Alex Dekker (Alex Makes Meals) - A huge life change

Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

English - April 23, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Alex Dekker was a 19-year-old uni student when the pandemic hit in 2020. His sister was a doctor working on a Covid ward, busy, stressed and without any time to feed herself properly. Alex made her a lasagne and Alex Makes Meals was born. Alex's food charity now makes more than 3000 meals a week for those facing food insecurity in Melbourne. We talk about Alex's huge life change and what's he's learnt about chefs, food and society along the way.

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues.
Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.