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Charlie Snadden-Wilson at Etta
When I step into Etta on a grey and bitter day, the first thing that strikes me is how delicious it smells in there. The open kitchen is a hive of industry and whatever it is they are preparing, I wish I was staying for dinner. The second thing I notice is how great the…
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Jess Liemantara at Nobu
Creating a recipe is like an adventure, like when you walk down the street and smell roasty flavour and you think, ooh, I want to make a dessert with roasty flavours. Or when you see kumquats, because I love kumquats, and then I think about them being bitter, so I pair it with a sweet…
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James Kummrow at Fatto Bar & Cantina
I visit James Kummrow on the coldest day in Melbourne so far this year. Dodging hail showers, I’m happy just to get through the doors of Fatto Bar & Cantina relatively unscathed. Then I meet James, a man who exudes contentment. This is a man who loves what he does. Talking to him, I am…
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Tom Peasnell at Cheek
On the day I chatted to Tom, it was his 32nd birthday. He has plenty to celebrate. Co-owning three popular restaurants in Melbourne with your brother and best mate is not something to downplay. And Cheek is super cool. It spaces the fun out over three levels. The first floor I knew about and boasts…
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Paolo Masciopinto at Aromi
I first spoke to Paolo at the end of 2017 when he was working at Bar Carolina in South Yarra. It was nice to catch up with him in his new place, Aromi, in Brighton, where he has clearly already made his mark and created a place where people feel at home. People wave out…
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Nicolas Tollé at Second Home
I first met Nicolas Tollé when I was a regular at Three Bags Full a few years ago. He and another French chef friend were working there and did a series of evening French dinners which I absolutely loved and wrote about at the time. Nicolas is now living and working in Eltham and his…
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Matti Fallon at Broadsheet Kitchen
I’d been trying to talk to Matti Fallon for a while and it just didn’t happen. Timing is everything and when I sat down with Matti, it all becomes clear, as you’ll read further down in the chat. When I was trying to catch up with him in January, he was working on his Broadsheet…
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Daniele Colombo at Tipico
When I announced to Daniele that I would be recording our conversation so that I could type it up later AND that I would need a photo of him, he looked like someone who had been told I would be stealing his soul. I like to think that Daniele’s enjoyment of the conversation steadily improved…
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Almay Jordaan at Neighbourhood Wine
My chat started somewhat unconventionally with Almay asking me some questions. Turns out we have a lot in common. We both love French, history and academia, we both knit in what spare time we have, and we both arrived in Melbourne eight years ago. From there our paths diverge. Almay co-owns and runs highly successful…
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Hiroshi Okuda at Flovie
I am treated like a queen at Flovie. Despite the long queue of people desperate to get inside the newly opened florist café, I have a lovely little table in the corner to enjoy my rose tea latte and Little Mermaid perfume mocktail. Lush. When there is a lull in service, Hiroshi, or Hiro, comes…