Award-winning chef John Rivera has long reimagined Filipino cuisine through a fine-dining lens, yet it’s ube that has become an unexpected global sensation. In this episode, Rivera joins Jess Ho to unpack how one ingredient came to symbolise an entire culture in the West, and what that kind of spotlight means for Filipino chefs navigating visibility, identity and the ongoing push for recognition in Australia.
Filipino food is much more than just ube, sweet spaghetti, hot dogs and fried pork.John Rivera
I want to be able to change people's dialogue when it comes to Filipino food from, ‘let's go try Filipino food’ to ‘let's go have Filipino food’. That's a very powerful statement to change.John Rivera
| Credits |
| Hosted and Created by Jess Ho |
| Executive Producer: Beth Atkinson-Quinton |
| Senior Producer: Elle Marsh |
| Producer: Bez Zewdie |
| Sound Designer: Nicole Pingon |
| Mixed by Max Gosford |
| Theme and additional original music is by Jon Tjhia |
| Artwork: Jason Phu |
| SBS team: Joel Supple, Bernadette Phương Nam Nguyễn and Philip Soliman |
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