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Editorial<br />
Food for thought<br />
Managing Director<br />
Simon Grover<br />
Publisher<br />
James Wells<br />
Editor<br />
Brittney Levinson<br />
Brittney Levinson<br />
blevinson@intermedia.com.au<br />
National Sales Team<br />
Editor<br />
Katherine Ross, Charlotte Marshall<br />
Head of Circulation<br />
Chris Blacklock<br />
ph 1800 651 422<br />
Production Manager<br />
Jacqui Cooper<br />
jacqui@intermedia.com.au<br />
Production Assistant<br />
Natasha Jara<br />
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Graphic Designer<br />
Alyssa Coundouris<br />
Prepress<br />
Tony Willson<br />
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Sales and<br />
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Charlotte Marshall<br />
cmarshall@intermedia.com.au<br />
Welcome to the May edition of<br />
<strong>Spice</strong> Magazine and our annual<br />
food and beverage issue. Having<br />
previously worked on food magazines, this<br />
issue was an exciting one for me as I got to<br />
revisit some familiar topics and speak to<br />
some great chefs and culinary leaders.<br />
In the business events industry, food<br />
and beverage is a crucial element to the<br />
success of any event. In my opinion, chefs<br />
working in event venues and conference<br />
centres have one of the toughest jobs in<br />
the industry – where else would a chef<br />
be feeding the same group of people for<br />
breakfast, lunch and dinner?<br />
These executive chefs, sous chefs, junior<br />
chefs and everyone in between have<br />
their work cut out for them, tasked with<br />
bringing new, exciting dining experiences<br />
to the plate for thousands of people every<br />
day. Catering to the masses also comes<br />
with its challenges, such as the rising<br />
number of dietary and allergy requirements<br />
to adhere to, logistics management and the<br />
increasing need for sustainable practices.<br />
All of these topics and more are covered<br />
on page 22, where I spoke to four executive<br />
chefs about the ins and outs of largescale<br />
catering. I also had the privilege of<br />
interviewing Karen Martini, ambassador<br />
chef for Trippas White Group (page 27),<br />
and Emma Yee, CEO at Peter Rowland<br />
(page 31), who shared insights into their<br />
roles and the broader hospitality industry<br />
at present.<br />
In this issue, we also announce all the<br />
deserving winners of the 2019 <strong>Spice</strong> Hot<br />
100: Hotels, Resorts & Venues (page 14),<br />
explore one of the country’s newest urban<br />
resorts (page 34) and sit down with the<br />
former White House director of events,<br />
Laura Schwartz (page 40).<br />
Enjoy the issue!<br />
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