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Guy Grossi Guy Grossi ...entertaining Master Chef....
Guy Grossi is an affable, passionate and playful master chef who specialises in pure Italian cuisine. He commands two kitchens with discipline, song, music, creativity and devotion...
Stephanie Alexander Stephanie Alexander …cook, restauranteur and food writer....
Stephanie Alexander is one of Melbourne's foremost chefs, and is best known for her restaurants. Stephanie’s in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, opened in December 1976 and Tooronga Road...
Janine Allis Janine Allis … founder and managing director of Boost Juice....
Two and half years ago Australian born Janine Allis decided to put theory into practice. As a working mother of three, Janine was fed up with the lack of available healthy fast foo...

… people found Janine’s talk interesting and relevant… she did a great job.
Australian Sports Commission
Maggie Beer Maggie Beer …a Barossa food tradition....
Maggie and Colin Beer moved to South Australia's Barossa Valley in 1973 and began farming pheasants on their new property near Nuriootpa that same year. In 1979 Colin was awarded a...
Shannon Bennett Shannon Bennett …cooking up a storm....
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. Melbourne-born Shannon Bennett spe...
Raymond Blanc Raymond Blanc …one of the finest chefs in the world....
Raymond Blanc is acknowledged as both one of the finest chefs in the world and a tremendously skilled entrepreneur. He quickly gained two Michelin stars for Le Manoir aux Quat’...
Elizabeth Chong Elizabeth Chong …leading authority on chinese cooking....
Elizabeth Chong, who regularly appears on both television and radio, is well-known for her books on Chinese cooking, as well as for her free-lance newspaper and magazine articles. ...
Stefano De Pieri Stefano De Pieri …a gondola on the Murray....
Stefano de Pieri was born in Treviso, near Venice, and followed his brother, Sergio, to Australia in 1974 at the age of nineteen. Stefano became actively involved in politics a...
Glenn Flood Glenn Flood ...renowned chef, The Fifteen Foundation....
Starting his professional cooking career 14 years ago, Glenn Flood has received many accolades for his culinary skills. Awarded the ‘Apprentice of the year NSW’ and receiving an al...
Gabriel Gate Gabriel Gate …gastronomic guru....
Gabriel Gate is a chef with an international reputation as a cookery author, television presenter and cookery teacher. Gabriel was born in the Loire Valley of France in 1955. Whi...

Gabriel was warm, engaging, spent three times as much time that was allocated for him at the function, and was just generally a pleasure to deal with.
Greater Shepparton City Council
Dorinda Hafner Dorinda Hafner …international TV celebrity, businesswoman and author....
Dorinda Hafner is a breath of fresh air. Be in her company for more than a minute and you wonder what your life was like before you met her! Dorinda is an international TV cele...
Victoria Hansen Victoria Hansen ...award winning food educator and presenter....
Victoria Hansen is an award winning food educator, consultant, producer and multimedia presenter with specific expertise in food and cooking, with a diploma in Food Education from ...
Iain Hewitson Iain Hewitson …a passion for food....
Iain Hewitson was born in Otaki, New Zealand, in 1948 and, for over 38 years, he has been a Chef/ Restaurateur in both Australia and New Zealand. From a family with a keen inter...
Jared Ingersoll Jared Ingersoll ...Owner/Chef, Danks Street Depot....
Jared Ingersoll started Danks Street Depot with his wife Melanie Starr in February 2002. Jared previously spent time in London working at Mezzo, in So-Ho and Michelin two star -...
Gary Mehigan Gary Mehigan ...emerging Chef and cooking presenter....
You would think two thriving restaurants in food obsessed Melbourne would be enough for an accomplished Chef! But not Gary Mehigan, who is expanding his ever growing TV career. Ga...
Christopher Morrison Christopher Morrison …passion, personality and an impeccable knowledge of wine....
Christopher Morrison has spent nearly his entire adult life cultivating a deep love of food and wine. With over 12 years at the pinnacle of his profession he has become one of the ...

Christopher was perfect for the event and was willing to sit with the client for dinner and mingle which was very exciting for the delegates. He was captivating and informative, gi...
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Neil Perry Neil Perry …culinary creations....
Neil Perry, waiter, chef, restauranteur and entrepreneur, opened his first restaurant, Rockpool, in 1989 in Sydney's historic Rocks area. In the years since he has had a heady ride...
James Reeson James Reeson …taste sensations....
34-year-old James Reeson began his career at the age of 15 in a tiny French restaurant in Bristol, England, where he served as an apprentice chef for two years. He left the Old Dar...
Curtis Stone Curtis Stone …renowned chef....
As a teenager, Melbourne born Curtis Stone played district footy for Essendon and Footscray. After completing high school, he began a degree in business studies, but shortly after ...

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