| 1984 |
Graduated
with a Diploma in Catering and Hotel Management.
|
| 1989
- 1999 |
Founding
Director of MORE THAN A MORSEL CATERING. Specialising
in the music, entertainment, fashion and film industries
and a growing number of corporate clients. More Than
A Morsel also specialised in offering an array of
Australian Native flavours. |
| |
Responsible
for the initial contact with Laissez Faire Caterer,
which lead to the merge of the two companies to form
DJANGA Australia. |
| |
Director
and shareholder in the catering contract at The Australian
Technology Parks Eventsite. Successfully sold shares
in DJANGA Pty Ltd to existing partners |
| 1992 |
Personal
touring chef for the Beach Boys national Australian
Tour. |
| 1993 |
Auditioned
and short listed as celebrity chef for the Midday
Show with David Reyne and Tracy Grimshaw. |
| 1994 |
An
appearance on Channel 9’s Sydney Extra programme with
Gina Boon. |
| 1993 |
Personal
chef for INXS’ X FACTOR tour of Australia. |
| 1993-1995 |
Various
publicity and media spots e.g. Sydney Morning Herald,
Daily Telegraph. |
| 1996 |
Guest
appearance on Channel 10’s Monday to Friday Show with
Brigette Decloe highlighting Australian Native Bushfoods. |
| 1996 |
Guest
appearance on Channel 9’s Midday Show with Ray Martin
covering wattle day and featured Vic Cherikoff from
Bush Tucker Supplies. |
| 1997 |
A
series of TV spots for FOXTELS FX Food segment (30in
total) highlighting Australian Native Bushfoods. |
| 1997 |
National
Catering Coordinator for the Michael Jackson History
Tour of Australia. |
| 1995-1998 |
Catering
consultancy for major venues around Australia including
The Sydney Entertainment Centre, The Sydney Superdome,
The Hordern Pavilion and The Woollongong Entertainment
Centre. |
| 1997 |
Various
guest presentations for TAFE College including marketing
and Australian Native Bushfoods. |
| 1998 |
National
Catering Coordinator for the Billy Joel & Elton
John National Tour of Australia. |
| 1998 |
National
catering Coordinator for the U2 National tour of Australia. |
| 1998 |
Completed
a series of cooking demonstrations for the opening
of the new Warringah Mall complex in Sydney and have
been re-booked for further demonstrations in October/November
2000. |
| 1998 |
Catering
coordinator for the Cold Chisels ‘Last Wave of Summer
Tour’ for their National Australian tour. |
| 1999
-2000 |
Toured
with Mark Lizotte aka Diesel as dressing room/catering
coordinator and merchandise manager. |
| 2000 |
Auditioned
for Channel 9’s cooking show FRESH which aired July
2000. |
| 2000 |
Successfully
developed concept and setup “Lizottes on the Bay”
a 100-seat seaside Bistro in The Hardys Bay RSL Club
on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia securing a
6-year contract. |
| 1999
- 2000 |
Developed
concept for television lifestyle show featuring music,
food and wine. Successfully completed TV pilot in
April 2000, which was launched to music, wine and
record company executives in the residence of Jimmy
Barnes. The pilot was re-shot with Tim Farris of INXS,
Mental As Anything. Concept is still being developed
and to be launched and promoted with TV networks scheduled
late 2005. |
| 2000 |
October
- launched a range of Native Food and value added
products under the trade name of Lizottes On The Bay
with possible Internet sales pending. |
| 2001 |
March
- Successfully accomplished a two week Native Food
promotion for the Hilton Hotel, Jumeriah Beach in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, winning a tourism award
for best promotion in five star Hotel |
| 2001 |
August
- June 2004 successfully conceived and ran a second
restaurant, Live @ Lizotte’s at The Ettalong Beach
War Memorial Club, NSW Australia. Live @ Lizotte’s
fast became the premier dinner show venue on the Central
Coast offering first class Australian and International
artists and cuisine. Live @ Lizottes was the Winner
of the Peninsula Business Awards in 2002 for Business
of the Year. |
| 2004
to Current |
ABC
Radio guest Chef appearances, cooking live to air
featuring Australian Native flavours, at the ABC Erina
Fair Studio, Central Coast, NSW. |
| 2004 |
March
–Yum Yum Eatery opened in March 2004. A waterfront
restaurant at Hardy’s Bay, Central Coast, NSW with
Australasian Cuisine using fresh herbs and bush foods
straight from our Yum Yum Garden. |
| 2005 |
Relocated
Lizotte’s Restaurant from Hardy’s Bay to it's own
home in Kincumber. Relaunched Live @ Lizotte’s Dinner
Shows providing first class entertainment up close
and personal on the Central Coast. |
| 2005 |
Playing trombone and
joining forces with Hank and Michael Lizotte to form
the Tassie Horns, on Diesel’s live DVD “the first
15 years” performed lived
at the Metro Sydney. As
well as various other performances including Brian
Adams at the Melbourne Tennis
Centre and several Diesel shows Live at Lizotte’s |
| 2006 |
Successfully sold YUM YUM EaterY to concentrate
on the Live n Cookin @ Lizottes dinner show concept. |
| 2006 |
Chairperson for the Central Coast NSW R&C association. |
| 2006 |
Currently
working on franchising the Lizotte's Restaurant, home
of Live @ Lizotte's with a vision to have up to 15
Lizotte’s Restaurants throughout Australia.. |
| 2006 |
Currently
working on creating a national television series,
Live n Cookin @ Lizotte’s which will incorporate an
interactive cooking show together with the cream of
the music industry. |
| 2006 |
Currently
producing a coffee table cookbook containing a collection
of signature dish recipes including Australian Native
Flavours, Stories, and Photos revealing a cross section
of a 20 year career. |
| 2006 |
Winner of the R&C NSW Entertainment Restaurant
of the Year. |
| 2006 |
Currently working on franchising the Lizotte's Restaurant,
home of Live N Cookin @ Lizotte's with a vision to
have up to 15 Lizotte’s Restaurants throughout Australia. |
| 2006 |
Hosted a live recording for Beccy Cole where she
recorded a live DVD and CD Titled LIVE N COOKIN @
LIZOTTES and was nominated for a Country Music award
|
| 2006 |
Successfully renovated Lizottes restaurant and added
the VALLEY ROOM FUNCTION CENTRE |
| 2007 |
Winner of the R&C NSW Entertainment Restaurant
of the Year. |
| 2007 |
Currently working on creating a national television
series, Live n Cookin @ Lizotte’s which will incorporate
an interactive cooking show together with the cream
of the music industry. |
| 2007 |
Teamed with Karen –Lee Goody of Entertainment Consulting
to create a series of compilation releases featuring
artists who have performed at the award winning restaurant
and venue Menu 1 and Menu2 out now. Menu 3 planned
for a 2009 release. |
| 2008 |
Lizotte's now offers a state of the art recording
facility to artists for a live recording. |
| 2008 |
Winner of the R&C NSW Entertainment Restaurant
of the Year. |
| 2008 |
Landed a publishing deal with New Holland Publishers
and Successfully produced a coffee table cookbook
titled “LIVE N COOKIN @ LIZOTTES” containing a collection
of signature dish recipes including Australian Native
Flavours, Stories, and Photos revealing a cross section
of a 20 year career. |
