Hi Everyone! Things are chugging along here at the Surf Club! We are Three weeks in to trading and we have found our feet in the kitchen and getting a great response from all the punters that are coming in! Service is improving daily as our team on the floor find their feet! We have [...]

Hi All! big apologies for the lack of contact! Opening restaurants is relentless business!! Finally the Stoves are fired up! beer is running through the lines and people are being fed and watered at the South Bank Surf Club!! Our opening party went of with a bang! I managed to stab my thumb with a [...]

Hey All! hope you all had a great Easter! Although it seems like a month has gone by since. I made an appearance on the 9am show with my daughter Ruby cooking up a storm to promote the release of Cloudy with a chance of meat balls! After spending four fun days in Sydney i [...]

Sorry for the lack of Blogging, Its a bit slack i know! but things have been hectic! for real!! Just finished writing all of my recipes for my new book which will be out in November. We still have a way to go with editing etc. I will be in Melbourne from the 7th of [...]

Hi All! just had a great weekend. Firstly i flew down to Sydney on Friday to cook a meal for a Ron and Stella, they paid a load of money to Variety for myself and Jared Ingersol (I think thats how you spell it) to cook up a sorm for them and 8 friend. Big [...]

What can I say? I just heard the news that Rose Gray, one of the most inspiring people i have ever met and had the pleasure of working for passed away. I am glad that she has found peace after battling cancer. A part of her is in everything I cook. She changed the way [...]

Went down to the restaurant site today and it was all activity!!! finally work has started! well at least they are pulling things apart disconnecting power and water prior to fitting out the kitchen etc. So we are on course for a May opening!! very exciting. Hope to see you all there! ben

Happy Australia day one and all! Enough said about our national dish, Maggie Beer thinks it should be a salad. Jill D thinks the idea of tom yum soups good? To be honest why do need to be defined by what we cook, are we that insecure? Does it matter? I think that we should [...]

7 days in to 2010 and its shaping up to be  an awesome year!! I hope you all had a great festive season! Needless to say I consumed far to much food and alcohol. I just got back from a weekend up on the sunshine coast with friend and family. I trialed a recipe that [...]

Hi all, well i am down in not so sunny Tasmania for a few days. I am cooking for a group of people who helped support the heart foundation by buying a dinner cooked by me. I am looking forward to it! I am going to cook the Snowy morrison inspired hot smoked salmon (seemed [...]