Simon Bryant (chef)
Simon Bryant (born 14 February, 1965, Exeter, Devon, England) is an Australian chef.[1]
Bryant featured alongside South Australian Maggie Beer on the ABC program The Cook & The Chef. The show aired more than 150 episodes over four years, attracting more than 600,000 viewers nationally per week.[2]
Bryant was with Hilton Adelaide for more than 10 years, commencing as a Commis Chef, followed by 18 months as a Chef de Partie in ‘The Grange’ with Cheong Liew and rapidly working his way up to Senior Sous Chef of ‘The Brasserie’.[3][4] ‘The Brasserie’ was his break, where he was promoted to Executive Chef overseeing 33 staff, 2 of the state's leading restaurants, a quick service deli, and as South Australia’s largest hotel, the largest catering and room service operations in the state.[5]
Awards and presentations
- 2007 Hotel Management Magazine Awards for Excellence – Executive Chef of the Year [3]
- 2008 Restaurant and Catering Association (SA) – Chef of the Year [6]
- ‘Last Leaf’ column in South Australian gourmet magazine Sumptuous.
- South Australian Ambassador for Earth Hour 2008 and 2009.[7]
- WOMAD 2008 – Presented native Australian produce at ‘Taste the World’
- Presenter at Department of Environment and Heritage ‘Reclaim the Food’ Chain event[8]
- Ambassador for the Animal Welfare League and official Food Ambassador for Animals Asia [9]
- Campaigned for legislative change enabling Food Donor Laws to be changed – Hilton Adelaide now donates all unsold food to the Hutt Street Centre for the homeless daily
- First South Australian business to gain RSPCA Choose Wisely accreditation
- Botanic Gardens Foundation Kitchen Garden Ambassador[10]
References
- ^ Simon Bryant Chef Profile | Good Food Guide
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/cookandchef
- ^ a b http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/files/two_chefs_and_100_cultures_bios.pdf
- ^ Food, Dining Restaurant Blog | AGFG
- ^ No Cookies | The Advertiser
- ^ http://www.thebrasserie.com.au/__files/f/2902/Restaurant%20&%20Catering%20awards%20280708.pdf Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
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- ^ http://www.animalwelfare.com.au/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ZOUBObjtmSU=&tabid=170
- ^ No Cookies | The Advertiser
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