Conversations
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Renee McCready at Raw Ki Flow
Renée is a passionate advocate of the plant-based diet. She has been supplying beautiful salads and raw dessert treats to health shops and cafes for years. Renée’s raw vegan caramel chocolate slice is insanely good. Seek it out! What’s the philosophy behind raw food? The concept of eating raw has been around for a long time,…
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Joe Grbac at Saint Crispin
Saint Crispin is named for the patron saint of cobblers, tanners and leather workers. It’s appropriate given the building originally housed a cobbler’s workshop. Run by Scott Pickett of Estelle in Northcote and Joe Grbac, former executive chef of the Press Club, Saint Crispin is now a Melbourne institution. I had a chat with Joe…
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Mauricio Navarro at Prahran Hotel
By Jo Rittey Mauricio Navarro has always loved cooking and pours that love into the food he makes. He also has a heart for his team in the kitchen and wants to create a family all making good food together. Having studied cooking in Colombia, he has spent time at the Cradle Mountain Lodge and…