasts on dad’s side of the family
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Justin Narayan, cook, author, and former youth pastor
“It’s always so lucky to provide something to someone that’s nourishing to their soul, that brings comfort, that brings joy (hopefully)” - Justin Narayan
Former youth pastor and winner of Masterchef Justin Narayan is our guest on this episode of Three Food Memories. If you LURVE food, this one is for you - although you will have to listen to people eating it at the same time, so there's a warning for you.
Justin's recently released book Everything is Indian started out as a google doc where he'd write down recipes for his friends, a...
🐑 Justin Narayan (bite-sized) ⛪
🐑 Justin Narayan, cook, author, and former youth pastor ⛪
On the menu; Fijian Lovo, Chicken curry, Pizza Hut, Sizzler, and Chan’s Chinese
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Elly-May Barnes, musician and inclusion advocate
🍛 Elly-May Barnes, musician and inclusion advocate🎸
In this episode, meet the daughter of Aussie rock legend Jimmy Barnes, who’s become a music star in her own right, with her debut album No Good, released last year.
Elly-May Barnes’s life hasn’t been all guitars, roses and hanging out with rock celebrities. Born more than three months premature with cerebral palsy, she’s faced lifelong chronic pain and many surgeries.
A passionate advocate for inclusivity, she stars in the ABC documentary...
🍛Elly-May Barnes (bite-sized) 🎸
🍛 Elly-May Barnes, musician and inclusion advocate🎸
On the menu; Kindergarten menus in France, Mum and Dad’s cooking, and her son Dylan’s lunch box treats and hacks.
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Rachel Griffiths, actor, activist, producer and director
“I do think one-on-one conversations are more likely to change people” - Rachel Griffiths
Aussie icon Rachel Griffiths is best known internationally for her Golden Globe-winning performance as Brenda in Six Feet Under, and starring alongside Julia Roberts in My Best Friend’s Wedding.
But for us downunder, she’s the rockstar bestfriend of Muriel Heslop, Rhonda Epinstall in Muriel’s Wedding.
Rachel’s latest show Madam is about a woman who opens an ethical and feminist brothel after finding out her husband was cheating on her. It’s a funny and bo...
