Meet Amanda Loader

Chef De Partie at Livebait

elected as Chef of the Month for September by Ingham Food Service.

Q. How did you start out in the industry?

A. When I was 15, I did work experience and I
was lucky enough to get a place in one of
London’s top restaurants in the West End,
Mezzo’s. After the two weeks, they invited me
back to do formal training during the school holidays and my passion for cheffing started then.

Q: Your claim to fame as a chef?

A: When I was 16, I won the first two rounds and runner up on the third and final round of the “Future Chef” competition.
I worked in a Chinese restaurant in the south of Taiwan for a short while which attracted a lot of media attention; it was such a great experience to learn Asian cuisine in an Asian environment.
Most recently I have done cooking demonstrations at the Herald Sun Home &
Garden Expo in August 2009.

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