Chef Speakers

Maggie Beer

Based in South Australia's Barossa Valley legendary Maggie Beer is a self-taught cook, food author, restaurateur and food producer. She and her husband Colin, established the Barossa Pheasant Farm Restaurant in 1978. This became famous for serving locally raised pheasant, along with a high quality paté known as Pheasant Farm Paté. ...

Marion Grasby

Marion Grasby started life in the tropical city of Darwin, Her love of food and travel became ingrained at an early age as her globetrotting parents lived and travelled in Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Australia. Following a successful journalism career, Marion was back at university studying for a Masters of Gastronomy when she auditioned for MasterChef. She made it through a rigorous audition ...

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart is one of the world's most recognisable brands and greatest entrepreneurs, having turned her personal passion for catering into the billion-dollar Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia empire. It is hard for most of us to imagine how Martha Stewart's business could have grown any bigger or any faster, but it is typical that she can imagine it herself. She had already enjoyed successful ...

Matt Moran

An early step into the culinary world at the age of 15 provided Matthew Moran a wealth of experience in some of Sydney's finest restaurants. After completing his apprenticeship and working for another four years, he teamed with his business partner Peter Sullivan and became the head chef in their own restaurant Aria in 1991. The restaurant holds two coveted Chef's Hats. Matt recently headlined The ...

Michael Weldon

From a young age it was pretty obvious to all who knew him, Michael loved eating. Somewhere along the way his childhood love for eating transformed into a serious passion for experimenting with the foods he loved to eat. From entering a competition to get a mate of his back, to cooking in the final of Masterchef, he's come a long way. There have been a lot of lessons, a lot of tears, even more la ...

Miguel Maestro

Miguel has begun to develop a role in the media, with appearances on Channel Ten's "9am with David & Kim", Channel Seven's "Better Homes and Gardens" and cooking spots on MixFM in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. He has displayed his cooking prowess and lovely accent on the popular Boy's Weekendcooking show on LifeStyle FOOD, and has his first book in the planning stages. Miguel's passion for food ...

Neil Perry

Neil Perry is one of Australia's leading and most influential chefs. He has managed several quality restaurants in Sydney and today concentrates on his numerous restaurants in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Rockpool Consulting. Neil's passion and the importance he places on quality produce is evident in all his dishes and the business projects he undertakes. The numerous awards and accolades won ...

Paul Mercurio

From an international career in movies and television, one of Australia's favourite personalities, Paul Mercurio, turns his attention to another of his passions - food. Mercurio's Menu differs from other cooking series, because destinations share the spotlight with regional cuisines. Paul is tour host and resident cook as he escorts viewers around Australia. Food production in all of its diversit ...

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