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The Great Australian Cookbook
''The Great Australian Cookbook'' is an Australian television series based on the similarly named cookbook created by Reg Mombassa in collaboration with Kylie Kwong, Charmaine Solomon, George Calombaris and Maggie Beer. The television series features 22 of Australia's greatest cooks, amongst whom Matt Moran Matthew Moran (born 15 May 1969) is an Australian chef and restaurateur also known for being a guest on various TV cooking shows. Early life Moran was raised on a dairy farm at Badgerys Creek, west of Sydney, before moving to the outer-west ..., Maggie Beer, Paul West and Darren Robertson, over 11 episodes. These cooks, from top restaurateurs to local heroes, invites us into their homes and workplaces as they cook for their loved ones. Additional to the series the Lifestyle Channel has more information on the cooks and the recipes on their website. Episodes Series 1 # Matt Stone & Maggie Beer # Gilbert Lau & Darren Robertson # Matt Moran & Rayleen Brown # Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifestyle (Australian TV Channel)
Lifestyle (formerly known as The LifeStyle Channel) is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests. Its programming covers topics including food and wine, home and garden, real estate, shopping, leisure, travel and real life drama. Every Friday, articles, videos, etc., are published with new content and information regarded these topics. Lifestyle has three subsidiary channels: Lifestyle Food, a channel dedicated to food and cooking, Lifestyle Home which is dedicated to DIY and garden advice, and Fox Arena which is dedicated to reality television and pop culture programming. Lifestyle also broadcasts other programs ranging from food, wine, home design, gardening, leisure, travel, and real life drama On 1 March 2011 a HD simulcast of Lifestyle launched on Austar and Foxtel on channel 216. On 19 September 2016, Lifestyle refreshed its look which included a new logo. It changed its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct-broadcast satellite, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was established as a 50/50 joint venture between News Corporation (now News Corp, the present day News Corp; through News Corp Australia, News Limited, now News Corp Australia) and Telstra, with News Corp and Telstra holding 65% and 35% ownership shares respectively. It shares many features with the Sky UK, Sky service in the UK and Ireland — including the iQ box, the electronic program guide, electronic programme guide, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active. History In 1995, a venture between News Corporation (in particular 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Media) and Telstra took place whereby Telstra would transmit a TV signal through its coaxial network and News Corporation would be the basis for offering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookbook
A cookbook or cookery book is a kitchen reference containing recipes. Cookbooks may be general, or may specialize in a particular cuisine or category of food. Recipes in cookbooks are organized in various ways: by course (appetizer, first course, main course, dessert), by main ingredient, by cooking technique, alphabetically, by region or country, and so on. They may include illustrations of finished dishes and preparation steps; discussions of cooking techniques, advice on kitchen equipment, ingredients, and substitutions; historical and cultural notes; and so on. Cookbooks may be written by individual authors, who may be chefs, cooking teachers, or other food writers; they may be written by collectives; or they may be anonymous. They may be addressed to home cooks, to professional restaurant cooks, to institutional cooks, or to more specialized audiences. Some cookbooks are didactic, with detailed recipes addressed to beginners or people learning to cook particular dishes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Mombassa
Christopher O'Doherty, also known by the pseudonym Reg Mombassa, is a New Zealand-born Australian artist and musician. He is a founding member of the band Mental As Anything and member of Dog Trumpet (alongside his brother Peter O'Doherty). Early life Mombassa was born Christopher O'Doherty in Auckland, New Zealand, on 14 August 1951. O'Doherty, his parents and younger brother Peter immigrated to Sydney, Australia, in 1969. He enrolled in what is now the National Art School in Darlinghurst in 1969 but left the following year. He returned again in 1975 and obtained his Diploma of Painting in 1977. Between and during his stints at college he supported himself with menial jobs such as builder's labouring, cleaning, house painting and working on the railways. In 1976 he formed the rock band Mental as Anything with four fellow art school students, ostensibly to play at school parties. Although they did not initially intend to be a serious band, the Mentals, as they became known, even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kylie Kwong
Kylie Jane Kwong (born 31 October 1969) is an Australian television chef, author, television presenter and restaurateur. Early life and education Kwong attended Epping North School and Cheltenham Girls High School. As a third-generation Chinese Australian, she learned the fundamentals of Cantonese cooking by her mother's side. She undertook much of her apprenticeship at Neil Perry's Rockpool and Wockpool, and later at Restaurant Manfredi. Career Kwong opened her first restaurant, ''Billy Kwong'', in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills. 'Billy' in the restaurant's name derives, not from the name of a family member, but from the partnership with Sydney celebrity chef Bill Granger under which the restaurant was founded. Kwong later became the sole owner of the restaurant under the original name. In 2014 Kwong relocated the restaurant to larger premises at Potts Point. ''Billy Kwong Potts Point'' was co-owned with Sydney and Hong Kong chef and restaurateur Andrew Cibej and seismol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charmaine Solomon
Charmaine Maureen Solomon (born 1930) is an Australian cook, author of 31 cookbooks and the creator of her own brand of spice blends and marinades. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and much of the public has called her "the Queen of Asian cooking in Australia" and part of "the holy trinity of cookbook authors". She is named in Who's Who in Australia and credited by various commentators with introducing Asian food to Australian households. Her 1976 book, ''The Complete Asian Cookbook'', has sold over one million copies in five languages and is regarded as one of Australia's most influential cookbooks. Background Solomon was born Charmaine Maureen Poulier in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), to Burgher parents. Her mother was originally from Burma. At 18 she became the assistant to the editor of the women's pages of the ''Ceylon Daily News'', an English language morning paper. She interviewed royalty, film stars, movie directors, authors and covered social events. In 1956 she marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Calombaris
George Dimitrios Calombaris (born 4 October 1978) is an Australian chef and restaurateur. Calombaris was one of the judges of the Network 10 series ''MasterChef Australia'' from 2009 to 2019. Prior to his role on ''MasterChef Australia'', Calombaris appeared regularly on the daytime Network Ten cooking show ''Ready Steady Cook (Australian TV series), Ready Steady Cook''. He owned several restaurants in Melbourne. His flagship restaurant, ''The Press Club'', was awarded ''The Age Good Food Guide'' "Best New Restaurant 2008" with Calombaris named "Chef of the Year 2008". Calombaris draws on his Greek, Cypriot and Italian heritage for inspiration. In 2019, Calombaris's company MAdE Establishment Group admitted to wage theft, underpaying $7.83 million in wages to 515 employees, which was back-paid. MAdE agreed to pay $200,000 to the Australian Government and to undertake a number of other activities. In February 2020, MAdE went into voluntary administration with the majority of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Beer
Maggie Beer (born Margaret Anne Ackerman, 19 January 1945) is an Australian chef, food author, restaurateur, and food manufacturer. Beer is one of the judges on '' The Great Australian Bake Off'' alongside Matt Moran and is also a regular guest on ''MasterChef Australia''. Early life Maggie Beer was born in Sydney in January 1945, to Ronald Ackerman, whose German ancestry was from his paternal grandparents, and Doreen Carter, who had English ancestry from her maternal great-grandparents. Her father's ancestors lived in Hill End located in regional New South Wales and were gold miners. Beer believed they were Jewish, but this was refuted in an episode of '' Who Do You Think You Are?'', as it emerged that her ancestors had been Catholic for as long as there were records. She grew up with her family in Sydney's western suburbs. Beer's parents faced issues with bankruptcy as she was growing up and re-invented themselves as caterers. She stated this contributed to her strong wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Moran
Matthew Moran (born 15 May 1969) is an Australian chef and restaurateur also known for being a guest on various TV cooking shows. Early life Moran was raised on a dairy farm at Badgerys Creek, west of Sydney, before moving to the outer-western suburb of Seven Hills. At age 15, Moran left Grantham High School to start a career as a chef. While still at school, he worked on weekends in the kitchen of the Parramatta RSL Club. He commenced his apprenticeship at La Belle Helene Restaurant, Roseville, on Sydney's North Shore, and it was here that Moran practiced the art of classical French cooking. Business In 1991 Moran, launched his first restaurant - The Paddington Inn Bistro. The successful partnership led them to open their second restaurant Moran's Restaurant and Café in 1995 which was also well received on the food scene. Moran's was awarded best new restaurant in the 1995 Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide. Moran is also a member of the international culinary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul West (chef)
Paul West is an Australian chef and TV presenter most well known for '' River Cottage Australia''. Early life and personal life West was born on 27 January 1984 in Murrurundi – a small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. West trained as a chef. He worked at Vue de Monde as a bistro chef and also met his wife, Alicia, there. They have two children together. Television work His most notable TV work is ''River Cottage Australia'', to which West and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall set up a working farm and present recipes based on the farms produce. This is based on the UK Channel 4 series ''Escape to River Cottage'' and its subsequent seasons. Other work includes '' Back Roads'' Australia and most recently, ''Catalyst'': "The Great Australian Bee Challenge" for ABC TV (Australia). ''River Cottage Australia'' ''River Cottage Australia'' is an Australian adaptation of the British series ''Escape to River Cottage''. It sees West showcase local produce and farming while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
