Archive for category: People

/ March 15, 2012 11:41 am

The Sausage Maker – Brot and Wurst

This is Dean Stockburger. Master butcher and owner of German small goods ‘Brot & Wurst’. Along with Rob Locke, from Food Wine Dine, we are very proud to present the delicious journey of Dean Stockburger and his German small goods store. Dean arrived to Australia from Germany in 1988, with a dream to have his own German small goods store, [...]

/ February 29, 2012 10:43 am

Meet Pat and Stick

Pat and Stick’s Homemade Ice Cream Co. from FOOD WINE DINE on Vimeo. Meet Pat and Stick. Ice cream sandwich connoisseurs. Along with Rob Locke, from Food Wine Dine, we are very proud to present the delicious journey of Pat and Stick’s Homemade Ice Cream Company. With a friendship brewing over beer and food (the best kind if you ask [...]

Interview: Donato Toce, Gelato Messina
/ February 12, 2012 9:00 am

Interview: Donato Toce, Gelato Messina

All images by Paula Kaplan We have a chat to the passionate Donato Toce of Darlinghursts Gelato Messina, undoubtedly Sydney’s most beloved gelateria about gelato traditions, the Messina story and why he just can’t understand ice cream haters. The Gelato Messina story? Nick bought the place 10 years ago. His brother Danny, also business partner, came on in 2006 and [...]

Interview: Andy Bunn, Head chef, Honeycomb
/ December 22, 2011 11:05 am

Interview: Andy Bunn, Head chef, Honeycomb

All images by Paula Kaplan We have a chat with former Fratelli Fresh Executive Chef for Cafe Sopra, Andy Bunn about his new Darlignhurst venture Honeycomb, honest food, what he loves about our industry and how trends are just f*#king sh$@!! How did you make your first step towards being a chef? I did home economics at school when I [...]

Interview: Sébastien Dallée, Assistant Food & Beverage Director
/ December 16, 2011 11:53 am

Interview: Sébastien Dallée, Assistant Food & Beverage Director

All images by Paula Kaplan I have a chat with Assistant Food & Beverage Director, Sébastien Dallée from Shanghai’s Crowne Plaza Hotel. At 25, he is the youngest Assistant Food & Beverage Director in the InterContinental Hotels Group globally with over 250 staff and 7 points of revenue. He is also my brother. How did you start out in the [...]

Mixologist: Tony Conigliaro
/ December 5, 2011 11:11 am

Mixologist: Tony Conigliaro

Cool Hunting Capsule Video: Tony Conigliaro from Cool Hunting on Vimeo. Some would call Tony Conigliaro a bartender. But things are not as simple as they seem at 69 Colebrooke Row in Islington of North London where he owns, “The Bar With No Name”. Amongst industry folk, Tony Conigliaro is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of beverage and mixology. Having [...]

Meet the Chocolatiers
/ November 15, 2011 11:02 am

Meet the Chocolatiers

Images by Paula Kaplan Meet the chocolatiers. Kakawa (the ancient South American word for the cultivation of cocoa beans) is the brainchild of David Ralph and Jin Sun Kim and they are mad about chocolate. Yes okay, we all love chocolate, but I have never seen such passion and respect go into the production and creation of a piece of [...]

A chat with… the Gingerbread Folk
/ November 4, 2011 11:23 am

A chat with… the Gingerbread Folk

I don’t know about you, but when I was a littlie growing up in Eastern Suburbs Sydney, nothing would excite me more than heading down to the local bakery after school and picking a sweet snack. And for me, it was always gingerbread. I was, in fact, very particular about the type of gingerbread I liked (as a 5 year [...]

World’s best chocolatier? Patrick Roger
/ October 26, 2011 11:23 am

World’s best chocolatier? Patrick Roger

Researcher of flavours, sculptor of sublime aesthetics, technologist of texture. Whatever you call him, Patrick Roger is made about chocolate. Take a glimpse inside his chocolate workshop in Sceaux, south of Paris with renowned Paris-based food blogger, author and ex pastry chef David Lebovitz. Named best chocolatier of France (Meilleur Ouvrier) in 2000 at only 32 years old, Roger has [...]

Interview: Peter Barter, Head Chef, The Cook’s Garden
/ September 30, 2011 9:13 am

Interview: Peter Barter, Head Chef, The Cook’s Garden

Images by Paula Kaplan Gabrielle Davis speaks to Peter Barter, 31, Head chef of The Cook’s Garden in North Turramurra about food idols, young chefs and simple why he loves his job. His signature dish is a classic lamb shank pie and as a chef who has worked in the industry for 16 years, Peter Barter knows a thing or [...]