Most Expensive Restaurants in Australia?

[Quickstatus]

If QSS2 is doing an intern at Fat Duck

Was very hard to organise - he was first in the a young NSW Chefs comp and runner up in the Nationals. The prize was $$$ which was to pay for a trip to a restaurant work experience. He worked with :those in the know" to snare a WE place at FD.

Apparently these high end restaurants are full of young chefs on monthly work experience - often over half of the kitchen workforce are unpaid work experience. So if you see a Chef's resume "worked at Fat Duck" it means generally a month or so unpaid work experience.

MstrQS2 is a bit unusual for a young chef. When he was an apprentice, he was running the rosters and in charge of the wine list, and front of house.
He has a degree in hospitality and is quite smart in the running of a restaurant, so i don't see him at the wok burner for long.

I find 7+ course degustations sneak up on me

Not if you dont drink the alcohol.... I let Mrs QS drink my share of the accompaniment EtOH.

 

[Happy Dude]

I can't even remember the name of the restaurant, or even the bill amount, but the one at which I proposed to Mrs Happy Dude turned out to be very expensive. Been paying for it ever since and am still paying for it.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Was very hard to organise - he was first in the a young NSW Chefs comp and runner up in the Nationals. The prize was $$$ which was to pay for a trip to a restaurant work experience. He worked with :those in the know" to snare a WE place at FD.

Apparently these high end restaurants are full of young chefs on monthly work experience - often over half of the kitchen workforce are unpaid work experience. So if you see a Chef's resume "worked at Fat Duck" it means generally a month or so unpaid work experience.

MstrQS2 is a bit unusual for a young chef. When he was an apprentice, he was running the rosters and in charge of the wine list, and front of house.
He has a degree in hospitality and is quite smart in the running of a restaurant, so i don't see him at the wok burner for long.

Yes. Know somone who addes to his resume "previously worked at The Ledbury". He only lasted a week. It's a bloody hard life as a young chef.

But S2 should be able to leverage his FD internship to other restaurants in UK.

 

[Quickstatus]

But S2 should be able to leverage his FD internship to other restaurants in UK.

That is his intention
He has put out feelers to other places. I said dont worry I'll fund his stay OS if he manages to find a placement.

but there is also a girlfriend issue apparently

 

[TheRealTMA]

That is his intention
He has put out feelers to other places. I said dont worry I'll fund his stay OS if he manages to find a placement.

but there is also a girlfriend issue apparently

Isn't there always?