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Back of House – Notes from the Road: Le Calandre, Italy

Posted on: Friday, October 29th, 2010

The last restaurant in this leg of my tour was supposed to be easy – a flight from Nice, France to Venice, Italy. A…

Back of House – Notes from the Road: Bras, France

Posted on: Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Bras – Relais & Châteaux Leaving Paris by train I made my way south via Toulouse to a small town called Rodez, an epic…

Back of House – Notes from the Road: Ute in Paris

Posted on: Thursday, October 14th, 2010

I first met Ute Biefang in the office of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. She was sitting behind a desk and I walked…

Back of House – Notes from the Road: Le Chateaubriand

Posted on: Monday, October 4th, 2010

Paris, Paris Paris…. I had no idea what to expect making my way to Le Chateaubriand, currently ranked no.11 in the world. I had…

Back of House – Notes From The Road: Oud Sluis

Posted on: Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Flew from Copenhagen to Brussels and drove into the Netherlands in search of a small town called Sluis. Arriving late on a Friday afternoon…

Back of House – Notes From The Road: Noma

Posted on: Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

I flew into Copenhagen on Monday the 13th of September and got down to the business of trying to understand Danish cuisine in preparation…

Back of House

Posted on: Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

My name is Jeff Martin; I am a professional Australian artist that sketches fine dining restaurant kitchens during service and then creates large-scale paintings…