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Tag Archives: Spice Temple
Perth opens its hearts and wallets for charity
10 February 2011: More than $400,000 was raised at last night’s exclusive charity dinner at Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, benefiting Starlight Children’s Foundation and celebrating the launch of Neil Perry’s seventh restaurant in Australia. Attended by many of Perth’s leading business people, guests enjoyed a six course menu prepared by Perry and his team [...]
Posted in Bar & Grill Perth, Charity & Community
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Tagged Burswood Entertainment Complex, charity, charity and community, Crown Casino, crown complex, dan masters, David Best, Neil Perry, Perth restaurants, Restaurants, Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Rockpool Sydney, Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne, Starlight Children's Foundation, The Ultimate Dinner, The Waiting Room
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CHINESE NEW YEAR AT SPICE TEMPLE
MELBOURNE To celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rabbit, Spice Temple Melbourne will be presenting a special banquet menu from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 February. Head Chef, Ben Pollard has created a special menu of Spice Temple signature dishes, incorporating ingredients that promote health, wealth and fertility during New Year [...]
Posted in Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne
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Tagged Andy Evans, Ben Pollard, Chinese New Year, Crown Casino, crown complex, food stories, Melbourne, Neil Perry, Restaurants, Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Rockpool Sydney, Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne, The Waiting Room, Year of the Rabbit
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Joosts’ Greenhouse looking brilliant!
Just simply…can not wait… for this place to be open. Greenhouse Perth’s talented young chef Matt Stone is now in town to start sourcing all the right products. Chairs made out of old pipes…hay for days…David Bromley’s beautiful art work on the side of the containers… Get down there Sydney! Opens February 9…or [...]
Posted in Neil's Restaurant Stories
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Tagged Circular Quay, Greenhouse Perth, Joost Bakker, Matt Stone, Neil Perry, Restaurants, Rockool Bar & Grill Perth, Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Rockpool Sydney, Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne, The Rocks, The Waiting Room
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Family and Friends Night in Perth
Thanks to all the wonderful staff at Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth for a terrific soft opening on Saturday night. The feedback from the guests has been great – they loved the restaurant, they loved the food, they loved the service. I think Perth loves us! Very very excited about this restaurant and can [...]
Posted in Bar & Grill Perth, Neil's Restaurant Stories
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Tagged Burswood Entertainment Complex, dan masters, food stories, Neil Perry, Perth restaurants, Renovation Diary, Restaurants, Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Rockpool Sydney, Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne, steak houses, The Waiting Room
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The new restaurant – so close now…
Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth is really coming together now. The kitchen is close to finished. 99% done by Friday. Bit of a Christmas break for the crew then back to complete the task once and for all. All should be good to go for staff training January 17th. Fingers crossed!
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 [...]
Posted in Bar & Grill Melbourne, Bar & Grill Perth, Bar & Grill Sydney, Neil's Restaurant Stories, Rockpool Sydney, Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne, The Waiting Room - Melbourne
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Tagged Crown Casino, crown complex, food stories, Josephione Perry, Neil Perry, Restaurants, Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Rockpool Sydney, Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne, Sydney Morning Herald, The Melbourne AGE, The Waiting Room
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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
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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
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Happy 90th birthday Qantas!
Next Friday, November 12th, my Rockpool Consulting team and I head to Hangar 96 at Sydney Airport to help Qantas celebrate 90 years as Australia’s national carrier. What an incredible achievement and we are so proud to be a part of this iconic Australian company. VIP guests on the night, including of course the [...]
Posted in Qantas, Rockpool Sydney
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Tagged Cullen Wines, John Travolta, Mirrool Creek lamb, Neil Perry, Qantas, Qantas 90th birthday, Qantas A380, Rockpool, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Spencer Gulf prawns, Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne, The Waiting Room, travel, will studd, Wine, Yaby lake Wines
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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 [...]
Posted in Bar & Grill Melbourne, Spice Temple Melbourne, The Waiting Room - Melbourne
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Tagged Cocktails, Crown Casino, food stories, lexus, Lexus Marquee, Linden Pride, Melbourne, Melbourne bars, melbourne cup, Melbourne restaurants, Melbourne Spring Racing carnival, Neil Perry, Paul Easson, Restaurants, Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, Rockpool Bar & Grill Perth, Rockpool Bar & Grill Sydney, Rockpool Consulting, Rockpool Sydney, Spice Temple, Spice Temple Melbourne, The Waiting Room, Vanessa Crichton, Wagyu
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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 [...]