Salvatore Malatesta & pioneering coffee

He’s a famed entrepreneur and ex-lawyer and is arguably responsible for pioneering the coffee culture in Melbourne, now he’s taking his Australian business worldwide. Gary Mehigan chats with Salvatore Malatesta, a huge character known around Melbourne as the ‘coffee king’ (although he prefers to go by ‘Sal’) about life, love and staying young. Sal opened his first café as a uni student in 1996 and now runs multiple cafes across Melbourne including Auction Rooms and St Ali’s.

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Food is not just about how you cook in the kitchen: it's about where the food comes from, the path for ingredients from farm to plate, the love and passion that goes into making the final dish and the sharing of food with the people important to you. Masterchef judge Gary Mehigan chats to people for whom food is everything - it's the love that goes into sourcing ingredients, creating the recipes and sharing that love of the process with others. Each dish has a much bigger story than just the cooking - each dish becomes A Plate To Call Home. For more episodes download the free LiSTNR app