Forkin' Good with Simon Gault & Kate Fenwick
Simon Gault and Kate Fenwick dish out practical ways to cook better, waste less, and have a cracking yarn about the food we love.
Episodes
39 episodes
Are Smartphones Destroying Childhood? We Want to Find Out
In this powerful episode of the Forkin' Good Podcast, Simon Gault and Kate Fenwick sit down with Dr Samantha Marsh, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, and Vanessa McCarty, child psychotherapist and speaker for Smartphone Free...
Your Gut Controls More Than You Think | The Truth About Gut Health
Did you know your gut is constantly communicating with your brain?In this fascinating episode of Forkin' Good, Simon Gault and Kate Fenwick sit down with Alice Fitzgerald, CEO of The Gut Foundation, to unpack the science behind gut heal...
What Nobody Tells You About Owning a Café - Catching up with Nav from Pink Broccoli!
Five months ago, Simon Squibb helped make Nav's dream come true.She took over ownership of Pink Broccoli Café and stepped into the exciting world of business ownership.But what happens after the cameras leave?In this hon...
Breaking the Cycle of Binge Eating and Food Guilt - Catching up with Elizabeth Marshall
For years, Elizabeth Marshall believed she was the problem.Despite working in health, fitness and food, she found herself trapped in a cycle of emotional eating, binge eating, body shame, alcohol, grief and declining health.Afte...
We Found The Best Pizza In Wellington! And they shared their secrets
What makes a real Italian pizza?In this delicious episode of the Forkin' Good Podcast, Simon Gault and Kate Fenwick head to Mediterranean Foods in Wellington to sit down with the team behind some of New Zealand's most authentic Italian ...
Eddie Rakanui on Love Life More: The Philosophy That Changed Everything
In this episode of the Forkin' Good Podcast, Simon and Kate sit down with one of the most fascinating people they've ever met: Eddie Rakanui.Eddie has hitchhiked in more than 700 vehicles across New Zealand, met thousands of strangers, ...
Vietnam, Trolls & Talking Poo | A Very Random Catch Up
This week on the Forkin' Good Podcast, Simon and Kate are back together after Simon’s Vietnam adventure for a completely unfiltered catch up covering everything from teeth, handbags and Vietnamese coffee… to behavioural change, recycling trolls...
What REALLY Happened in Vietnam? | Let's check in
This week on the Forkin' Good Podcast, Simon joins Kate live from Vietnam to talk street food, coffee culture, online trolls, overseas dental work, and the wild experiences he’s had while exploring the country.From accidentally telling p...
Simon’s Vietnam Food Adventure: Salted Coffee, Street Food & Culture Shocks
This week on the Forkin' Good Podcast, Simon joins Kate live from Vietnam to share stories from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, including incredible food experiences, culture shocks, street food discoveries, and some seriously unusual delicacies.
PINK BROCCOLI CHECK IN! Chatting to Nav about her journey so far!
This week on the Forkin' Good Podcast, Kate Fenwick and Simon Gault sit down with Nav, the chef behind the soon to open Pink Broccoli cafe.After a chance encounter with Simon Squibb, who asked Nav one simple question, “What’s your dream...
Mother’s Day Reflections and the Value of Time with Family
This week on the Forkin' Good Podcast, Kate and Simon take a step back from food and dive into something a little deeper… Mother’s Day, family, and the value of time.They share personal stories about their mums, parenting, and the reali...
WE INTERVIEWED SIMON SQUIBB! Dreams, Advice, and everything in between
In this extra special episode of the Forkin’ Good Podcast, we’re unpacking the most unexpected, wholesome, and slightly-unreal thing that happened to us in Auckland…We met Simon Squibb (yes, that Simon — the “What’s your dream?” guy) an...
A Real Conversation About Food, Habits and Feeling Better | FG PODCAST #27
Kate shares a real and honest turning point in her health journey, after working with a nutritionist and realising that stress, food choices, and daily habits were all playing a bigger role than expected.In this episode of the Forking G...
Grocery Prices Are Out of Control - Here’s What To Do
In this episode of the Forkin' Good Podcast, Simon Gault and Kate Fenwick dive into the reality of rising living costs in New Zealand—from petrol prices to skyrocketing food bills—and how it’s changing the way we cook, shop, and eat.The...
We Got Sent Beer! So We Talked Food, Festivals & Fine Dining
Welcome back to the Forkin' Good Podcast with Kate and Simon.This episode starts with a simple surprise… a “Fork'n Good” rice lager.But quickly turns into a deep dive into food, drink, and one of New Zealand’s most exciting culi...
Is GLP-1 the Shortcut… or the Trap?
In this episode, we dive into one of the most talked-about topics in health right now: GLP-1 weight loss drugs.Kate opens up about her own struggles with weight, stress, and trying to find something that actually works. With expert insi...
WHAT REALLY HAPPENS TO YOUR RECYCLING!
In this episode of the Forkin' Good Podcast, Kate takes Simon somewhere very different… behind the scenes of a real life recycling plant.What they discover is eye-opening.From contamination and food waste to nappies, batteries, ...
Forkin' Good Live in Tauranga: Leftovers, Local Heroes and a Packed Room
In this special episode of the Forkin' Good Podcast, Kate Fenwick and Simon Gault take you inside their very first live event in Tauranga.What started as a big idea turned into a packed room, incredible food, practical leftover inspirat...
THE SECRET TO AMAZING PRODUCE EVERY WEEK - Misfit Garden!
This week on the Forkin' Good podcast, Kate and Simon visit Misfit Garden in Taupō and discover one of New Zealand’s smartest food waste solutions.Misfit Garden rescues fresh fruit and vegetables that are too small, too wonky, slightly ...
Leftovers, Food Waste, and the $1,300 You’re Throwing Away! Sophie Wolland from Love Food Hate Waste
Could your household save $1,300 this year just by wasting less food?In this episode of the Forkin' Good Podcast, Kate Fenwick and Simon Gault sit down with Sophie Wolland from Love Food Hate Waste to unpack the shocking truth about foo...
She Was Told She’d Never Walk Again | Chloe Hogan’s Journey
This week on the Forkin' Good Podcast, we sit down with Chloe Hogan.Chloe was two weeks away from her second marathon when a car accident changed everything. A traumatic brain injury. Life support. Months in rehabilitation. Doctors tell...
How Kiwis Can Get Cafe Food for 1/3 the Price (and Save It From Landfill)
Ever wondered how much perfectly good food gets binned at the end of the day?This week on Forkin’ Good, we’re joined by Joost Rietveld from Too Good To Go, the app that lets you pick up surprise bags of surplus food from cafes, bakeries...
Grant Schofield, on Why We Need To Stop Trusting Food Packaging
This week on the Forkin' Good Podcast, we sit down with Professor Grant Schofield — one of New Zealand’s most outspoken voices on metabolic health — and we don’t hold back.We dive into:- Why the Health Star Rating system doesn’t wor...
Starting a Weight Loss Journey When Life Won't Slow Down
IMPORTANT NOTE FROM SIMON: Just to clarity what I said in the video: sushi isn’t automatically “healthy” from a blood sugar or weight-loss point of view because it’s rice-based. Rice isn’t sugar, it’s starch but that starch is broken down into ...
The Corner Stone Cafe: Worth Pulling Over For!
This week we pull in at The Corner Stone Café — the spot you’ll miss if you’re flying through… but once you find it, you’ll plan your drives around it.We sit down with Phillippa, the owner, for a proper yarn about how the café came to b...