Career overview:
Commenced apprenticeship at 16, attending William Angliss Collage.
Worked for Carlyon Hotels and Catering, from bistro, fine dining, room service and pub experience.
Experience:
Contract catering: board room, industrial, Melbourne Cup Carnival, Australian Tennis Open, Moto GP, MCG, Caufield Racecourse.
TV Catering: Dancing with the stars, celebrity circus, deal or no deal, iron chef. Australian golf open, Bathurst, Superbikes Phillip Island. GTV 9, HSV 7, Channal 10.
Restaurant, Cafés, hotels, aged care, and hospitals
Teaching:
Wandee Culinary Collage Thailand
Department of Commonwealth employment services.
Qualifications:
Certificate of commercial Cookery
Diploma Hotel & Motel Management
Cert IV Training and assessment.
Advanced Diploma of Hospitality.
Certificate in OH&S
Other:
Competitions:
5-time finalist Australian Chef of the Year
Culinary Judge:
Thailand, Korea,
Australian Culinary Federation, SSCC, NCH, Austafe.
Industry Appointments:
Australian Institute of Technical chefs:
Founding member, Industrial Liaison.
Australian Guild of Professional Cooks.
Industrial Liaison.
Board Member Tourism Training Victoria
Board Member Hospitality Group Training.
Australian Culinary Federation.
Director Victoria, Treasurer Victoria.
