Mark Olive: meet the chef | Gourmet Traveller

Watch: Mark Olive on “bush tucker” and fighting for food on The Chefs’ Line

The chef and TV presenter on growing up in Wollongong, the magic of cooking, and putting kangaroo on his restaurant menu in the '90s.

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Mark Olive is as comfortable in front of the camera as he is behind the pans. Here, the chef, presenter of On Country Kitchen and co-judge of The Chefs’ Line shares his memories of growing up in Wollongong, cooking with “weird” native ingredients in the ’90s, and his love of disco.

On Country Kitchen screens on NITV on Wednesdays, 7.30pm

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