Top 10 Restaurants of Australia
Cuisine: Modern Australian/Contemporary
Location: Dunkeld, VIC
Head Chef: Rob Wicken
Robin Wickens took over the helm at The Royal Mail Hotel from Dan Hunter in September 2013. He has worked in renowned UK restaurants Bibendum, The Glasshouse and Pied a Terre with famed chef's Bruno Loubet, Stephen Terry and Raymond Blanc. On arrival to Australia he initially worked alongside Andrew McConnell prior to opening up his own restaurant Interlude in Fitzroy.
Robin Wickens continues the Royal Mail tradition of sourcing produce from the kitchen garden. He has been at the forefront of Australian Molecular Gastronomy and diners can expect dishes that are whimsical although respectful of the constituent ingredients.
Number 10 in our list of top ten restaurants of Australia is Rob Wicken's Royal Mail Hotel. Previous head chef Dan Hunter (2007 - 2013) saw the rise of Royal Mail Hotel into the upper echelons of Australia's restaurant awards earning 3 hats in the 2012 Good Food Guide.
The restaurant is set in the small town of Dunkeld in regional Victoria amidst the beautiful scenery of the Grampian Ranges. Much of the produce is grown organically in the restaurant's own gardens, sourced from local producers or just hand picked from the surrounding wild. Daily harvesting of produce thus drives the philosophy of show casing purity of flavour, which is combined with technique and technology to create dishes that are fairly simple in their breadth of flavours but display great intensity, balance and textural variety. The wine list is one the most impressive in Australia, showing great breadth and depth of vintage with a extensive list of both Bordeaux and Burgundy, it has earned many national and international awards.
References
- http://www.starchefs.com/cook/videos/interview-dan-hunter
- http://bestemergingchefs.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/6-dan-hunter-royal-mail-hotel-dunkeld-australia/
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