Dan Hunter is an Australian chef. He owns and operates

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restaurant in

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, Victoria, which was ranked 44 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants, 2017. Hunter started his career as a dishwasher, and worked in Australia and Britain before getting a job at

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restaurant in Spain where he was chef de cuisine. He returned to Australia and worked for six years as head chef of the Royal Mail Restaurant in

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, before starting Brae in 2013. Hunter has been named Chef of the Year in both ''

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Good Food Guide'' (2012 and 2016) and ''Australian Gourmet Traveller'' (2016).

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