Our Flowerdale Estate Chefs
Janine Harris
- Cooking for 22 years
- Worked at Grand Hyatt Hotel Melbourne and Executive Chef at The Country Place and Flowerdale Estate
- Won the Daryl Cox Apprentice Award, 2004 IACC Copper Skillet Award – competed in both Australia and US
- Won Silver in Melbourne Culinary Challenge Team Competition and Gold in Yarra Valley & Ranges Salon Culinaire, Brigade of the Year
Rhonda Pomfret
- Cooking for 20 years
- Worked at variety of restaurants and cafés
Estelle Kenny
- Cooking for 28 years
- Worked at RACV Club’s in both Melbourne and Healesville, also at Leonda Restaurant and Kyarra Retreat
- Won Silver in Melbourne Culinary Challenge Team Competition and Gold in Yarra Valley & Ranges Salon Culinaire, Brigade of the Year.
Simone Quinn
- Cooking for 26 years
- Worked as Head Chef Stephanie's Restaurant Melbourne, Chef de Partie, Lynch's Restaurant Melbourne, guest chef at the Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumper, Malaysia and the Excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong
- Recipe Testing Chef for the book 'Stephanie's Australia' by Stephanie Alexander.
Hayley Jones
- Completed Apprenticeship at The Country Place in 2007. Has won employee of the year twice in 2004 and 2007
- Won Gold in Victorian Culinary Challenge in both 2006 and 2007
- IACC Chairman's Award for Excellence. 2007 won Swinburne Tafe, Apprentice of the Year
To whet your appetite let us design a program to meet your specific needs. For enquiries and a quote email Gina or phone on 9728 7070.
