EPISODE 57

THE good food guide vs merivale

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This week on Behind, the boys sit down with a cold beer and a heavy topic — the fallout between The Good Food Guide and Merivale, Australia’s biggest hospitality group.

When the nation’s most influential dining guide decides to pull the plug on one of the country’s largest operators, it raises a bigger question: who really gets to play God in this industry?

What starts as a chat about a headline turns into a deeper look at how the business of food is judged — not by the people eating it, but by the ones writing about it.

They dig into the hypocrisy of media-driven “cancel culture,” the power of public reviews, and the mental toll that one-star keyboard warriors can take on real people working the line.

It’s raw, honest, and maybe a little uncomfortable — but if you’ve ever worked in hospitality, you’ll know exactly what they’re talking about.