Chef Talk: Angharad Jones, Female Chef
Meeting up with Angharad Jones at Smolt Kitchen, to glean her story, seemed a perfect fit. We ate well and shared battle tales.
Freya’s Delights – The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
Not a chef yet, but 13 year old Freya Downie is already an entrepreneur. Prepared to be amazed.
The Sunday Roast: The Agrarian Kitchen Crash Lands
When the captain’s away, well? At the Agrarian Kitchen, who’s at the helm? To really let a new place settle in and start to hum before I review is something I like to do. So often, you’ll see already a change of staff after just a few months, and with the gloss worn off, or…
The Sunday Roast: Cutty Sark Not Sharp
Cutty Sark in Brisbane should have a big life. The food is good and they advertise their commitment to sustainability on the menu. But it doesn’t…
Nickel Kitchen & Bar is Truly Dinner and a Show
A great restaurant is absolutely the sum of its many parts. But Nickel Kitchen & Bar go that extra mile. It’s pure theatre.
Chef Talk: Andy Third and Mr. Good Guy break the barriers
Andy Third is the good guy at the helm of Mr. Good Guy, and he’s still at the tools. Ibis Styles are in the vanguard of new hotel restaurants that are – restaurants that just happen to be on the premises.
Chefs Talk: Kylie and Phil go to Farmgate Markets
Still with the distillery ticking away, Kylie and Phil do their Wild Thyme Kitchen at the Farmgate Markets, the seafood BBQ tent at Franko in summer, in Franklin Square, and continue to work up recipes together.
Chef Talk: Carmela and her Sorrento Trattoria
“That’s where I am now, building one step at a time, I want to touch one person at a time through my cooking, my travel tours, the lessons. For Sicilians, food is medicine, love, life… where’s the roast dinners now? It was that smell of good food cooking that permeated the whole neighbourhood – it was an epic era that we need to awaken again”
Press: Possums Restaurant and paparazzi
Possums Restaurant had its time in the sun, and I was always too busy to really enjoy it. But looking back, the stories are definitely worth telling.
Wine Talk: Drinkco and wine in the blood
Surrounded by his own vintages, and his chosen winemakers he represents, James happily tells his story, which took him around the world and into a wine network that for him, was a perfect fit.