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Travels From:
Regional New South Wales/ACT
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Paul regularly hosts cooking demonstrations at food festivals around Australia and cooking classes at the River Cottage Farm in Tilba, NSW. Paul is also the cofounder of Grow It Local a community initiative on a mission to educate, support and inspire more Australians to grow, share and eat locally grown food.
He is a passionate supporter of many charities, including National Parks and Wildlife Foundation, OZ Harvest, Earth Hour, REAP, NEST and Cure Cancer.
Paul trained as a chef and has worked in all areas of food production, from WWOOFing (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) around Australia, growing fruit and vegetables, to cooking in the bistro of Melbourne's renowned Vue de Monde - where Paul served his apprenticeship as a chef and met his wife, Alicia.
Both thirsty for a change and passionate about connecting to how their food was grown, in 2012 Paul and Alicia packed their bags and headed across the Bass Strait to Tasmania. It was while tending a flourishing home veggie patch there that Paul was offered the opportunity to host River Cottage Australia and move to beautiful Central Tilba, where the show was filmed. Having turned his back on haute cuisine Paul has since become the poster boy for sustainable farming and organic food.
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