Toby Schmitz

Toby Schmitz is an actor, playwright, director, novelist and Food Bytes guest extraordinaire. Currently playing to packed houses across Australia in the production Art with Richard Roxburgh and Damon Herriman, Toby took time out from the Melbourne season to chat about his love of the theatre and hi…

Mark Andrew

Elvis is in the Food Bytes building, or at least Mark Andrew - hands-down the best Elvis tribute artist going around - is. Mark is also a king of the kitchen, sharing his baked potato secret as well as some wise words on good health from his wife Lisa Curry AO, Olympian and a former Food Bytes gue…

Stephanie Alexander

Stephanie Alexander AO is a national treasure, as is her famous book 'The Cook's Companion' (Penguin Books), which she has lovingly revised, renewed and released for its 30th anniversary.  Keeping things simple and anxiety-free is Stephanie's goal and she takes us through her love of cooking - whi…

Barry Creyton

Barry Creyton is a much-loved part of Australian television history, thanks to his very creative input into groundbreaking programs like The Mavis Bramston Show and Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks. Barry has just released the book of his amazing theatrical life 'Beyond Togetherness - A Life,' whi…

Steve Liebmann

Steve Liebmann is a class act, something he showed radio and television audiences on a daily basis during a career in which he started as a fresh-faced 13 year old in his home town of Cooma. What an amazing life and career that followed. Lucky for us, Steve shares some of his 'pinch me' moments an…

Scherri-Lee Biggs

Scherri-Lee Biggs is a most interesting human being, with a rich and colourful story to tell - from her teenage modelling days to representing Australia at Miss Universe 2011, to a television career than has now landed her a role as the Melbourne weather presenter on National Nine News. As a worki…

Effie

She is a comedy goddess and a romance goddess, but is Effie a kitchen goddess? All will be revealed when everyone's favourite former hairdresser turned superstar joins Sarah and Kevin this week. As she prepares for her Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show 'Frigid to Feral,' Effie shares so…

Elizabeth Hewson

Elizabeth Hewson is a wearer of many aprons - home cook, recipe writer, columnist, wife, mother and author of the beautiful and practical new book 'Home Food' (Murdoch Books). Elizabeth's food philosophy is easy to understand and achievable because, as she says,  sometimes dinner just needs to be …

Danny McGinlay

You can't help but like Danny McGinlay. Not only is he funny, clever, smart (and punctual), he smells good - even on radio and podcasts. One of the hardest-working comedians on the circuit, Danny does it all, from The Front Bar to his Comedy Festival shows, the Danny/ Boyd Bulldogs podcast and his …

Luke Darcy

Luke Darcy is a Western Bulldogs star in his own right and a former high profile media star to boot. These days though, it is being dad to the AFL's hottest property - Sam Darcy - that is shaping his media appearances. But wait, there's more. Sam's eighteen year old brother Will has been drafted to…