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Podcast Episode 1: The Demand for Fine
Dining - Is it Sustainable?
Are we entering a new economic era that
will profoundly affect fine dining? And what
of the obsession with sustainablility?

Podcast Episode 2: The Broadsheet
Restaurant Critic - Here to Stay?
Is a physical newspaper something of the
past? In the modern digital age do we turn to
the internet to listen to restaurant critics?

P odcast Episode 3: The Top Ten
Restaurants in London
London's Top 10 Restaurants Ranked
according to a weighted formula applied to
guides. News items and an editorial.

Podcast Episode 4 : Britain's Top Ten
Restaurants
Britain's top ten restaurants from two angles:
Restaurant Magazine World's 50 Best extract
compared to leading guides.

P odcast E pisode 5: The Emperor of Wine.
We discuss the history and development of
wine in the UK, the role of the sommelier in
the fine dining experience and a look at the
critics

Podcast Episode 6: New Chefs on the Block
(2008)
A look at the history and development of the
Which? Good Food Guide and in particular a
review of the 2009 edition

P odcast Episode 7: What Really Happens
in the Kitchen
A look at a model for business and
applying that to the fine dining kitchen. Also
a review of two recent chef TV programmes.

P odcast Episode 8: Introductio n to
Burgundy.
A review of the classification process in
Burgundy, the labeling, and a brief
introduction to the myriad of producers.

Podcast Episode 10 : Interview with Derek
Bulmer
An exclusive interview with Derek Bulmer,
editor of Michelin, during publication week.,
January 2009

Podcast Episode 9: Michelin: Eating out in
Pubs 2009 Review
A review of the development of the pub
culture and fine dining within pubs and the
reaction of Michelin to this trend.

Michelin: Eating out in pubs review 2009

P odcast Episode 11: What of the Guides
in the Digital Age
A look at the opportunity afforded by the
internet to the leading guides and a review
of the Michelin City of London Guide 2009

Podcast Episode 12: Viral Marketing:
Today's Sensation or Yesterday's News?
An examination of viral marketing - the
techniques used in the marketplace today and
their efficacy to the restaurant scene.

Podcast Episode 13: The Past, Present
and Future of Gastronomy?
A review of several great chefs from history
and an analysis of the past, present and
future of gastronomy.

The Past, Present & Future of Gastronomy

Podcasts

Podcast Episode 14: Restaurant Food
Photography in the Information Age
An assessment of the advantages and
disadvantages to the trend of restaurant food
photos appearing on websites.

Restaurant Food Photogrpahy in the Information Age

Podcast Episode 15 : Derek Bulmer,
Exclusive Internet Interview (Jan 2010).
An in-depth and insightful 1800 word
interview with Derek Bulmer, editor of a
number of leading Michelin publications.