I was lucky enough to spend four wonderful days at the Noosa International Food Festival. You can read my run down of the fun of the festival here. I feel so lucky and privilegedto meet many of my idols and just had to put a little album together to share.
Mr Willy Wonka – Adriano Zumbo
My idol Maggie Beer
Tania Hubbard the Gluten and Grain free guru
Stephanie Alexander – The pioneer of Australian cooking, and founder of Stephanie Alexander Kitchen garden foundation.
The lovely Mark Jensen from one of our favourite restaurants ‘Red Lantern’ Surry Hills. He has a wonderful food philosophy: eat sustainably and exercise. You may recognise him from Ready Steady Cook.
Hangin with the boys from the hot new restauraunt ‘The Apollo’ at Potts Point. Left: Sam Christie ( Longrain Restaurant) and Jonathan Barthelmess (ex Manly Pavillion).
The super tall and the super small. Chef Cameron Matthews from The Long Apron. I think his apron is longer than me!
Master Chef winner Julie Goodwin
The beautiful Gorgi Coghlan from the Channel 10 program ‘The Circle’
The absolute Master! Jacques Reymond
The ‘Sake Restaurant’ chefs Shaun Presland and Shinichi Maeda
The lovely Peter Kuruvita from the hit SBS food show ‘My Sri Lanka’ and ‘Island Feast’ and owner of the Flying Fish restaurant, Sydney
The charismatic ‘Nose to Tail’ guru – Chef Fergus Henderson. What a priveledge
The italian culinary god Davide Scabin from Michelin Starred restaurant Combal Zero, Italy. Photo taken at the Qantas best dinner in the world
The charismatic Alvin Leung AKA ‘The Maverick Chef’ from restaurant Bo Innovation, Hong Kong
The dessert master Eric Pernoud and his stunning wife Francoise from Maison de Provence
Thanks so much to Social Tap for giving me the opportunity to meet these amazing people! It has made my year!
Until Next time…Nutrition Guru
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