Tony Tan was born in Malaysia to a Chinese family who owned restaurants. He moved to Australia in the 1970s to study renaissance history and Chinese language (he speaks seven languages), but instead became involved in its food scene. He then took himself to Europe to cook in France and study at Leiths in London. Returning to Australia, he appeared on TV, wrote for Gourmet Traveler and opened a now legendary cooking school in Trentham, Victoria. His new book is Tony Tan’s Asian Cooking Class.
We acknowledge that the Festival is held on the traditional lands of the Wadawurrung people;
we honour and pay our respects to elders past and present.
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