Favourite chef? Cravat-wearing Fernando at Pellegrini’s, Melbourne.
Simon Westaway Q and A
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Favourite cuisine?
Italian.
Favourite place to travel?
Italy.
Favourite dish to cook?
Anything Italian.
Favourite dessert to eat?
Tartufo.
Sweet or Savoury?
Savoury.
How do you like your eggs?
Poached.
Favourite ingredient and why?
Dark chocolate and strawberries because I’ve never had a bad time that involved chocolate and strawberries.
What dish would be the way to your heart?
Honesty.
What’s your favourite tune to cook to?
Latin rhythms or Italian rock n roll.
What’s the first meal you remember cooking and was it a success or a disaster?
Wheeties, warm milk, five spoons of white sugar and half a bottle of cream. I was six or seven years old and it was absolutely delicious.
Who do you cook for the most?
Satisfied participants.
What three ingredients would you take with you to a desert island and what would you cook with them?
Strawberries, chocolate, mango and a vivid imagination.
If you were having any three people, alive or dead, over for dinner, who would they be and what would you cook for them?
I would invite Einstein because anyone that interesting you can learn from; Leonardo Da Vinci because he’s Italian and no one knows if he could cook or not, and Barack Obama to find out how we can stop having wars.
