CHEF Frank Camorra (above) began his cooking apprenticeship at a little restaurant in Lorne after a long and tough search for a job. At 24, he was older than most new apprentices. ”Back then, you wouldn’t have found many 24-year-old [apprentices] and it wasn’t easy to find a job, to be honest, at that age,” he recalls. Camorra did the [...]
MARQUE for Melbourne? The deal ain’t done, but it’s on the way and should see one of Australia’s finest chefs, Sydney’s Mark Best, with a Collins Street address by the end of the year. Best, who is one of the few Australian chefs recognised in the S. Pellegrino list of the world’s best restaurants, has teamed with his friend Peter [...]
I have to admit I have a slight obsession with anything American. I enjoy eating my ice cream straight from the tub, I tend to watch endless amounts of Gilmore Girls to study their outrageously witty banter, I have an unnatural bond to Pop-Tarts and I unconsciously use the words ‘popsicle’ and ‘pantyhose’ on a regular basis. I am, what [...]
Nestled in the outer-eastern suburb of Dandenong, Melbourne’s cultural hot-pot, sits Pamir’s, a local Afghan restaurant, adored by locals and willing city-side travellers alike. The old age saying ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ could not be truer when dining at Pamir’s. The external lurid, orange façade of the restaurant certainly does not much to evoke a ravenous appetite. [...]
The popularity of vegetarian restaurants is becoming more widespread as the planets sustainability, environmental protection and issues of our general wellbeing become more and more important to individuals in their everyday life. We are constantly reading reports and findings that urge the public to have at least one meat-free day per week for these reasons. Though in the past decade, [...]
A helping hand is being lent to all new hospitality businesses staring up in the city of Melbourne. Following research commissioned by the City of Melbourne in partnership with Tourism Victoria and Restaurants and Catering Victoria, revealing a poor success rate of new businesses in the food and hospitality industry, the city council decided to develop a ‘Hospitality Toolkit’ to [...]
Words by Beau Donelly The sign that’s blu-tacked to the wall at The Great Britain Hotel reads: “No pashing at the bar”. And it’s not just for show. If you’ve spent a night at The GB sampling a few of the fourteen different tap beers on offer and find yourself slumped over the bar playing tongue table tennis with a [...]
Even Neil Perry has small bar fever, dipping his toes into the Melbourne market with the opening of his new venture this week. Along with parnters Trish Richards and David Doyle and architect Grant Cheyne, Perry has brought us The Waiting Room in the Crown Tower Complex. The Waiting Room is designed as a causal lounge during the day, transforming [...]
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