http://www.kingfisherscafe.com.au/
A little while before I started writing this food blog, on the behest of my in-laws I visited a restaurant that had quite enamoured them. Knowing that I was a foodie and that I loved the idea of great chefs producing amazing food, they thought they could surprise me with a local restaurant. I might add that they live in Toowoomba and I was pretty certain that I would not be impressed by what I found.
A little while before I started writing this food blog, on the behest of my in-laws I visited a restaurant that had quite enamoured them. Knowing that I was a foodie and that I loved the idea of great chefs producing amazing food, they thought they could surprise me with a local restaurant. I might add that they live in Toowoomba and I was pretty certain that I would not be impressed by what I found.
The restaurant was the Kingfisher Cafe and a little investigation prior to our trek out to Toowoomba had me intrigued. I found myself looking at the story of a young chef who grew up in Toowoomba but had dreams, big dreams. A chef who spent some time in Canada before heading to London to spend two years working with Cheffing royalty. The young chef's name was Rick Osborne and he somehow found himself learning from Albert Roux and Michel Roux Jnr in a little restaurant called Le Gavroche, one of the most prestigious two Michelin Starred restaurants in Europe.
As if that was not enough, a stint back in Australia at Vue De Monde with one of Australias finest chefs Shannon Bennett was next. When working with some of the best chefs in the world and then coming back and working with arguably the best chef in Australia, it would seem that the next logical step would be to open a fine dining establishment in a major city....
