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CHEF<br />
GUY<br />
GROSSI<br />
Guy Grossi is a leading<br />
Australian chef, presenter and<br />
food and media personality.<br />
He is the owner and head<br />
chef of Grossi Restaurants<br />
including Melbourne’s<br />
iconic Grossi Florentino, the<br />
colourful Mirka at Tolarno<br />
Hotel in St Kilda and Grossi<br />
Trattoria, Bangkok.<br />
Guy is frequently sought out to present his<br />
love and expertise in Italian cooking across<br />
many media platforms including international<br />
and national television and radio.<br />
As well as being a guest judge on Channel<br />
<strong>Seven</strong>’s My Kitchen Rules, he joined Maeve<br />
O’Mara this year as co-host of SBS’ Italian<br />
Food Safari.<br />
Guy features weekly in the Melbourne Sunday<br />
Herald Sun providing Victorians with simple,<br />
tasty recipes for the home cook.<br />
A champion of presenting Italian cooking in<br />
Australia, Guy was awarded the prestigious<br />
L’insegna Del Ristorante Italiano, by the<br />
president of Italy in 1996.<br />
Guy and Grossi Florentino are also an integral<br />
part of the Melbourne Cup and Spring Racing<br />
carnival with iconic events such as Cup Eve<br />
Luncheon and the Cup Farwell dinner hosted<br />
at the Restaurant.<br />
In 2010 Guy Grossi celebrates the Melbourne<br />
Cup’s 150th anniversary as Tour Ambassador. He<br />
will travel internationally with the Cup, designing<br />
menus for the gala dinners held worldwide.<br />
Guy has also been engaged by the Victorian<br />
Government as Victoria’s face of food and<br />
wine during the Shanghai World Expo 2010.<br />
Guy, a passionate advocate for Victoria’s<br />
culinary pedigree, will highlight the state’s<br />
premium produce to a global stage.<br />
This year saw Guy take to the stage in his<br />
own highly acclaimed production, In The Raw<br />
Dinner and Live Show with Guy Grossi and<br />
Luke Mangan. Guy shared the set with longtime<br />
friend and fellow chef Luke to deliver this<br />
cabaret-style show in Melbourne.<br />
Guy has also developed a premium<br />
quality product range, available at Grossi<br />
Restaurants and specific essential ingredient<br />
stores. His hand-crafted range include: extra<br />
virgin olive oil, grissini, antipasto, passata,<br />
antipasto, red wine vinegar, panforte and a<br />
variety of pastas just to name a few.<br />
Guy is also a committed philanthropist with<br />
particular consideration for sustainable<br />
practices and social responsibility.<br />
This year also saw legendary performer<br />
Jerry Lewis personally invite Guy to design a<br />
menu for his Muscular Dystrophy Association<br />
fundraising dinner event, of which Guy was<br />
instrumental in raising awareness and funds.<br />
Guy is also the author of two cookbooks:<br />
Guy Grossi - My Italian Heart and Grossi<br />
Florentino - Secrets & Recipes, which won<br />
the Australian Food <strong>Media</strong> Book of the Year<br />
Award in 2004.<br />
Guy lives in Melbourne with his wife Melissa<br />
and their two children, Carlo and Loredana.<br />
IRON CHEF