Friday 19 December 2008

Faces to watch 2009

They came, they saw, they had a nice cup of tea. Here is my far from definitive list of Perth's dine-out movers and shakers for 2009...

Kevin Pham
Chef and co-owner, with wife Mei, of Nham Thai, Perth's only mod-Thai diner. Love it.

Lousia Iacopetta
Her Guildford cafe Me-n-u just gets better and better.

Kate Lamont and John Jens
What a pair. Committed, professional and great fun to boot.

Michael Forde
Who knows what the entrepreneurial chef-owner of Cantina 663 in Mount Lawley will get up to next?

Rochelle Adonis
Her nougat, cake and ice cream shop serves coffees, too. There goes the diet.

Una Hosgood and Vince Soresi
Galileo, their Shenton Park ode to all things wood-fired, shows just how good honest, simple food can be.

Hadleigh Troy
Chef and co-owner of Restaurant Amuse and heir apparent to Perth's King of Fine Dining crown.

Rob Broadfield
Notwithstanding the occasional whiff of Eau d'Arrogance, Rob is far and away WA's best food writer.

Russell Blaikie
Set to make his mark on the south-west dining scene with newly-opened Must Margaret River in what used to be VAT 107.

David Coomer
The bloke's a legend. First Star Anise, now a watch-this-space tapas joint to be opened on Stirling Highway. Can't wait.

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