Margan head chef wins annual Food Fight
Margan head chef Thomas Boyd has triumphed at the Hunter Culinary Association's 10th annual Food Fight, with his milk parfait with macadamia, honey and thyme dessert winning the popular vote.
He beat off competition from Eilish Maloney (formerly Saint Peter Paddington), Troy Crisante (Quay Restaurant) and George Mirosevich (Restaurant Mason).
Judged by the 320 diners themselves, Malone created a first course of dry-aged snapper with last season's birch fermented tomatoes and preserved lemon. This was followed by nduja with peas and black olive, and for the third course he served a roast and braised lamb with garlic and Jerusalem artichoke.
"I was very confident with the preparation of the dish itself. We've been working on it for a while and I thought it was a good contender but seeing the quality of the food from the other chefs was a little bit rattling," Boyd told Food & Wine.
"We've all worked together and we all have a very high standard when it comes to food and everyone was definitely on point on Monday."
The long running competition is Hunter Culinary Association's signature fundraising event.
Hunter Valley restaurateur, chef and culinary advocate Andrew Wright of The Cellar Restaurant and The Wood Restaurant was awarded Outstanding Contribution by an Individual.
Sheridan Randall, 19th June 2019
