Alastair McLeod | |
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Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. |
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Alastair McLeod is a Northern Ireland-Australian celebrity chef [1] He is a regular guest on Ready Steady Cook, Queensland Weekender [2] and ABC Radio. [3] Alastair also hosts his own food show ″Off the Eaten Track″ that has screened in Australia, Asia, and New Zealand. [4]
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is the son of Australian singer Candy Devine. [5] He credits his love of cooking and food to his multicultural background of Torres Strait Islander, Sri Lankan, Danish, Filipino [6] and Spanish ancestry. [7]
Alastair worked in several Michelin listed restaurants in Europe, including the Roscoff in Belfast (working for Paul Rankin), [8] and Da Giovanni restaurant in Torino, Italy, as well as other venues in Scotland and France. [9]
He is the former executive chef of Bretts Wharf Restaurant and Tank Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane.
He now owns and runs Al'FreshCo, a Brisbane catering company. [3]