Martin Benn is the former chef and co-owner of Sepia, a fine dining restaurant located on Sussex Street,

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Australia Benn and Sepia have won multiple accolades over the years, including the ''Australian

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'' Chef of the Year, the ''

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'' Chef of the Year and Restaurant of the Year and the ''

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'' ''Good Food Guide'' Restaurant of the Year. Benn was born in

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

, England and trained under Michel Lorrain and

Marco Pierre White Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality. He has been dubbed "the first celebrity chef" and the ''enfant terrible'' of the UK restaurant scene. In January 1995, aged 33, White became ...

. He migrated to Australia in 1996 and worked at

Tetsuya's Tetsuya's is a restaurant in Sydney, Australia, owned and operated by chef Tetsuya Wakuda. Tetsuya's cuisine is based on Australian, Japanese and classic French cuisine, and makes use of Australian ingredients. The restaurant is known for it ...

before he founded Sepia in 2009.

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