Alastair McLeod

Alastair McLeod
Born
Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K.
MotherCandy Devine
Culinary career
Television show

Alastair McLeod is a Northern Ireland-Australian celebrity chef.[1] He is a regular guest on Ready Steady Cook, Queensland Weekender[2] and ABC Radio. Alastair also hosts his own food show ″Off the Eaten Track″ that has screened in Australia, Asia, and New Zealand.[3]

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he is the son of Australian singer Candy Devine.[4] He credits his love of cooking and food to his multicultural background of Torres Strait Islander, Sri Lankan, Danish, Filipino[5] and Spanish ancestry.[6]

Alastair worked in several Michelin listed restaurants in Europe, including the Roscoff in Belfast (working for Paul Rankin),[7] and Da Giovanni restaurant in Turin, Italy, as well as other venues in Scotland and France.[8]

He is the former executive chef of Bretts Wharf Restaurant and Tank Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane.

He now owns and runs Al'FreshCo, a Brisbane catering company.

References

  1. ↑ "Love food, will travel". UQ News.
  2. ↑ "Queensland Weekender". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Off the Eaten Track". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Me and my health: Candy Devine". Belfast Telegraph.
  5. ↑ "Alastair McLeod - off the Eaten Track". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Goltz, Helen (3 December 2013). "The Cooks behind the Chefs". Bmag Magazine. pp. 44–45.
  7. ↑ "Host and Chefs Biographies - Ready Steady Cook". Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Our Chef « Bretts Wharf". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
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