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Gabriel Alonso at Juliet Melbourne
Talking to Gabriel Alonso, you can feel his love for hospitality, food and the people he works with and cooks for. After our chat he took me on a circuit of so I could appreciate the dry ageing beef cabinet and the charcuterie larder which looked like a shrine to all things cheese and cured…
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Tony Moss at Sagra
With a raft of awards and experience that belie his years, Tony Moss is a passionate and creative chef whose belief is that if you’re going to put your name to something, you should do it well. He certainly lives and breathes this ethos and you can taste it in his new incarnation at Italian…
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Danny Parreno at The Bridge Hotel
Danny Parreno is a multi-faceted chef who loves cooking, learning about and sharing food. With a Peruvian Japanese background, Danny has been cooking for over 20 years, has taught at the Queen Victoria Market cooking school, contributed to the ABC Radio National’s First Bite program and he has demonstrated some of his recipes on SBS…
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Suren Perera at Posty
Suren Perera loves making pizza. And not just any pizza. Having learned his craft in Italy, he is now proving his dough for 90 hours to create a premium product at Posty on Swan Street. Lucky us. Hi Suren. I’ll start by asking how long you’ve been a chef? 20 years. I started in 1997…
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Shu Liu at Shu
Fashion designer and enthusiastic dinner party host, Shu Liu has turned his love of cooking inventive and tasty food for his friends into a restaurant. Shu specialises in reinvented Sichuan cuisine, favouring sustainable, seasonal and organic products. The industrial chic décor adds another twist to the dining experience. Tell me about the food at The…
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Michael Baker at Henry Sugar
When Michael Baker went to El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, he walked into the development kitchen, and the walls were covered in whiteboards. He felt like he was at design school, and loved the way they’d take certain ingredients, research them, break them down, and create a dish. He thought, that was the…
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Steven Rogers at Midnight Starling
Passionate about French classical cuisine and cooking according to the seasons, Steven Rogers is inspired by his own abundant garden and by whatever other local, seasonal produce is available. Having cooked in kitchens in Paris, he is very happily part of the Kyneton scene and loves Sunday night dinner around the table with his family.…
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Morgan Hipworth at Bistro Morgan
Morgan Hipworth is not your average 16 year old. As well as being in Year 11 and working towards VCE, Morgan runs his own doughnut shop and pretty much has the monopoly on Instagramable doughnuts. Hi Morgan. Have you always been into baking and cooking? I started cooking when I was seven and that came…
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Matt Wilkinson at Pope Joan
Matt Wilkinson hails from South Yorkshire in the North of England. He has a way with seasonal vegetables and salads, and in fact with life that will leave you speechless. Matt loves life and everything in it, embracing cooking, his family and his business with an ardour far exceeding moderation. It is a joy to talk to people like…
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Ashly Hicks at Garden State Hotel
Ashly Hicks is king of all he surveys in his role of head chef at the very fancy multi-level restaurant and bar, Hotel, in Flinders Lane. With a strong work ethic and a driving passion for food, Ash has propelled himself to great heights over a career that started when he was 14 and saw…