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Head Chef Damien Heads Transforming The Menu at Watsons Bay Hotel -Mike Smith

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:46:08 +0000

Mike Smith spoke with the entertaining and colourful head chef of the recently renovated Watsons Bay Hotel – Damian Heads – who also appeared regularly on the TV show Ready Steady Cook.
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Transformation of Iconic Watsons Bay Hotel Sydney -Mike Smith

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:11:13 +0000

Veteran travel editor Mike Smith, visits Watson’s Bay Hotel, a true Sydney icon that has undertaken a significant refurbishment, but still remains with its grandstand view…one of the best spots to take in the grandeur that is Sydney Harbour while enjoying a cool beverage and good company. Mike chats with hotel manager, Danielle Richardson.
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Mike Smith at Fine Food Australia Talks Cafe Culture with Ben Irvine

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:22:40 +0000

Reporter Mike Smith has more stories from Fine Food Australia, a culinary and hospitality expo in Sydney last week. There are some interesting results percolating about a coffee survey. He speaks with Ben Irvine of Seven Miles Coffee in Manly Vale.Read More

Will Coffee Prices Rise? – Mike Smith Asks Wes Lambert of ARCA

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:16:15 +0000

Why lattes will be dearer. That’s what reporter Mike Smith wanted to know from Wes Lambert, CEO of the Australian Restaurant and Cafe Association.
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Mike Smith Serves Up Some Fine Stories from Fine Food Australia

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:29:51 +0000

Mike Smith walked the exhibition hall at Fine Food Australia where he found celebrity chef DAN HONG, who has opened some of Sydney’s most exciting dining destinations under hospitality group Merivale.
Today, he is Executive Chef of multiple Merivale restaurants across Sydney, including the modern Asian diner Ms. G’s, Sushi-E at establishment, Queen Chow Enmore, Cantonese powerhouse Mr Wong and the most recently opened MuMu at Ivy which is inspired by Southeast Asian Street food.
Mike also chats with Pie Reviewer Shaun Pyne who was at the event to help judge the best Aussie Meat Pie.Read More

Elwood Sourdough’s Jurek Kubiena On Bagels With Bite -Graeme Kemlo

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:35:37 +0000

Graeme Kemlo has discovered a Polish bagel with bite. Have you ever tried a bagel made with aged cheddar cheese, salt and a mix of fresh jalapeno and mashed pickled jalapenos? It’s a favourite at a well-established sourdough bakery in Melbourne’s southern suburbs. Graeme chats with Elwood Sourdough owner Jurek Kubiena.
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Eat The Street in Bangkok – Tips from Frequent Traveller, Reporter Carmen Jenner

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:56:06 +0000

Carmen Jenner believes the best way to get a taste for a destination is to take a guided street food tour. She recently joined Bangkok Food Tours and shares her tips for where to go and what to try with Graeme Kemlo. More: fluffytowel.com.au
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Renowned Chef Chris Thé (Heart Sydney) Modern Australian Baking -Graeme Kemlo

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:50:25 +0000

Chris Thé is a renowned Sydney pastry chef, formerly of Black Star Bakery and now Heart in Stanmore. But he almost didn’t become a chef, studying psychology instead. He tells Graeme Kemlo he gave up studying psychology because he was better at making people happy than making unhappy people better. It was a great decision he says to do an apprenticeship, graduate and then find a job with Timothy Pak Choy, who offered to teach him everything on the condition that he remained working with him for four years – effectively another apprenticeship.And the rest is history.
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Culinary Editor Rita Erlich With Bocuse D’Or Chefs Tom And Chris Milligan

Helen Hayes — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 06:16:07 +0000

France has hosted the Olympic Games this year and next year they will host what is effectively the Culinary Olympics, known as the Bocuse D’Or. Named after the famous chef Paul Bocuse, the event is staged in Lyon, which is regarded as the French food capital and our culinary editor Riota Erlich speaks with Australian representatives, father and son team, Tom and Chris MilliganRead More

From Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth to Vancouver’s Teahouse – Carolyne Jasinski’s culinary travels

Graeme Kemlo — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:15:51 +0000

It is no secret that our reporter Carolyne Jasinski is an enthusiastic traveller. She was recently on board Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth between Tokyo and Alaska as an enrichment speaker and she reports the Cunard culinary experience and the service levels were second to none. But arriving in Vancouver and invited by the city to try a range of culinary experiences, she found herself at the Teahouse in Stanley Park. Carolyne reckons the Teahouse raised the culinary bar serving some old classics as she spoke to the head server, John Ferrie (left) and VJ Interge, the restaurant’s assistant general manager and as she watched a five hour sunset across the water. Photo: Carolyne JasinskiRead More