STREAT in the media

Print and radio

• Rebecca was featured in The Australian in our early days. Have a read of the article to learn all about how she ended up founding STREAT.
• Bec was also interviewed by Alan Brough of ABC Melbourne. Here’s their blog post about STREAT.
• The Centre for Social Impact put together a Social Business segment for Sky News. They featured Rebecca and STREAT in their first edition which aired on Tuesday the 11th May.
• We had a writeup in The Epicure Bite section. 
• The Age's Melbourne Life wrote about how hospitality careers are kick-started through our program.
• The Melbourne Leader ran an article on STREAT, saying we're "selling a big serving of hope." 
• SBS profiled Jen, a trainee from Class 1, as part of their episode on the challenges of homeless youth. 
• STREAT was part of a great profile on hospitality-focused social enterprises in Epicure on the 28th September 2010.  
• mX featured Imogen from our first class of graduates in their Fresh Face profile of chefs.
• City Weekly came along to our first graduation party and had a blast!
• The Big Issue kindly donated us adspace on the back page of their magazine, for the 26th October 2010 issue. Thanks Australia Post for sponsoring us! 
• 673 Bourke St is an amazing, innovative collaboration space. Donkey Wheel House brings together Kinfolk, Hub Melbourne, and STREAT with more to come. We feel lucky. Have a read of The Age profiling Hub activity, and giving a shout out to the House's activities.
• The folks at the Melbourne Times Weekly featured STREAT as part of an article about hospitality social enterprises.
• STREAT was one of the outlets featured in the 2011 Hide and Seek Melbourne books. Here's a writeup from a blogger on their tour. 
• Dumbo Feather recently brought STREAT to the people in their interview with our CEO Rebecca Scott. They talk street food and street youth and what can be done to stop homelessness.
• The lovely Berlin from Farrago Magazine recently featured STREAT in an article on social enteries.
• STREAT's CEO Rebecca Scott was interviewed by the folks at Dumbofeather Magazine for an article on social enterprise foodservice.
• STREAT was featured in the very first publication penned on Australian Social Enterprise. It's interesting reading this article on STREAT's earlier concept and realising just how fast we have sprinted to where we are now!
• STREAT's Co Founder Kate Barrelle was interviewed recently by News Hit. Although the interview is largely about Kate's Clinical Psychology career and her PhD, she managed to weave STREAT into the story. We love your work Kate!
• Rebecca Scott and Kylie Gordon chat with Donna Morabito and Kulja Coulston on 3RRRThe Grapevineabout STREAT and our up and coming event Home STREAT Home for the State of Design Festival 2011. Have a listen to what went down.
• STREAT have joined the mile high club by landing a snazzy feature in the September issue of Virgin Australia's glossy inflight magazine Voyeur. Planting the seed for a new philanthropy has an indepth look at Australia's booming social enterprise scene and how its rapdily changing the charity landscape.
• A team of RMIT Radio Production students Kat, Steph and Peter recently featured STREAT in their radio documentary 'You Are What You Eat' that takes a look at Melbourne's foodservice social enterprise secene, and how they are doing their bit to change the world. Love your work guys! Listen to the piece on ROAR. And stay tuned to 3RRR as it gets a run with them this month.
• The Canberra Times recently ran a great article on the Vietnam streetfood scene and STREAT got a mention! The article has some mouth watering recipes that can be easily recreated in your very own kitchen. Find us on page 9.

TV

• The story of STREAT was featured on Plug in TV . Kudos to the crew for telling our social enterprise story! Catch the episode below.
• Hands in the air for Fringe Lane TV! They proudly waved the STREAT flag in their latest episode. Watch the episode and catch Rebecca Scott chatting about STREAT & Rob Auger talking all things food including the most adventurous meal he's eaten!

Conferences

• In the 2009 Social Enterprise World Forum Bec participated in the debate, "There's no business like social business" about the role of social enterprise in the social economy. Have a watch below.

Social media

• We love us the blogger food scene in Melbourne. Anthony at Eco Food Dude reviewed our carts in April. The Kashmiri chickpea curry was a big hit with him-- the tantalising hint of lemon was much noted!
• Stump'd made the very valid point that there aren't enough street-based fooderies in Melbourne. She thinks our food is "ideal cart fare: quick to prepare and easy to eat on the run."
• Wots For Tea praises our food and advises people to visit us and boost their Kulinary Karma. We like this talk.
• Jeroxie's addictive and mouth-watering blog waxes lyrical about the ways you can help the homeless cause: eat, eat, eat with STREAT.
• Billy at Half Eaten digs the food, and understands our mission succinctly: You get to feed your belly as well as someone else's who needs it. Indeed!
• Weekend Notes reviewed our STREAT food cart as something to partake of on Saturday. 
• Mel: Hot or Not thinks that STREAT's food cart at Federation Square and the taco menu is HOT. 
• That's Melbourne wrote on their blog that you are what you eat, so you should eat with STREAT!
• Joyce at Mel:Hot or Not says the first STREAT graduation party is HOT. Yes! 
• We saved a foodie blogger from hunger post-Dodgeball session with our Fed Square tacos. Thanks I'm so hungreee!
• And we wouldn't want to discount the testimonials of our volunteers. Have a look at Michi Ohira's blog post about food, ritual, and family, and how STREAT engages in this process. 
• STREAT were selected as the charity for that will be supported by the Twestival Melbourne!
• Mel: Hot or Not thinks that Twestival Melbourne and STREAT are HOT.
• STREAT's involvement in the Twestival was touted in a blog post from Melbourne Bits and Pieces.
• Jeroxie addictive and consuming celebrated the success of the Twesitval & thanked her tweeps for supporting STREAT.
• The talented folks from 1000 Lux were at the twestival and captured the memories on film. Check out their same day edit!
• Food, travel and entertainment blogger extraordinaire Ms I-Hua says that SREAT is a very deserving charity in her Twestival write up.
• The Everyday awesome Bhakti Talreja let's the world know that STREAT delivers delicious, cost effective meals celebrating the unique tastes and styles of street cultures in her Twestival blog.
• Coffee blogger Melbourne Chatterbox rated STREAT's coffee as 'AMAZING' and 'some seriously good coffee karma'.
• NoGo Magazine featured STREAT in their blog STR[EAT] More Often & gave us some great kudos for tackling one of societies largest problems in creative ways. Aww thanks Ben!
• Novede's latest Venture Interview was with our CEO Rebecca Scott. The episode explores the humble beginnings of STREAT, and how this social enterprise beast was built. There's also some great stuff on our social impact. 
• Our Melbourne Uni cart was reviewed in Weekend Notes. While were not yet cooking with blow torches, the verdict is that our food & coffee tastes pretty darn good! 

For media inquiries, please email comms@streat.com.au or call 03 9629 4222.