Tag Archives: Phil Wood

Making Bread by Hand – Rockpool Sydney

Following on from our post about the hand made butter here at Rockpool Sydney, we thought it would only be natural to write about the sourdough bread we’re also making in house. Making your own bread is definitely a labour of love, and worth every effort. Is there anything more satisfying than tearing open a hot [...]

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Making Butter by Hand… Rockpool Sydney

For the past couple of months here at Rockpool Sydney, Phil has been making his own butter to go with the sourdough bread that they are also making in-house. There is something satisfying about making something thay you would normally purchase off the shelf, and invariably it is always better. Butter, essentially, is cream that [...]

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A World Class Evening At Rockpool

On the 7th June 2011 Rockpool, in conjunction with World Class, will be hosting the final of the World Class Cocktail Competition to find the nation’s top bartender. Phil Wood, Head Chef at Rockpool will be cooking a 5 course degustation to be matched by cocktails from the finalists using exclusive luxury spirits from the [...]

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Rockpool, The Rocks

What an amazing dinner at Rockpool on Tuesday night. Thank you David Doyle for some of the world’s most wonderful wines - the length and power of the DRC Montrachet 95 was extraordinary, the complete richness and the silkiy tanin of the Petrus 61 out of magnum confirmed this to be one of the greatest wines in [...]

Posted in Neil's Restaurant Stories, Rockpool Sydney | Tagged David Doyle, food stories, Montrachet, Neil Perry, Petrus, Phil Wood, Restaurants, Rockpool, Rockpool Sydney, The Rocks, Wine | Comments Off

Ultimate Food!

Trawling back though the great photos of The Ultimate Dinner by photographer Ted Sealey – 9 days ago and it feels like a month already, such is life in the fast lane. A few of my favourites from the night and what a cracking menu it was! Enjoy… Canapes by Guillaume Brahimi, Guillaume at [...]

Posted in Bar & Grill Sydney, Charity & Community, Neil's Restaurant Stories, Qantas | Tagged Andoni Aduriz, Catherine Adams, charity, charity and community, food stories, Guillaume at Bennelong, Guillaume Brahimi, Heston Blumenthal, Mugaritz, Neil Perry, Peter Gilmore, Phil Wood, Qantas, Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Rockpool Sydney, Starlight Children's Foundation, The Fat Duck, The French Laundry, The Ultimate Dinner, Thomas Keller, Wagyu | Comments Off

The Ultimate Dinner 2011

24 March 2011: Neil Perry, Trish Richards and David Doyle are delighted to announce that The Ultimate Dinner, held last night at their Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney restaurant, raised $280,000 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. At the dinner, Perry was joined by three of the world’s leading chefs, Heston Blumenthal (The Fat Duck, [...]

Posted in Bar & Grill Sydney, Charity & Community, Neil's Restaurant Stories, Qantas | Tagged Andoni Aduriz, Catherine Adams, charity, charity and community, David Doyle, Guillaume Brahimi, Heston Blumenthal, Mugaritz, Neil Perry, Phil Wood, Qantas, Restaurants, Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Starlight Children's Foundation, The Fat Duck, The French Laundry, The Ultimate Dinner, Thomas Keller, Trish Richards, Wagyu, Wine | Comments Off

Rockpool Floodlight dinner

Last night at Rockpool, we cooked, ran, auctioned and did every little bit we could at Rockpool for the victims of the Queensland floods. It was an amazing night chockers full of hospitality industry talent and we couldnt be prouder! The brainchild of Colin Fassnidge from The Four in Hand, it was an [...]

Posted in Charity & Community, Rockpool Sydney | Tagged charity, charity and community, Colin Fassnidge, food stories, Neil Perry, Phil Wood, Queensland floods, Queensland premiers flood relief fund, Restaurants, Rockpool, Rockpool Sydney, The Four in Hand, The Rocks, Wagyu | 1 Comment

Flood Relief Dinner at Rockpool

We are proud to announce that on Monday January 31st, Rockpool in the Rocks will host a hospitality industry -driven fundraising dinner – with 100% of all takings going to the Queensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal. Instigated by Colin Fassnidge of The Four in hand, Paddington, this dinner sees the coming together of some [...]

Posted in Charity & Community, Rockpool Sydney | Tagged Assiette, charity, charity and community, Colin Fassnidge, franz scheurer, Lucios, Neil Perry, Phil Wood, Premiers flood relief fund, Queensland floods, Restaurant Balzac, Restaurants, Rockpool, Rockpool Sydney, Simon Marnie, Simon Thomsen, The Four in Hand, The Rocks | 1 Comment

Rich and Noble Lobster Congee at Rockpool

Totally thrilled to be have Rockpool’s Rich and Noble Lobster Congee named in Terry Durack’s top ten dishes of the year for 2010! Thanks Terry! Nice work Phil! And should you be dining with us this New Year’s Eve – it is on the menu! To start Queensland spanner crab with heirloom tomatoes, avocado, celery [...]

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Rockpool menu

It was great to get home from Melbourne and spend Saturday afternoon with the chefs at our 3 Sydney Restaurants. I then went down to Rockpool and called the pass so we could have enough food runners. The restaurant was looking good and the staff briefing was clear - we had a busy night ahead and we [...]

Posted in Neil's Restaurant Stories, Rockpool Sydney | Tagged Brain Croser, Burrawong chicken, food stories, Modern Australian cuisine, Neil Perry, Phil Wood, Restaurants, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Rockpool Sydney, Spice Temple, Sydney fine dining, Sydney restaurants, The Rocks | Comments Off

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