So you want to know a little more about me?
I grew up in New Zealand. I think I was about 3 years old when I first put on an apron and started helping my mum in the kitchen. I was a terrible student. So, I unenrolled myself from school in year 10 and enrolled myself into chef school.
Fast forward to now, I have cooked in some great restaurants in Auckland, London, Sydney and Melbourne. I also spent time in the business-side of hospitality, managing restaurants, cafes and bars in airports and mucking around with great Australian beef and lamb in a test kitchen.
It’s a pretty incredible thing to be able to share what I cook with so many people now. I appreciate you all and love when you comment, ask questions and request your favourite dish. I have some pretty big goals for my food content, especially my YouTube channel.
Andy x
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Our next In Service video with chef Josh Niland at his restaurant Saint Peter is live.
Josh’s approach to preparing and cooking fish is really unique. He treats fish like beef, dry-aging it and using very part from eyeball to tail. He’s creating techniques that have changed how the industry thinks about seafood.
Let’s see what it’s like to be a chef in his restaurant.
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Spending 48 hours in the Attica kitchen was an insane experience. The camaraderie and passion amongst these chefs and front of house is incredible - made me miss working in professional kitchens.
Ben Shewry has built something really special. If you want to see what goes on in the Attica kitchen and what it takes to deliver a new menu in 1 day, check out the latest video.
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Can I survive 48 hours working at the best steak restaurant in Australia and the #2 in the world? Video is live!
Huge thank you to Chef Neil Perry and the whole team at Margaret for having me. And shout out to the team who worked on video with me, Fred, Ben, Caleb and Liam - super proud to push publish on this one. Hope you all enjoy.
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G'day Legends,
We’re thinking about changing our upload time from 12:15am Sunday morning (Sydney time) — which is when we’ve been posting our long-form YouTube videos every week for the past two years — to potentially 6:00am Thursday morning (Sydney time) instead.
Here’s how that looks in a few other time zones:
Current upload time — 12:15am Sunday (Sydney)
7:15am Saturday in Los Angeles (PT)
10:15am Saturday in New York (ET)
3:15pm Saturday in London (GMT/BST)
Proposed new time — 6:00am Thursday (Sydney)
1:00pm Wednesday in Los Angeles (PT)
4:00pm Wednesday in New York (ET)
9:00pm Wednesday in London (GMT/BST)
Just curious — would this change affect you in any way? Would it be annoying, or do you usually just watch the videos whenever you get the chance?
Let us know by voting below.
Thanks, Legends!
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SUBMIT YOUR MUM’S BEST RECIPE!
We all know that mums have the best recipes. I want to cook your mum’s best dish and find out whose mum has the winning recipe. If your mum has a signature recipe that you think deserves to be featured, send it in.
Submit it here - forms.gle/gs2mgc43x9tqc3J89
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Christmas dinner video is live!
It was a big shoot for the team and it got a little messy at times but we hope you enjoy it. Here’s a few BTS photos featuring Mitch getting those shots and my pea fail.
I hope everyone has an incredible Christmas/ Holidays with loads of great food. Let me know what you’ll be eating ✌️
9 months ago | [YT] | 4,847
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Miso ramen recipe video now live 🍜
10 months ago | [YT] | 7,903
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It’s getting hot (in Queensland), so I made grilled prawn tacos in the outdoor kitchen for this week’s video which is now live.
Here’s a few BTS shots from the shoot… check out photo #4 to see Mitch struggle to fold the light diffuser.
10 months ago | [YT] | 6,874
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What’s your go-to fried snack?
In this week’s video I cooked three dishes you’ll find in a Konbini (Japanese Convenience Store). All delicious but the Kare Pan was elite!
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