Lennox Hastie

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Lennox Hastie is a chef in Sydney, Australia who owns the restaurant Firedoor and was featured on Netflix Chef's Table: BBQ which aired on September 2, 2020. [1] Hastie is known for his unusual cooking techniques that use only fire without the use of electricity or gas. [2]

Lennox is originally from England and was born to a Scottish mother and an Australian father. His maternal grandmother first introduced him to cooking and he started in a professional kitchen at the age of 15 at Gravetye Manor in Sussex, England. He studied at Westminster Catering College in London and then worked and studied at Le Gavroche. He then worked for four years at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saison before moving to the Maison des Bois in France. [3] He moved from there to a pintxo bar in Spain [4] and then to work with chef Victor (Bittor) Arguinzoniz at Asador Extebarri. He learned about fire-based cooking from Arguinzoniz. [5]

He moved to Australia in 2011 to go out on his own and opened Firedoor in partnership with the Fink Group [6] in 2015. [7] [8] It is the only restaurant in Australia where everything is fueled with only fire, [9] without power or gas. [3] [1]

In 2017, he wrote the book Finding Fire: Cooking at its Most Elemental.

Awards

Hastie won the 2020 Citi Chef of the Year Award [3] and received the 17th place on the Australian Gourmet Traveller Top 100 restaurants list. [5] In 2019 he was named the best chef in delicious.100: Australia's most delicious restaurant guide. [10]

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References

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  2. ↑ Lam, Yvonne C. "Chef's Table: BBQ features Australia's Lennox Hastie". Gourmet Traveller. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  3. 1 2 3 Prikhodko, Anastasia (2019-10-24). "Cooking with fire: Firedoor's Lennox Hastie wins Chef of the Year". The CEO Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  4. ↑ "Lennox Hastie". Wine Selectors. Retrieved September 7, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  6. ↑ "Where the Best Chefs Eat: Lennox Hastie". Best Restaurants of Australia. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  7. ↑ "Chef's Table: BBQ - The Best Facts on Firedoor Restaurant". ScreenRant. 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
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