Chef talk: Mark Baylis finds his spot as a corporate chef
Mark Baylis, from a big journey through cooking for hatted restaurants found his niche as a corporate chef. Now he has a life!
The Sunday Roast: John Torsch Part 3
A chef’s story is many things, and certainly never just the heat in the kitchen. And chefs can be mercurial beings – I’ve found there’s always so much more behind the uniform and the knife. John Torsch’s chef’s story is more poignant than most though, and here his story brings us up to the now…
The Sunday Roast: John Torsch – Part 2
John has seen it all. And done it all, pretty much. I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t put it down: so here it is – a bit of his story and a chefs’ life… (or is that 9 lives?) A chef’s life can be a crazy thing. Like theatre, and any performance art…
The Sunday Roast: John Torsch – chefs’ lives are different, that’s for sure
John has seen it all. And done it all, pretty much. I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t put it down: so here it is – a bit of his story and chefs’ lives… Chefs’ lives can be crazy things. Like theatre, and any performance art – and don’t get me wrong, cheffing is…
Wine Talk: Mark Brewer on why life with wine is just better
Mark Brewer, a wine man to his soul, found out the hard way just what’s really important in life. And the silver lining in the Chernobyl cloud. Getting a serious illness will do that – and now, he’s connecting and sharing his knowledge in the wine industry. Being there for his students, the wine industry…
Vince Trim from MONA on Waste-ing Away…
They served 11,600 people over the Dark Mofo week without a single piece of waste. And built a heavy metal kitchen out on the lawn, and more than 50% of their kitchen staff are female. It’s MONA and they’re doing things their way. Vince Trim didn’t start out seeking to be an executive chef, or…
Gary Johnson on Fish Tanks, George Harrison and Sting
“A kitchen is a fish tank – you need all species for that symbiotic if not ecological balance, there’s always guppies, fighting fish, a couple of snails, the diversity – you need to make exceptions for exceptional people.” And so began our talk with a metaphor and a twist. Gary is not a celebrity chef,…
Chef Talk: Ellie Emmett on Cooking, Kids, and a Kids’ Cookbook
With a long career cooking and running restaurants, accommodation, rearing three children and publishing cookbooks, Ellie Emmett looks back at the tough times, and what lies ahead. For her, it’s all about being organised. A kids’ cookbook? What a great idea! “I didn’t have a glamorous start to cooking, cooking the family meals was a…
The Sunday Roast: Chef stress and Why Chefs Need Help
What makes the chef world so brutal on women? Why is chef stress a huge cause of violence, ill health and personal breakdowns? Read on…
Chef Talk: Phil Anthony
Phil Anthony is a chef with a big heart. He works at a place called Granite Tapas as their new executive chef for an old high school friend Jamie and her husband Matt, who struggled finding someone like Phil to take care of their business. I’m sure they must feel grateful and relieved to have…