Peter Kuruvita was born in London, UK and from a very young age a range of rich cultures inspired Peter; his childhood memories are filled with the collaborative influences of his Austrian mother and Sri Lankan father. Peter has worked in numerous Sydney restaurants and won many awards during his stint as Hayman Islands executive chef including the TOURISM + LEISURE (US) MAGAZINE 'Best Restaurant ...
Peter Russell-Clarke is an icon of the Australian food scene. His name is synonymous with good food and wine yet he is considered a down-to-earth Aussie. He wrote, produced and presented 900 TV shows for 197 of the Australian Government owned national TV stations the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission), 150 for SBS, documentaries for Good Morning Australia and programme segments for The Don L ...
Poh has a unique, innovative and very exiting approach to food that helped her selection when becoming a contestant on Australia's TV services, Masterchef. Runner-up to the series, Poh was perhaps one of the most memorable, and played a key role in the audience's reinvigorated hunger for good food. As soon as Masterchef ended, ABC approached and secured Poh to present a new Cooking show, now known ...
Celebrity Chef Rick Stein attributes the success of his achievements to a simple observation "Nothing is more exhilarating than fresh fish simply cooked". It was this enthusiasm for seafood that led him to make his first TV cookery series Taste of the Sea in 1995. Since then he has made eight more. Rick has become a joint partner in a hotel and restaurant in NSW about three and a half hours dr ...
He's the enfant terrible of the Melbourne restaurant scene, if only because of his passion for things French, including foie gras and fine wines. Having fashioned his own innovative ways of cooking without compromise in principles or ingredient, Shannon Bennett of Melbourne's Vue de Monde, is testament to the belief that food can be a wondrous, unforgettable experience. ...
Simon Bryant is a face well known to regional and urban Australia as he and South Australian food icon Maggie Beer are beamed into thousands of lounge rooms and kitchens via the ABC program The Cook & the Chef. The show aired more than 150 episodes over four years, attracting more than 600,000 viewers nationally each week. Originally a motor mechanic by trade, Simon returned to study and while ...
Twin sisters Isabella and Sofia proved to be a cooking powerhouse from the start. Following their successful top placings in the Junior Masterchef competition throughout many challenges and tests, Sofia managed to reach the top 4 and graciously supported her twin Isabella who was named the first ever Junior Masterchef in Australia. A strong family cooking tradition meant that Isabella and Sophia ...
