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Around The Dinner Table

Pepper and Me

The Pepper & Me Podcast!

Join Cherie, Lorne and Cam as they fumble their way through building some of New Zealand’s favourite food brands.

Around the dinner table, they unpack the weekly wins, losses and everything in between, from what they’re eating and what’s happening across the businesses to sibling rivalry, lessons learned and plenty of general banter.

We’re inviting you along for the journey, alongside other like-minded founders, businesses and people figuring it out as they go.

Good food, honest conversations, plenty of laughs, and a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes

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Thursday · 48 min
Secret Weapons, Sausages & Summer Plans
This week around the table, things go everywhere. We’re talking reheated long blacks, Japanese knife makers, the return of Secret Weapon, what’s coming in the Pepper & Me summer range, and whether AI is making life easier or slowly taking over the world. There’s also bacon buddies, the surprising versatility of a good sausage, dangerously buttery salt bread, steak-ordering regrets, Bali plans, and a sneak peek at the upcoming New Zealand Favourite Flavours Tour.
September 9 · 55 min
The Birthday Hangover
After a massive month celebrating 10 years of Pepper & Me, we’re back around the dinner table and feeling the birthday hangover. We debrief the chaos of book launches, awards, photoshoots and taking on far too much, before getting into this year’s slightly controversial Advent Calendar plan, upcoming travel, winter hibernation and the usual completely unnecessary rabbit holes. There’s Founder of the Year, Advent drama, AI conspiracies and an alarming amount of RatTok. Just another normal catch-up around the dinner table.
August 13 · 57 min
Tell Us How You Really Feel
Cherie, Lorne & Cam join you Around The Dinner Table this week, it's really an hour of rambling about the inconveniences of Mid-Winter and trying to organise a jam packed life in a very busy season. Cherie really lets loose about her mindset right now LOL! Between all this we do let you in on the plethora of things going on at Pepper & Me right now and an insight into next year!
August 7 · 1 hr 11 min
10am Beer's and Influencers
Welcome back to Around the Dinner Table, you're joined by Cherie, Cam and Em for another week of talking rubbish. With no plan, we cover many topics of conversation. Sit back, relax and take everything we say with a grain of salt...
July 28 · 55 min
Let's Just Start Then
This week, Pepper & Me Hosts unpack the legendary Fleetwood Mac drama, share our favorite Dunedin café spots, and chat about all the little reasons we feel robbed in everyday life. Grab a coffee and join the conversation!
July 21 · 1 hr 15 min
We are LIVE!
We’re going live for the very first time! Join us as we tackle the important questions, including which Pepper & Me team member Biscuit looks most like, Tauranga’s new pie shop, a brand-new game, and heaps more. Expect plenty of laughs, questionable opinions, and the usual Around the Dinner Table chaos. Come hang out with us live!
July 14 · 57 min
The Foursome
For the first time ever... it's a foursome! Cherie, Lorne, Cam and Em are all Around The Dinner Table this week. We catch up after the Waikato Food Show, where Cherie discovered some truly brilliant creations, including what might just be the greatest invention of all time... a slime bar. We also dive into the FIFA World Cup, whether popcorn comes in different shapes, and Cherie is on the easiest diet in the world. Pull up a chair and join us Around The Dinner Table.
July 8 · 1 hr 4 min
New York Run Down & Birthday Plans
The OG crew has joined forces for the first time in a long time to bring you this weeks episode of Around The Dinner Table. So much has changed since Cheire, Lorne and Cam all sat down for a podcast and so much continues to change and grow in the Pepper & Me, Cain & Abel and Fat God scene! Cherie has lots to report since getting back from New York, insights into where to eat, what to see and stories in between. Now the whole team is back, its full steam ahead to our birthday month in August, with our plans for a big birthday bash and also a book launch being refined every week! Sit back, relax and enjoy!
July 1 · 50 min
Outrageous Business, Surprising Facts & The Bread King
If Lorne could clap on cue, this episode might've started a whole lot smoother... Welcome back to the Dinner Table with Lorne, Em & Cam. This week we're unpacking the latest NZ brands making headlines for all the wrong reasons, Em discovers a few eye-opening farm-to-plate (and farm-to-fashion) facts that somehow escaped her until now, and Cam brings a collection of "interesting" facts that are all equally questionable. Then we make the mistake of asking one of the most controversial questions imaginable... what is the most elite type of bread? It's a bold debate to have without Cherie at the table. Pull up a chair, settle in, and let us know where you stand.
June 16 · 1 hr 12 min
Money, Freedom & NZ's Most Iconic Food
Welcome back to the Around The Dinner Table Podcast! This week, you're joined by Cherie, Em and Cam. We get a little deeper than usual as we unpack the age-old question: does money really buy happiness? And at what point do you decide you have enough? We also recap our time at Fieldays, chat about Pepper & Me's upcoming 10th birthday celebrations, and share the excitement around our latest collaboration with Pics Peanut Butter. Plus, we tackle a very important debate: what is New Zealand's most iconic food? Unsurprisingly, Em and Cam can't seem to agree on a single answer.
June 9 · 56 min
Do You Know Your Wine & New York
Welcome back to the Table! Pull up a chair and join Cherie, Lorne and Em this week. We're talking wine, what's your go-to? Are you as hopeless as Em when it comes to ordering a bottle at a restaurant? Have you ever confidently ordered what you thought was a white, only for a red to arrive at the table? Meanwhile, Cherie is counting down the days until New York, but securing a reservation at the restaurants on her hit list is proving harder than anticipated. And if she does manage to get a table, can she afford to order a $50 martini? Grab a drink and join us Around the Dinner Table.
June 3 · 1 hr 3 min
Peptides & The Best Cuisine In The World
Welcome to our new Around The Dinner Table location! We've moved into our new content studio, where we are transitioning to for all things podcast and social media! We jump right in this week with homemade artwork for the podcast room while we seek better sponsorship from our favourite coffee brands. Cherie enlightens us about peptides from the neighbour down the road, unsure about this one but she has assured us they are not illegal. Cam sets us up with the great battle of cuisines, having us unpack what cuisine wins across the globe. As per most our conversations, it's not all straight forward and the cuisine war is still up for debate. Pull up a seat and join us at the table!
May 20 · 50 min
Cherie's Italy Trip & Chef Drama
This week on Around the Dinner Table you have the pick and mix combo of Cherie, Cam and Em . Cherie takes us through her Italian adventures, we unpack the dramas brewing in the chef world, deep dive into the origins of olive oil, and question why the simple European way of living feels so appealing. A little food, a little controversy, and a lot of yapping as always.
May 13 · 34 min
LORNE IS BACK!
We’re back in your ears with a BANG this week! Short & sweet, but definitely not shy of giggles, gossip and goings-on at Pepper & Me HQ. It’s Winter Range launch week, we unpack whether AI is taking over the food space, Em questions if she picked up diseases from Hamilton, and what on earth has been going on with Lorne lately… Grab a seat at the table
May 6 · 1 hr 3 min
Family Substitutes & China Secrets
Cherie and Lorne are MIA… so Cam and Em step in as the long-lost relatives . Joined by Michael (out from behind the scenes). Cam debriefs us on a whirlwind business trip through Vietnam and China, sharing a few interesting insights along the way! We get into the Temu takeover, electric cars, and somehow… aliens make the agenda. Pull up a chair.
April 29 · 1 hr
The Girl's Reined In - Cherie is Off!
Back at the table with Cherie and Em — this week we’re fresh off a few Flavours of Plenty adventures in the Bay, sharing the standout eats and re-capping another successful event. We get into our non-negotiable pantry staples, plus a few very funny perimenopause stories from Cherie that you simply couldn’t script. It’s a bit of food chat, a bit of life chat, and the usual tangents in between. Pull up a seat.
April 21 · 1 hr 2 min
Towels, Taste Tests & Retirement Plans
This week on Around the Dinner Table, it’s the self proclaimed personality votes, Cherie and Em —covering everything from the sharing bath towels , bedroom hygiene confessions, and our best eats of the week. We get into a flavours review and recap, and somehow find ourselves discussing an early entry into retirement homes.
April 15 · 48 min
Campground Chaos, Cyclone Prep & Mother’s Day Mayhem
This week on Around the Dinner Table, it’s a proper catch-up with a few questionable life choices sprinkled in. Cherie shares her tragic campground story (yes, she’s blaming perimenopause), we unpack how we handled Cyclone Vaianu — what we nailed and what we absolutely did not — and we get into the chaos behind Cain & Abel’s Mother’s Day promo.
April 7 · 40 min
Season 6 | Episode 4 | Fat God & Sardines on Toast
This week on Around the Dinner Table — Fat God has launched, a finishing olive oil from Greece, the glimmers we've been holding onto, people who are inspiring us right now, the usual bread nonsense, and sardines on toast. Grab a seat.
March 31 · 59 min
Girls Chat: The Things We’re Figuring Out as We Go
The boys are away, so this week it’s a quieter, more candid kind of episode. On Around the Dinner Table podcast, Cherie Metcalfe and Em sit down for a thoughtful girls-only chat — covering everything from our Chic or Bleak takes, to the idea of “glimmers” — those small, grounding moments that bring a bit of light into everyday life. We also put the viral lemon juice and olive oil shot to the test (with mixed feelings), navigate the surprisingly tricky task of what to buy a 10-year-old, and touch on the very real experience of still not quite feeling confident with makeup. It’s honest, slightly unfiltered, and a reminder that most of us are still figuring things out as we go.

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