You don’t get anywhere in this life working alone. Pastry chefs in particular need a good team around them which, now more than ever, includes photographers, food...
An edible, life-size gingerbread house was unveiled in December to the extreme delight of hundreds of kids, big and small. For two weeks, the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney...
When my team of juniors proposed and staged The Brothers Grimm dessert degustation at the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney, it became more apparent than ever that behind every...
We know sex sells, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone in the professional food industry that seductive photographs of food do as well. Food porn:...
Popping candy, sherbet and ice cream may be more commonly associated with a five-year-old’s birthday party than a luxury hotel. Nonetheless, Sydney’s Shangri-La Hotel has become home...
“Surround yourself with people you can learn and develop from, who you want to emulate and who you want to become,” – eugenia Polyviou, my mother and...
I have exciting news; I have left Bathers Pavilion and have accepted a position with Sydney city’s Shangri-La Hotel. Originally, this article was going to be about...
No one has ever said, “this is better than sex” during a savoury dish. And hearing, “I’m having an orgasm in my mouth,” during a meat dish...
Have you ever been promised something you’re so excited about, you just can’t hold it in? I’ve been promised endless things, only to be severely disappointed when...
I don’t understand the notion that the baker is a rare species that is almost extinct. They’re grumpy and weird, crusty and nutty, white and pasty. They...
