Alastair McLeod

Alastair McLeod is a Northern Ireland-Australian celebrity chef[1] He is a regular guest on Ready Steady Cook, Queensland Weekender[2] and ABC Radio.[3] Alastair also hosts his own food show ″Off the Eaten Track″ that has screened in Australia, Asia, and New Zealand.[4]

Not to be confused with Alistair MacLeod, Canadian author.
Alastair McLeod
Born
Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.
Parent
Culinary career
Previous restaurant(s)

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is the son of Australian singer Candy Devine.[5] He credits his love of cooking and food to his multicultural background of Torres Strait Islander, Sri Lankan, Danish, Filipino[6] and Spanish ancestry.[7]

Alastair worked in several Michelin listed restaurants in Europe, including the Roscoff in Belfast (working for Paul Rankin),[8] and Da Giovanni restaurant in Torino, Italy, as well as other venues in Scotland and France.[9]

He is the former executive chef of Bretts Wharf Restaurant and Tank Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane.

He now owns and runs Al'FreshCo, a Brisbane catering company.[3]

References
  1. "Love food, will travel". UQ News.
  2. "Queensland Weekender". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  3. "Biography".
  4. "Off the Eaten Track". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  5. "Me and my health: Candy Devine". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  6. "Alastair McLeod - off the Eaten Track". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  7. Goltz, Helen (3 December 2013). "The Cooks behind the Chefs". Bmag Magazine. pp. 44–45.
  8. "Host and Chefs Biographies - Ready Steady Cook". Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  9. "Our Chef « Bretts Wharf". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.


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