Good day guys, my name's Mikey, I'm here for ZTV for the final day of the Adelaide Fringe
at the depot.
Now today the depot is featuring Dan, the man markets, and also Fork on the Road.
And luckily for me, who happens to have an extreme case of the munchies, I'm going to
go out and see what these food trucks are all about.
So I'm here with Rob from Burger Theory mate, how's your day going?
It's been absolutely flat out since we opened the doors, so I don't know what it looks like
but it's been terrific on the track.
So what's it been like working at Fork on the Road?
I mean, Fork on the Road is the only thing in Australia like this, like it's the only
city that's actually just grown with food trucks.
Organically, it's turned into this, I don't know, it's like 35 trucks here.
I mean it's phenomenal and this is the middle of the city, normally dead spot on a Sunday
and there's been about 5,000 people here already, so I mean it's a terrific event.
Yeah.
And how have you found the fringe so far?
Pretty hot dick?
Yeah, I'm in the 18 but look at me mate, the fringe has been, the fringe has been crazy
We're here today with Simon Bryant from The Cook and the Chef, how are you going mate?
I'm well, how are you?
Very well, how's the day been so far?
It's busy, I thought it'd be quieter but the weather's cleared up, it's nice, so yeah it's
doing alright.
Excellent.
And what are you working on here today?
I'm doing a Hokie and me and Indian style version of, like a miga rang basically, tomato
sambal noodles and some gado gado with raw lentil sprouts, some som tam, pounded papaya
salad.
This is kind of me sort of unplugged, I get to do what I want to do, it's not like big
corporate stuff where I have to feed them pigs.
And you've just released your most recent book Veggies, how's that been going?
Really well, we're up to the third reprint and we've got Germany, France and the UK which
is a surprise.
So which is pretty hilarious to read the German version.
And if somebody wants to come and try some of your food, where can they find you?
Look at Fork on the Road where a lot of the vendors get together, burger theory, chimichurri,
that's a good one and sometimes if I'm bored I'm just pop up on the street somewhere.
Oh nice, awesome, well thank you very much for joining us today, enjoy the rest of your
time.
Cheers buddy.
Thank you.
So we're here today with Kellan Han, the recent winner of the MasterChef Allstars,
mate, how's the day going?
Very well, the weather's coming out for us, there's food trucks and markets and everything
going on, what's not to love?
Exactly, how have you enjoyed the depot, what's your favourite thing about here?
I think the whole food truck scene has exploded in Adelaide, the last year or two it's gone
from maybe the burger theory guys and one or two other kind of food trucks creeping in,
all of a sudden it's just gone bang with Fork on the Road, it's such an exciting time to
be in Adelaide.
Yeah, no it is indeed.
And what was it like going back to MasterChef?
Gee, I never thought I'd do it again so it was kind of like when I was there I was like
what was I thinking?
No, it was really cool because it was four, we got to choose a charity to play for and
I chose to raise money for the cancer council and to give them a big check for 20 grand
was really cool so yeah, no it's good stuff.
Beautiful, when did you think you were going to win?
Not at all, no chance, I think because being on the show in real life, cooking is very
different, having a time limit, that stressful environment, having the cameras in your face
and that sort of thing, it completely is different to cooking in your own kitchen at home but
yeah I just enjoy myself and I think having the stress taken off a little bit playing
for charity rather than yourself made it a little bit easier.
And have you got anything exciting coming up you can let us know about?
I'm writing my second cookbook at the moment which is really cool so it's going to be a
follow up to my first book The Starter Kitchen and my cooking school sprouts getting bigger
and bigger so that's giving me pretty busy at the moment.
Well good work mate, congratulations on the win and thanks for joining us today.
Cheers, thank you.
So I'm here with Joe who is the organiser of Fork on the Road mate, how's the day going?
Yeah very good, very good, quite busy early getting it right in place and now we're humming
along.
So mate Fork on the Road has been a massive success, how did it all start?
It started a couple of years ago, saw the food trucks in America, saw them in New York
and LA and thought they were great and then I was back last year and I saw the idea of
a food truck festival and in that time started to grow in Adelaide, last 18 months we got
a bunch of trucks and then I thought let's have a try, see if we've got enough to have
a festival.
Excellent and what have you guys got coming up in the future?
We've got one definite and that's April 12th, Fork on the Road in Light Square and that's
going to be part of the Adelaide Food and Wine Festival and that's going to be a lunch
and a dinner.
And if people want to keep up to date where can they find you?
Best place is Facebook, Fork on the Road and then on Twitter, Fork underscore on the road.
So I'm here in the shed at the depot with Renee and Simone who are the creators of Dam
the Man Markets guys, how are you going?
Good thanks, how are you Mikey?
Very well, loving the markets today, fantastic work, so Renee can you tell me what is Dam
the Man Markets?
So Dam the Man is a market that brings together local artists, designers, foodies and musicians
and just brings everyone together and gives local people in Adelaide a platform to showcase
all their work and you know, get their name out there and just create a good vibe and
yeah definitely.
And how's it been going down here at the depot?
Yeah, I know it's been well, it's an overwhelming response so far and hopefully it'll keep like
that for the night, yeah there's plenty of people out there eating and drinking which
is good and enjoying the markets definitely.
I'm here with Tracy from Gretel Girl, how's the market been going for you so far?
It's a fantastic day, people are shopping and happy and enjoying the music, yeah so
they're shopping, it's great.
Beautiful and can you tell me a bit about your designs?
So I have a range of wood blocks, plates and embroidery hoops and they're all based on
my original hand drawings and the plates which are probably one of my most popular designs,
these particular ones for the market are transfers that are taken from original illustrations
and they've been baked onto the plates so they're functional artworks or just decorative.
And I'm here with Tash from Not Lost Boutique, now tell me a bit about your store, what stuff
have you got here?
I've got a little bit of everything, my aim is sort of to provide for every shape, size
and style because I don't believe in stereotyping because of the way people dress.
And can you talk to me a bit about these little things down here?
These are my pot heads and these actually were a mistake, I sort of made them as a prop
in my shop on Pain and Morade and I brought them to a market as a prop and people kept
asking me how much they were and then after the third person I was like oh put a price
on them and they've been selling hot cakes ever since.
And I'm here with Jess from Birds Nests for Hair, how are you going?
I'm really well, how are you?
Very well thank you, can you tell us a bit about what you do here?
Sure, these are my little potty bubs and it's under the name of Birds Nests for Hair, they're
my little babies and I just paint them and do original one off designs on them and then
plant a succulent or a cactus inside and hopefully it will grow and it will bring a smile to
people's face when they see it sitting on their windowsill so yeah.
And I'm here with Trina from Irving Baby, how are you going?
Yeah good thanks.
Now Irving Baby has been around for how many years?
20 years last year so we'll be turning 21 this year in October.
Are you having a big bash?
Maybe, we're thinking about it, trying to work out what we're going to do.
Right, so can you talk to me a bit about Irving Baby, kind of what the idea of the story is?
So yeah, Irving Baby is owned by myself and my sister Brian and we pretty much started
off as uni students and we were looking for places in the city of Adelaide to sort of
cheap and affordable and fun and fashionable sort of vintage stuff and so we thought well
we'll set one up, so we did.
Now I'm here with Dave who is the creator of the Deafo, how did the Deafo come about?
Crazy night at the end of the fringe last year just sort of stood out the back of the
Promethean where I'd just finished a shift and looked over at this expanse of wasteland
and you know thought well maybe we could do something there so here we are you know like
less than a year later we were able to create this massive space and got council approval
and yeah.
And how have you found the success of it so far?
It's been amazing really, I mean we can't complain at all about how you know the crowds
have embraced the space and yeah we've just been blown away.
Now you've had quite a fair few events on here, what a few of the highlights for you?
I think probably the favourite, not just of me but of everyone's, the Colourpalooza,
the paint party and you know they went off every time we did it but I think probably
the massive highlight for me was last night when we had the Whitlems and Pete Murray
with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra on the massive stage that we brought in just for that event
and stunning sound, amazing crowd, it just looked amazing so yeah.
