Young Chefs Blog, Aidan Brooks on his way to the top

I have just come across this young chefs blog. He is 19 years old and has just graduated from Westminster Kingsway College in London. Armed with his Professional Chef Diploma he has just started a 3-month training stage at one of the most creative restaurants in Barcelona.

Food Guides

I came across this website/blog today Gold Coast Food Guide, what a great blog it is. It gives an unbiased review of eateries in the area. The site was created by a young lady that having lived in Melbourne (arguably the food capital of Australia) and reading the generous supply of food guides, looked forward to trying out new restaurants recommended by the Age and other guide books which helped to discover some fantastic restaurants, cafe’s and providers throughout Melbourne. Once back on the Gold Coast and after discovering a lack of unbiased restaurant reviews she set up the Gold Coast Food Guide. Something that she mentions on her site is quite relevant, quote “It seemed the local press only ran reviews when a restaurant placed an ad in their paper” and there wasn’t a dedicated Gold Coast food guide book. I hope that you follow the link to this site and have a good look around. Maybe this might become a site that you look to before heading down the coast to the so called great dinning experiences that you long for but supposedly don’t have up here. Well come on out and try the places that we have and go and compare. Here are just some of our local eateries; (alphabetical) Beaches, Lagoon, Marsden Tavern, Megalomania, Michaels, The Shore Thing, Waterline cafe, and others that I haven’t mentioned. Maybe food lovers can share their honest dining experiences and together we can discover some fantastic restaurants and eateries on the Capricorn Coast.

Been Away. (The ASHES)

Well first of all I must apologize for the lack of content on my site. I am experiencing a few hick ups at present, but it will be sorted soon. Also Monica and I were in Brisbane for “The Ashes” that is a Cricket match between England and Australia.

Potato in Ice

Well today some of us went back to work after having an extra day off. Much appreciated by all, some wish (need) another! It was a long day with lots of prep to be done, naturaly after a closed day.

This picture of a potato in a cm thick round piece of ice was taken this morning. Obviously due to the doors to the walk-in cold room being closed for the day. We keep potatoes peeled in buckets of water. (just goes to show what difference it really does make to keep the doors closed!)

The Nation Stops

Today, the nation stopped for approximately 2 minutes. Each year on the first Tuesday in November one of the worlds greatest horse races takes place in Melbourne at Flemington, “The Melbourne Cup” Today was no exception.

It was extra special for myself and a group of others as we were able to attend the local race meat in Rockhampton at Callaghan Park. You can probably guess that due to the fact that myself and the team were at the races that we were closed for the day!!!!! It is quite unheard of to close for a day but not only did the nation stop, but so did the restaurant. That is the power of this race in Australia. We made full use of our day out together and began bright and early with a casual game of golf. Enjoy this quick video of the boys.