Simon Bryant (chef)

Simon Bryant (born 14 February, 1965, Exeter, Devon, England) is an Australian cook.^[1]

Bryant featured alongside South Australian Maggie Beer on the ABC program The Cook & The Chef. The show aired more than 150 episodes over four years, attracting more than 600,000 viewers nationally per week.^[2]

Bryant was with Hilton Adelaide for more than 10 years, commencing as a Commis Chef, followed by 18 months as a Chef de Partie in ‘The Grange’ with Cheong Liew and rapidly working his way up to Senior Sous Chef of ‘The Brasserie’.^[3][4] ‘The Brasserie’ was his break, where he was promoted to Executive Chef overseeing 33 staff, 2 of the state's leading restaurants, a quick service deli, and as South Australia’s largest hotel, the largest catering and room service operations in the state.^[5]

Awards and presentations

• 2007 Hotel Management Magazine Awards for Excellence – Executive Chef of the Year ^[6]
• 2008 Restaurant and Catering Association (SA) – Chef of the Year ^[7]
• ‘Last Leaf’ column in South Australian gourmet magazine Sumptuous.
• South Australian Ambassador for Earth Hour 2008 and 2009.^[8]
• WOMAD 2008 – Presented native Australian produce at ‘Taste the World’
• Presenter at Department of Environment and Heritage ‘Reclaim the Food’ Chain event^[9]
• Ambassador for the Animal Welfare League and official Food Ambassador for Animals Asia ^[10]
• Campaigned for legislative change enabling Food Donor Laws to be changed – Hilton Adelaide now donates all unsold food to the Hutt Street Centre for the homeless daily
• First South Australian business to gain RSPCA Choose Wisely accreditation
• Botanic Gardens Foundation Kitchen Garden Ambassador^[11]

References

External links

• simonbryant.com.au