From his humble apprenticeship days peeling carrot after carrot, Teage Ezard is now the owner and Executive Chef of two of Melbourne's most successful and popular restaurants - Ezard and Gingerboy.
Teage talks to SkillsOne about his experience as an apprentice and how important he felt guidance and having a mentor was in the development of his career.
Teage completed his apprenticeship under the guidance of renowned chef, Hermann Schneider, whose restaurant, Two Faces, in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, was long regarded as one of Australia's best.
Now, in turn, Teage provides guidance to his own young apprentices.
Meet Emma McCaskill, one of Teage's brightest and most talented apprentices. She provides insight into her own reasons for becoming a chef and how it feels to be trained by one of the country's best.
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More Than An Education The Fifteen Foundation sets up disadvantaged youth with an opportunity to turn their life around - not only giving them a trade for life, but an opportunity to work with some of the best Chefs in the world. Founded by Jamie Oliver in London, SkillsOne talks to Tobey Puttock, who established a Fifteen restaurant in Melbourne, the Training and Development Chef, Glenn Flood, and the Fifteen Apprentices.
From his humble apprenticeship days peeling carrot after carrot, Teage Ezard is now the owner and Executive Chef of two of Melbourne's most successful and popular restaurants - Ezard and Gingerboy.
