Adrian Richardson is an Australian chef and television presenter.
Richardson has hosted a number of food shows and is most widely known for being the ''Bad Chef'' in
Good Chef Bad Chef
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and appearing with chefs
Manu Feildel,
Gary Mehigan
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Career Chef
Mehigan trained at The Connaught and Le Souffle in ...
and
Miguel Maestre
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Maestre has presented TV programmes ''Mig ...
in
Boys Weekend. He is owner and head chef at the La Luna restaurant in North Carlton and Bouvier Bar in Brunswick, Melbourne.
Career
Richardson started working in cafes to pay for pilot lessons. He obtained his pilots license when he was 16.
Chef
Richardson started in Melbourne at the Victoria Arts Centre and has worked at Le Restaurant at The Regent Hotel, and O’Connell's Hotel with
Greg Malouf
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Television
Books
* ''MEAT'', Hardcover (2008):
* ''The Good Life'', Pan Macmillan, Hardcover (2011).
Personal life
Richardson has a family history of chefs. He went to school at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. His grandfather ran the Balzac restaurant in East Melbourne and he has uncles who were also chefs.
References
Living people
Australian television chefs
Australian restaurateurs
Year of birth missing (living people)
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