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Alastair McLeod

Alastair McLeod

Australian chef

Alastair McLeod is a Northern Ireland-Australian celebrity chef[1] He is a regular guest on Ready Steady Cook, Queensland Weekender[2] and ABC Radio.[3] Alastair also hosts his own food show ″Off the Eaten Track″ that has screened in Australia, Asia, and New Zealand.[4]

Not to be confused with Alistair MacLeod, Canadian author.
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Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is the son of Australian singer Candy Devine.[5] He credits his love of cooking and food to his multicultural background of Torres Strait Islander, Sri Lankan, Danish, Filipino[6] and Spanish ancestry.[7]

Alastair worked in several Michelin listed restaurants in Europe, including the Roscoff in Belfast (working for Paul Rankin),[8] and Da Giovanni restaurant in Torino, Italy, as well as other venues in Scotland and France.[9]

He is the former executive chef of Bretts Wharf Restaurant and Tank Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane.

He now owns and runs Al'FreshCo, a Brisbane catering company.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Love food, will travel". UQ News.
  2. [2]
    "Queensland Weekender". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Biography".
  4. [4]
    "Off the Eaten Track". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Me and my health: Candy Devine". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  6. [6]
    "Alastair McLeod - off the Eaten Track". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  7. [7]
    Goltz, Helen (3 December 2013). "The Cooks behind the Chefs". Bmag Magazine. pp. 44–45.
  8. [8]
    "Host and Chefs Biographies - Ready Steady Cook". Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  9. [9]
    "Our Chef « Bretts Wharf". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.


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