Sarah Doyle – Bodega, Porteno, Continental Deli Bar Bistro, Wyno
Sarah Doyle has played a pivotal role in Sydney's hospitality scene. But there was a time she worked three jobs just to help keep Bodega running. It was the first restaurant she opened with husband an...
11 Nov 201758min
David McGuinness – Bourke Street Bakery, The Bread and Butter Project
David McGuinness has frequently taken his sourdough starter on holidays with him to keep it alive. "You have to feed it regularly, like a baby," he says. This dedication to bread is not surprising, gi...
3 Nov 201743min
Shannon Martinez – Smith and Daughters, Smith and Deli
"The chef said he was going to the bank and never came back." Shannon Martinez was working as a bartender at The East Brunswick hotel in Melbourne when she was asked to take over the kitchen. She happ...
19 Okt 201736min
Brent Savage – Bentley, Monopole, Yellow, Cirrus
"It was an old smashed-up pub that had no floor and no ceiling and no roof." It wasn't the greatest site, but Brent Savage and his business partner Nick Hildebrandt (somehow) transformed it into Bentl...
17 Okt 201751min
Duncan Welgemoed – Africola
Duncan Welgemoed has the most incredible "becoming a chef" origin story I've ever heard – it's a crazy tale that also involves George Clooney and ends with Duncan quitting his job by escaping through ...
30 Sep 201752min
Katherine Sabbath - Baker and Author of 'Greatest Hits'
Some people have tattoos of Katherine Sabbath's desserts – that's how committed they are to her cakes. Given that the self-taught baker has around 400,000 followers, it's not a surprise that fans are ...
21 Sep 201757min
Lennox Hastie - Firedoor
Massimo Bottura once cried while eating Lennox Hastie's food at Firedoor. When the chef behind Osteria Francescana, named world's best restaurant in 2016, tears up while eating your steak, you must be...
21 Sep 201754min
Donato Toce - Gelato Messina, Messina Creative Department
Yes, Donato Toce has gelato for breakfast. And he actually gets paid for it – it's part of his job. He is the "cow milker, sugar hauler, head chef and gelatiere" at Gelato Messina, the much-loved Sydn...
23 Aug 201757min
