Shannon Bennett

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Shannon Bennett
Born (1975-11-23) 23 November 1975 (age 49)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)Chef, author
Partner Madeleine West (2005–2018)
Children6
Website www.vuedemonde.com.au

Shannon Bennett (born 23 November 1975) [1] is an Australian chef and author. He is best known as the head chef of restaurant Vue de Monde at Melbourne's Rialto Tower. Bennett currently serves as the creative director at the restaurant and its parent company Vue Groups, [2] having previously been the executive chef. He has made many appearances as a guest judge on the popular cooking show MasterChef Australia .

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Bennett also owns and operates several other hospitality venues in Melbourne – Vue Events at Rialto, The Lui Bar, Bistro Vue, Benny Burger and Café Vue in two locations - and has written six books. He has appeared on a number of Australian food television shows and he is a brand ambassador for Miele and Audi and Nespresso. [3]

Biography

Bennett was raised in Westmeadows, Victoria. He attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. Together with classmate Curtis Stone, Bennett realised a passion for cooking and he was subsequently introduced to the restaurant trade by his uncle Tom. Bennett completed his apprenticeship at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne before working overseas and then returning to Melbourne to open Vue de monde. [4]

Bennett was in a relationship with Australian actress Madeleine West from 2005 to 2018. [5] The couple have six children. [6]

Career

Bennett trained at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne for 3 years as an apprentice before working for John Burton Race for 2 years, Marco Pierre White for over 2 years, and Alain Ducasse at Hotel de Paris for a year. [7] In 2003, he was awarded Gourmet Traveller Magazine's inaugural Best New Talent title. Bennett relocated the restaurant in 2005 to Melbourne's CBD.

Bennett was invited to be the first Australian member of the associations Jeunes Restaurateurs D’Europe and Le Grand Tables Du Monde. In 2007 Bennett was a guest chef at New York's Star Chefs Congress. Vue de monde was awarded Restaurant of the Year in The Age Good Food Guide, 2013 and 2014. [8]

Bennett's current projects include the complete redevelopment of the Burnham Beeches property while the Vietnamese/French-twist food establishment, "Jardin Tan" opened in July 2014 in Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens. [9] [10]

Controversy

In 2018, Bennett received considerable attention in the media over a series of unpaid bills including the alleged underpayment and overworking of his staff at the Vue-de-Monde restaurant. [11] [12]

Further media attention was also given as to his refusal to pay a long outstanding debt over the installation of a $10,000 crayfish tank at his restaurant, [13] although the matter was resolved in early 2018 with details of the settlement hidden within a confidentiality agreement.

A national current affairs television program also ran a story with more examples of unpaid bills to local builders involved in the building of Bennett's multimillion-dollar South Yarra mansion in Melbourne. [14] The story also covered concerns raised by residents regarding the current state of disrepair of the Norris building, the proposed removal of the National Trust listed Beech trees and other issues surrounding Bennett's proposed new development of the Burnham Beeches Estate in the Yarra Valley.

Books

Accolades

Hospitality Design
Sustainability Advancement Award

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References

  1. ↑ Shannon, Bennett (2007). My Vue: Modern French Cookery. Simon & Schuster Australia. ISBN   9780731813216.
  2. ↑ "People". Vue de monde. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Mohajer, Mahsa. "Vue de monde official website". www.vuedemonde.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Shannon, Bennett (2013). 28 Days in Provence: Food and Family in the Heart of France. Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN   9780522858075.
  5. ↑ "MasterChef's Shannon Bennett and Madeleine West split". www.msn.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. ↑ McLaughlin, Chelsea (2 November 2018). "Madeleine West on being a single mum to six children after her split from Shannon Bennett". Mamamia. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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  11. ↑ "VUE-DE-MONDE UNDERPAID WORKERS" . Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Vue de monde celebrity chef in hot water over unpaid bills" . Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Celebrity chef shannon bennett refuses to shell out on lobster tank".
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