Speaker Profile

Dani Valent is one of Australia’s most respected food communicators. She is a longtime freelance journalist and restaurant critic, award-winning cookbook author and host of the Dirty Linen food podcast. Dani writes food news, features and restaurant columns in Melbourne for Good Food, eating her way from the city to outer suburbs, food trucks to fine dining. She also covers food news and is a keen watcher of the hospitality industry in all its marvellous and messy glory. She was named a Legend by the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival in 2022 and was honoured for her Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality in the Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards 2023.