Andrew Cibej

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Andrew Cibej
Born (1970-02-02) 2 February 1970 (age 52)
Education Newington College
(1982–1987)
Culinary career
Cooking styleItalian enoteca style
Current restaurant(s)
  • Vini Surry Hills
    Berta Sydney
    121BC Sydney
    121BC Hong Kong
    Billy Kwong Potts Point with Kylie Kwong. "Ester", Chippendale. "Bacco", Sydney,

Andrew David Cibej (born 2 February 1970) is an Australian chef and restaurateur in Sydney and Hong Kong. [1] He currently executive chef at Bacco Osteria in Angel Place, Sydney. [2]

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Family and education

Cibej is of Italian and Australian descent. His surname (pronounced Chee-bay) is of Slovenian origin, although his father's family is from Friuli, in the north-eastern corner of Italy. He was born in Sydney, grew up in the riverside suburb of Gladesville and attended Newington College (1982–1987). [3] In 1988, he commenced studying law at the University of Sydney but without graduating left Australia for Canada. [4]

Chef and restaurateur

In Canada, Cibej worked in a pizza shop and on his return to Sydney he worked in the kitchen at Tetsuya's in Rozelle. In 1999 he went to Italy and ran a restaurant near Florence for two years before working in Rome for six months. He returned to Australia in 2002 and three years later opened Vini in Surry Hills. His next restaurant was Berta in Alberta Street, Sydney, in a laneway bounded by Elizabeth, Goulburn, Wentworth and Liverpool streets All these businesses closed or were sold around 2018. . [5] In 2010 he opened 121BC, a cantina and enoteca in Sydney [6] before branching out in Hong Kong in 2013. [7] In 2017 he opened Bacco in Ash Street, Sydney.

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References

  1. Sydney wine bar owner takes on Hong Kong Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. Broadsheet Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp35
  4. Guest chef Andrew Cibej Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  5. Berta – Good ideas to share Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  6. 121BC Cantina & Enoteca Retrieved 12 August.
  7. 121BC Hong Kong Retrieved 12 August 2014.