Jowett Yu – Ho Lee Fook, Mr Wong, Ms.G's, Canton Disco
Jowett Yu was working at Tetsuya's – then in the Top 5 of the World's 50 Best Restaurants – but couldn't even afford a bed. It was a wild time (just listen to the memorable "pep talk" that head chef M...
19 Nov 201851min
Christine Manfield – Tasting India, Universal
$10,099 – that's how much someone is asking for their copy of Christine Manfield's Tasting India cookbook on Amazon. Sure, India Today called it the book to give native newlywed couples once they head...
2 Nov 201836min
Bo Bech – Geist
"The most interesting place in Europe to eat" – that's how Noma's René Redzepi described Bo Bech's first restaurant, Paustian. The Copenhagen venue was located in the last building Jørn Utzon ever des...
20 Okt 201847min
Su Wong Ruiz – Momofuku Ko, Momofuku Seiobo
"It was probably the singular worst experience of my life, because Noodle Bar will kick your ass." Sure, Su Wong Ruiz's first go at working for David Chang's Momofuku restaurant empire wasn't exactly ...
12 Okt 201855min
Sunny and Ross Lusted – The Bridge Room
They've worked in Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Croatia, Greece, Bali and the Carribean. At one point, Ross had a job in Singapore while Sunny was in Chicago – and somehow, they ended up commuting and making it ...
2 Okt 20181h
Kylie Javier Ashton – Momofuku Seiobo
Kylie Javier Ashton has dealt with forged bookings and martini glass accidents; she's disguised Alex Atala with garbage bags, and endured countless people throwing up when she's been on the job ("you ...
9 Sep 20181h 14min
Travis Harvey – OzHarvest
Turning unwanted coconuts into 2000 curries, 10 tonnes of donated squash into soup, leftover egg yolks from 16,000 Black Star Pastry watermelon-strawberry cakes into banana curd and working out what t...
4 Aug 201846min
Joe Beddia – Pizzeria Beddia
Joe Beddia makes "America's best pizza", according to Bon Appétit magazine. The chef/owner of Philadelphia's Pizzeria Beddia has also been referred to as Pizza Jesus and the Jiro of Pizza. He shrugs o...
20 Jul 201838min
