On 27 August 2023, Surprise Chef was a guest on NTS x NikeLab Radio* Kulin Nation. Surprise Chef has been played over 30 times on NTS, first on 10 October 2018. Surprise Chef's music has been featured on 36 episodes.

Surprise Chef are Coburg’s cinematic soul journeymen, pushing moody shades of instrumental jazz-funk with a DIY mentality.

The centrepiece of the College Of Knowledge Records roster, Surprise Chef’s output reflects a meticulous education of 1970’s soul, touching on the legacies of composer/producers David Axelrod & Isaac Hayes, with cues also taken from the catalogues of Daptone and Truth & Soul