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24 August 2009

In a major culinary coup, well known Australian chef, Pete Evans, heads to Faraway Bay, The Bush Camp in WA's East Kimberley next month to lead a special celebrity Cooking School.

The Pete Evans Cooking School will be staged over four days from September 27th to October 1st, 2009.

Recently appearing on Network Ten's hit show Master Chef Australia, Pete is one of the country's best known chefs.

Faraway Bay owner Bruce Ellison said he was very pleased Pete and Pete's fishing-mad brother in law Udo Edlinger would be joining them at the award winning property to pass on his skills and knowledge.

"Pete has stayed with us at Faraway Bay on holiday - we all got on so well and Pete was keen to come back, so we thought it was a great opportunity to work together," said Bruce.

Pete said he and Udo were excited to be returning to the East Kimberley.

"I heard about Faraway Bay through their chef Gary Fishwick, saw it on the web site and booked in the next day - and when I got there it was even better than I expected," said Pete.

"The staff are fabulous, Bruce's laugh is infectious, the landscape is some of the best I've witnessed, and of course the fishing just tops it off."

"You eat so well at Faraway Bay because you catch dinner every day - plus the guys put on a great spread for breakfast, lunch and dinner."

As part of the cooking school guests would enjoy camp oven cooking lessons, learn the art of cleaning and filleting a fresh fish, and experience a big range of seafood recipes.

"If you love seafood then you'll be in great company - we will travel around the world with our flavours and keep it simple and delicious," said Pete.

"The lessons will be informative, entertaining and hopefully inspirational," he said.

The action will take place in the open-air Eagle Lodge, perched on a headland overlooking the tranquil waters of Faraway Bay.
With no walls, Eagle Lodge is ideally suited to the climate and the spectacular setting which combines guest lounging, croc-spotting, cooking and dining, all in one dramatic location.
The flavour is laid-back and informal with guests able to be as hands on as they please.

There is also plenty of time for excursions and activities including fishing.

The four day Pete Evans Cooking School package is an experience of a lifetime and includes:

1. Air transfers from Kununurra
2. The Cooking School
3. Meals and beverages
4. Accommodation in a cabin with extraordinary 180 degree views of the bay
5. Sightseeing and excursions during the day including boating to the magnificent twin falls on the King George River, fishing, exploring ancient rock art and more.
6. A special recipe cook book from the menus created

 

Plans are afoot for the Pete Evans Cooking School to become an annual event.

The cooking school is open to 12 fortunate guests only and space is strictly limited.

Prices start from $4,600 per person. For more information ph 08 9169 1214.

Pete Evans Background

After opening his first restaurant, The Pantry, in Melbourne's bay side suburb of Brighton in 1993, Pete moved to Sydney in 1996 with his brother Dave and established his second restaurant Hugo's in Bondi, followed by Hugos Lounge in Kings Cross in 2000, Hugos Bar Pizza in 2004 and his most recent venture Hugos Manly in 2008.

Along with his restaurants Pete has been in front of the camera for the last 8 years as a TV presenter. Pete's work includes over 60 episodes of "Home" a lifestyle program, a one-hour behind-the-scenes documentary, "Cooking For Our Princess Mary" and the series "FISH" which saw Pete & his fishing mad brother in-law 'Udo' travel around Australia catching & cooking the freshest catch. Pete's most recent role was the host of Channel 9's number 1 daily cooking show "FRESH",

Pete has a passion for writing and his first book "Fish" a collection of over 130 fish and seafood recipes from Australian and New Zealand species, was published by Murdoch Books in August 2007 and is currently up to its 4th reprint. His second book is titled "My Table - food for entertaining" and was released in November 2008 and his most recent book, all about the art of barbequing and grilling has recently been launched (August 2009).

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