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Chef talk: Ross Hardman and blood in the kitchen tales

Chef TalkBy Chrissie MathesonApril 2, 20182 Comments

Even with the debilitating Crohn’s Disease and 40 hospital visits, Ross finds time to work, mentor, and play a big part in a new organisation called Technical Chef, aimed at raising the standards and standing of chefs around Australia. One word: wow!

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Chef talk: Pierre Khodja, Michelin and spice. A good mix.

Chef TalkBy Chrissie MathesonMarch 19, 2018Leave a comment

Pierre Khodja knows that being a mentor, and passing on his knowledge, is the most precious gift he can bestow on an industry that almost killed him. He bounced back. Resilience? His second name.

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Chef talk: Chef Training and Sarah Maric

Chef TalkBy Chrissie MathesonMarch 15, 2018Leave a comment

For Sarah Maric, finding her love of training young chefs was somehow meant to be. Funny that.

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Chef talk: Massimo Mele heads due South

Chef TalkBy Chrissie MathesonMarch 9, 2018Leave a comment

Massimo Mele found the hard way that running a tough, abusive kitchen is not the best way to operate. And bless him, he learnt the lesson.

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Chef talk: Chef life and digging deep with Rich Sellers

Chef Talk, Hospitality TalkBy Chrissie MathesonMarch 1, 2018Leave a comment

Rich wants to help make a better industry for all, and the chef life doesn’t have to be hard and abusive. I’m right behind him.

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Chef Talk: Rhadia Hursey – culinary school and making a difference

Chef Talk, Hospitality Talk, RestaurantsBy Chrissie MathesonJanuary 19, 2018Leave a comment

“Probably by next year I’ll be phasing out of the private chef market and into the health and wellness in the corporate world. Funny how life pushes you into a direction, and then you suddenly go, “Oh yeah! Something from 8 years ago set me up on this path!”

Chef talk: André Kropp sails a monster ship at Wrest Point

Hospitality Talk, Restaurants, TravelBy Chrissie MathesonJanuary 11, 20182 Comments

Monsters are as monsters do, and they need a firm hand. Executive chef André Kropp has big skills and a firm hand. Double whammy.

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Chef talk: A Michelin chef’s journey is big, and collaborative

Hospitality Talk, Restaurants, TravelBy Chrissie MathesonDecember 16, 2017Leave a comment

Michelin chef Nic Vanderbeeken does things his way in Bali. He is happy in paradise.

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Chef talk: Mark Baylis finds his spot as a corporate chef

Hospitality TalkBy Chrissie MathesonNovember 3, 2017Leave a comment

Mark Baylis, from a big journey through cooking for hatted restaurants found his niche as a corporate chef. Now he has a life!

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The Sunday Roast: Theatre Of War Part 3

Cafes, Chef Talk, Hospitality Talk, Kitchen tales, Restaurants, Theatre of WarBy Chrissie MathesonJuly 23, 2017Leave a comment

When things get tough, the tough get going. And that’s never more so than in restaurants. Theatre of War it is.

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Christine Matheson is a former chef & restaurateur with more than 20 years experience in the hospitality game.

Today she is an author, restaurant consultant & food critic known for her brutally honest and entertaining restaurant reviews.

Now a resident of, arguably Australia’s foodie capital, Tasmania, Christine gets to flex her food muscles as a judge at the annual Royal Hobart Show Fine Food Awards and is currently working on her 3rd book about her incredible times in the food industry.

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