Alastair McLeod
Alastair McLeod | |
|---|---|
| Born | Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. |
| Mother | Candy Devine |
| Culinary career | |
Television show(s) | |
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]
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
[edit]- ^ "Love food, will travel". UQ News.
- ^ "Queensland Weekender". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Biography".
- ^ "Off the Eaten Track". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "Me and my health: Candy Devine". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Alastair McLeod - off the Eaten Track". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ Goltz, Helen (3 December 2013). "The Cooks behind the Chefs". Bmag Magazine. pp. 44–45.
- ^ "Host and Chefs Biographies - Ready Steady Cook". Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "Our Chef « Bretts Wharf". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
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