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Large lobsters going off on the grill at RB&G Melbourne!!

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Perry’s Progress

In this week’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne AGE, by Nikki Barrowclough If Neil Perry couldn’t stand the heat, he would’ve packed up his knives for good long ago. Despite restaurant closures, a fluctuating fortune and three marriages, Australia’s most iron-willed chef is still standing. Stronger than ever, in fact. Neil Perry is a man [...]

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Cup Day – Lexus Marquee and all the restaurants firing!

What a huge cup day!!! It started out with a trip to the Lexus Marquee -looking good and everyone certainly appeared to be having a great time. Our food was coming out well and everyone was intent on drinking, eating and backing a winner.    After getting second in the cup, but only backing it to [...]

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Open!!!

Well we did it…Spice Temple Melbourne is open!!! We just need to fine tune now, get the builders to fix the issues. Keep training, more and more product knowledge for the floor. The kitchen just needs the numbers now get it moving. All the dishes will be on the menu by early next week. We just [...]

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Spice Melbourne…family and friends fed!!!

Well we got through the soft opening and the builders are almost out. Defects next week, fix up a few issues, but all in all it is looking amazing. A really hard space to shoot as the lighting is so dramatic.     As first nights go it was great! Ben, Brendan and the kitchen team did [...]

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TWR – 2.5 hours until opening

My gorgeous bar. It looks so totally amazing. The curtains are coming down and the Earl Cater pic in the concourse outside Rockpool Bar & Grill looks fab. The Bar is so beautiful and fits the lobby so well. I love it, two and a half hours to opening and everything is coming together.  Still waiting for all the oven [...]

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TWR – Opening Day Morning

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TWR…Almost There!

Just one day to go… Final stacking and unpacking The workmen deciding on where the table gets fixed to the floor….must be Irish!! Starting to stock the kitchen Last bit of service training The candle holders arriving, painful taking all the stickers off. The light levels being checked. Go Grant! The hording coming down….yippee! Our [...]

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TWR – Bar Nears Completion

OK the bar is almost finished, but we have another restaurant to push on with. I feel sorry for the workmen they are giving it their all. Hopeful by next Friday they will be all but finished. I am very thankful for their hard work and determination.  We’d better get in the kitchen and cook [...]

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Spice Temple Melbourne – First Wagyu arrives!

Can’t believe it! Right in the middle of the mayhem yesterday 2 tonnes of Wagyu arrived. The only way we could get in to Spice Temple was to cut the roof of the Wagyu room and make the rails shorter.  Whoops!  That means we have to break the quarters when they come in from now [...]

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