Joanna Hunkin's guest appearances

Joanna Hunkin

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry

The Self-Love Club®

Samin Nosrat

Dan Barber

Massimo Bottura

Christina Tosi

Demi Lovato

David Thompson

Hetty McKinnon

Caroline Flack

Magnus Nilsson

Ferran Adria

Amy Fraser

Luke Powell

Annabel Crabb

Michelle Battersby

Nat Kringoudis

OwlTail

Reporting from murder scenes and interviewing Lorde live at the Grammys – that's what Joanna Hunkin did before she became editor at Gourmet Traveller. Enduring these high-pressure situations meant she wasn't too shaken by her first year at the magazine – which has been incredibly eventful and challenging, and involved her relocating from Auckland to take up the role. On her very first day on the job, at the Restaurant Awards at Bennelong last year, she was handing out honours to chefs Ben Shewry and Kylie Kwong. Then, as the pandemic hit, she found herself having to produce a magazine under lockdown – a tricky feat, given that photo shoots, recipe testing and other group activities are key to  Gourmet Traveller's coverage. Her team used some leftfield ideas to complete cover shoots and other editorial work while socially distancing! We talk about some of the most memorable stories that have run in the magazine in the past year as well as relevant topics such as "authenticity" in food and how chefs feel about dealing with dietary requirements (from diners who claim they can't consume anything "shiny" or beginning with the letter 'A' to legit allergies to gluten and wheat – I wrote about this for the October issue of Gourmet Traveller). We also cover her early days in Hong Kong (where her mother fed her microwave bacon!) as well as Joanna's return to the city later in life, where she dined at secret restaurants hidden inside Hong Kong's high-density apartments. Joanna also chats about her top three Australian restaurant experiences of the past year, as well as her favourite dining spots in Auckland.  If you'd like to support me on Patreon, head to patreon.com/leetranlam. From $1.50 a week, you'll get access to my weekly podcast and newsletter, where I cover all the good things I’m consuming: the best food stories I’ve read, food podcasts I’ve listened to, what I’ve been eating and I also dive into what I’ve been working on.

Reporting from murder scenes and interviewing Lorde live at the Grammys – that's what <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hunkies_news/?hl=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna Hunkin</a> did before she became editor at <a href="https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Gourmet Traveller</a>. Enduring these high-pressure situations meant she wasn't too shaken by her first year at the magazine – which has been incredibly eventful and challenging, and involved her relocating from Auckland to take up the role. On her very first day on the job, at the Restaurant Awards at Bennelong last year, she was handing out honours to chefs Ben Shewry and Kylie Kwong. Then, as the pandemic hit, she found herself having to produce a magazine under lockdown – a tricky feat, given that photo shoots, recipe testing and other group activities are key to  Gourmet Traveller's coverage. Her team used some leftfield ideas to complete cover shoots and other editorial work while socially distancing! We talk about some of the most memorable <a href="https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/news/food-news/chinatown-sydney-restaurants-coronavirus-18656" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">stories</a> that have run in the magazine in the past year as well as relevant topics such as <a href="https://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/news/food-and-culture/authenticity-food-problematic-18765" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">"authenticity"</a> in food and how chefs feel about dealing with dietary requirements (from diners who claim they can't consume anything "shiny" or beginning with the letter 'A' to legit allergies to gluten and wheat – I wrote about this for the October issue of Gourmet Traveller). We also cover her early days in Hong Kong (where her mother fed her microwave bacon!) as well as Joanna's return to the city later in life, where she dined at secret restaurants hidden inside Hong Kong's high-density apartments. Joanna also chats about her top three Australian restaurant experiences of the past year, as well as her favourite dining spots in Auckland. If you'd like to support me on Patreon, head to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/leetranlam" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/leetranlam.</a> From $1.50 a week, you'll get access to my weekly podcast and newsletter, where I cover all the good things I’m consuming: the best food stories I’ve read, food podcasts I’ve listened to, what I’ve been eating and I also dive into what I’ve been working on.

Joanna Hunkin – Gourmet Traveller

At high school Joanna Hunkin assumed she would become a lawyer but decided to study Communications majoring in journalism. Since then she’s had a stellar career working for The NZ Herald, TVNZ, moving into a management role as Head of Entertainment and has recently moved to Sydney for her latest role as Editor of Gourmet Traveller. Joanna’s life and career story is really interesting and in this episode she gives us so much helpful advice around negotiating contracts, how to operate in a corporate world and knowing your worth. We’re so lucky to have Joanna Hunkin on The Self-Love Club Podcast Find Joanna @hunkies_news on Instagram Keep up with The Self-Love Club: follow @belcrawford and @selfloveclubpodcast on Instagram Find The Self-Love Club blogs and resources at belcrawford.com Subscribe at plus.acast.com/s/the-self-love-club for exclusive bonus episodes, early access and extra content from Bel. https://plus.acast.com/s/the-self-love-club.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At high school Joanna Hunkin assumed she would become a lawyer but decided to study Communications majoring in journalism. Since then she’s had a stellar career working for The NZ Herald, TVNZ, moving into a management role as Head of Entertainment and has recently moved to Sydney for her latest role as Editor of Gourmet Traveller. Joanna’s life and career story is really interesting and in this episode she gives us so much helpful advice around negotiating contracts, how to operate in a corporate world and knowing your worth. We’re so lucky to have Joanna Hunkin on The Self-Love Club Podcast Find Joanna @hunkies_news on Instagram Keep up with The Self-Love Club: follow @belcrawford and @selfloveclubpodcast on Instagram Find The Self-Love Club blogs and resources at <a href="http://belcrawford.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">belcrawford.com</a> Subscribe at <a href="http://plus.acast.com/s/the-self-love-club" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">plus.acast.com/s/the-self-love-club</a> for exclusive bonus episodes, early access and extra content from Bel. <a href="https://plus.acast.com/s/the-self-love-club" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://plus.acast.com/s/the-self-love-club</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.