Australia Young Chef of the Year
The Lexus Young Chef of the Year Award is pleased to announce seven finalists in this year’s competition.
Finalists were confirmed from the following states:-
NSW/ACT Beau Vincent Assiette, Sydney
VIC Adam D’Sylva Longrain, Melbourne
SA Melanie Gowers Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide
QLD Ben Devlin Restaurant 2, Brisbane
WA Joe Ditri Kings Park Function Centre, by Fraser’s, Perth
NT Anelle Bosch Oscar’s Restaurant, Alice Springs
TAS Iain Todd The Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
The seven state finalists will be brought to Sydney for a cook-off on Monday 5th June 2006 at the Australian Women’s Weekly Test Kitchens.
Each finalist will be given 3 hours to prepare three courses – an entrée, main course and dessert. The entrée and main course will be produced from a mystery box of ingredients, and the dessert will be set. At the conclusion, each finalist will present their dishes to the judges and talk about their career achievements to date and their future career objectives.
Finalist judges include: Luke Mangan (glass, Hilton Sydney), Tetsuya Wakuda (Tetsuya’s), Anthony Musarra (The Stokehouse), Philip Johnson (E’cco), Guy Grossi (Grossi Florentino) and Lyndey Milan (Australian Women’s Weekly).
The National winner and runner-up will be announced at an Awards dinner on Monday 24th July at Doltone House in Sydney where the menu will be created by the seven finalists.