coles&co

Let's cook some fish. So what's the one? What we're doing is some videos for Coles, and we're gonna make beautiful recipes. Yes. And give people lots of tips and tricks to make them better cooks, I hope. Oh wow. It's so good. Favourite cooking memory. I guess when I was a kid I started cooking with my grannies. My granny from Yorkshire, Maudy, she made a fudge that was really delicious. I still remember running in and looking in the fridge to see if it was there. And if it wasn't, it meant we got to make it together. I’ve always been greedy and love to eat and I still am. And now I cook with my kids. It's nice that generational cooking, I used to come home from school and my mother would be making a roast, a roast leg of lamb. And I’d be like ah, yes, it's that day. It still makes me feel the same way. It's crazy. I love being a family man. I love being a dad. That's my favourite job in the world. And I spend a ton of time with my kids. I'm a big kid myself. So it's very easy. And I'm a bit naughty. And I think they like that. So if it rains, we go and jump in puddles. Do all the things that you're probably not supposed to. All of those kinds of things work but you be in charge, you decide exactly what you want to put in there. The truth is you can put whatever you want in there. Tracy is the most important lady in the house she is in charge of all the food. She's the food stylist so she makes sure that everything's there, the props, the food, the ingredients, she'll test the recipe, to make sure that I haven't made any mistakes, to make sure it all works the way it's supposed to work. Believe me. Tracy and I have worked together for a long time, don’t you call me that. The thing I love most about being a chef is I get to cook for people and watch them enjoy it. You know, it's quite a nurturing thing being a chef. I think it's really fulfilling. Imagine if you got dropped in a hot pan, you’d do this too, you’d be like ‘ouch’! That might not need to be in the recipe.

Sweet or savoury? Sweet. Beer or wine? Wine. What's your life motto?

That's big. That’s a big question. It's probably something around honesty. Whatever you're putting you get back and if you're honest and genuine then everything will work itself out. Are you a caller or a texter? I’m a caller. My Wife’s a texter and it drives me crazy. Sorry. Stop asking me hard questions, guys. The reason you don't stir a caramel, how dark can you take your caramel, and caramel sauce is done. I guess I'm saying caramel, caramel? Now I don't even know how I say it. Anyway, Burnt bloody sugar. That's the Aussie way. Ah. How perfect does that look? If I wasn't a chef, I think I'd be a gardener. I actually applied for an apprenticeship as a gardener but didn't get the job. And then I ended up as a chef, a little secret. I still love gardening. I like being outside. I grow veggies, basil, wild rocky.I do love gardening. Guys thank you so much. That was a whole lot of fun. I hope you enjoyed it too. Thanks for hanging out with me the behind the scenes. See you guys!