A podcast hosted by Sam Low (winner of Masterchef New Zealand 2022 and author of Modern Chinese) and Jean Teng (former Food Editor at Metro magazine) on everything food and culture in Aotearoa, New Zealand. They sit down with both international and local guests to talk about serious and silly topics, such as the role social media plays in "foodie" culture; restaurant criticism; the coffee scene; nutrition; how queerness intersects with cooking; foraging and farming; and other issues, both big and small. Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/ate.ate.ate.pod
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast hosted by Sam Low (winner of Masterchef New Zealand 2022 and author of Modern Chinese) and Jean Teng (former Food Editor at Metro magazine) on everything food and culture in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Ate Ate Ate is hosted by Sam Low and Jean Teng. The show has published 23 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Not Eating Michelin" (7 July 2026, 75 minutes), "Eating 2025 ft. Janice Leung Hayes" (30 December 2025, 97 minutes), and "Eating Michelin" (14 November 2025, 85 minutes).
Ate Ate Ate publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 23 episodes.
Booking probability for Ate Ate Ate is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ate Ate Ate requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ate Ate Ate's contact route on record: public web form.
Sam Low and Jean Teng hosts Ate Ate Ate, an arts show with 23 episodes published.
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Ate Ate Ate
Jean and Sam have been revived from the dead to discuss the much-anticipated Michelin Guide: the first ever in Aotearoa, New Zealand. 110 restaurants were included over two-star, one-star, Bib Gourmand and Select...
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It's the end of 2025, and Sam and Jean wrap a bow on the silly season by talking about the year we've had through food. What are the best bites we've had? The best food experiences? What do we think about the biggest...
Ate Ate Ate
Sam and Jean sit down with Kate Underwood, who is the Communications/Kaitaki Lead at Eat New Zealand, the Restaurant Manager at plant-based restaurant Forest and the co-creator of new digital food journal Appetite for...
Episode #3
Sam and Jean are back! And they've been travelling! And eating! In this episode of Ate Ate Ate, we talk about top tips + tricks of how to approach eating on holiday, and our recent experiences overseas. It's quite silly...
Episode #2
We're stoked to welcome Jesse's Teahouse, one of the biggest tea educators + appreciators in the English-speaking world, onto the pod to talk gongfu tea culture, his journey into learning about tea, what he loves about...
Episode #1
Hello! We're baaaaaack! Sam and Jean take to the microphone once again for Season 2 of Ate Ate Ate, alongside returning guest Emily Contois (professor, author, food expert extraordinaire). In this episode, we talk about...
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We sign off for the year in our finale episode, where we talk about everything from the best things we ate, our highlights of 2024, and where the fuck is this podcast going in 2025? IN for 2025: - more interesting...
Episode #4
In this episode, we make a version of juk (Korean rice porridge) for Steven Park, who is a multidisciplinary artist behind the label 6x4. He has a lot to say about the ethical and environmental ramifications of the...
Episode #3
In this episode, we make banana roti for brunelle dias, a painter from India who is drawn to colour, light, and illuminating the sacred in the every day. For a special one-off season, Sam Low and Jean Teng talk to four...
Episode #2
In this episode, we make rou jia mo for Tony Guo, a painter that grew up in Northeast China and moved to Aotearoa when he was 12 (by himself!). For a special one-off season, Sam Low and Jean Teng talk to four Artists...
Episode #1
For a special one-off season, Sam Low and Jean Teng talk to four Artists Who Eat, making a dish in response to their work, discussing how food intersects with their practice, and having a general kõrero about their...
Episode #12
In which Jean and Sam talk about restaurant lists, Top 50, Metro Restaurant of the Year, and the Auckland restaurant scene in general. Congratulations to Forest, a small plant-based restaurant on Dominion Rd, for taking...
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Sam and Jean talk to Nat Wolf, the winner of Masterchef Australia 2024. Nat was a fan favourite from day dot, having made a kangaroo larb on the first episode that a) perfectly showcased her identity as a Thai...
Episode #10
In this episode, we talk to Julie Zhu, the director and creator of beautifully observed documentary series Takeout Kids. In season two, she invites us into the world of tamariki and rangatahi who grow up in their...
Episode #9
It's the check-in episode! Sam Low and Jean Teng have had quite busy lives recently - including visiting Tasmania together, prepping for a pop-up, buying apartments, executing brand deals (lol), and trying to pay rent +...
Episode #8
Sam Low and Jean Teng discover the basic principles of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), thanks to Chinese Medicine food therapist and registered dietician, Zoey Xinyi Gong (also author of The Five Elements Cookbook)...
Episode #7
In this episode, we talk to Erin Clarkson (Cloudy Kitchen), a New Zealand-based baker whose fervent fanbase is made up of dedicated blog readers and Instagram followers, due to her easy-to-follow, delicious recipes...
Episode #6
Sam Low and Jean Teng talk to James Beard award-winning author John Birdsall (The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard) about the question: what is queer food? We talk about cooking as resistance, the broadness...
Episode #5
Both Sam and Jean don't eat breakfast - they eat coffee. In this episode, Sam (former NZ Barista Champion, Latte Art Champion, coffee trainer and all-around expert) talks to Sarah Allen (the editor of USA-based Barista...
Episode #4
Sam and Jean talk to comedian David Correos ( Taskmaster NZ ) about their childhood faves and memories from youth, including all-you-can-eat buffets, Lone Star, Dennys, and food courts. We then pick David's mind about...
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