CUPPA OF LIFE VIRTUAL CAFE

What a great way to kick off the year as we interviewed the incredible Nick Vujicic

Nick is an Australian-American man who was born limbless, he will share his personal stories and unique perspectives and inspire you with life lessons, truths and attitudes needed for your own personal growth and development so, like him, you can rise above any challenge!

Hear how this well-loved chef has gotten creative during lockdown and has been helping out his community during these hard times.

Dublin born Colin Fassnidge was the Executive Chef at the Four in Hand for over ten years. Colin's second venture, 4Fourteen, reimagined family meals that he had in his youth. Next he helped reinvigorate a run-down local suburban pub, the Banksia Hotel, which reignited his love of pub dining. Colin's creative yet refined take on the nose-to-tail food philosophy turned this unassuming pub dining room into an awarded and celebrated dining destination. Colin's opinions and honesty led him to appear as a judge on Channel 7's ratings winner 'My Kitchen Rules' and during Covid he started offering online cooking classes from his own kitchen.

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Talk about a FUN chat! Grab your cuppa and have a listen to one of TV's favourite (and cheeky) Chefs Manu

After arriving in Australia in 1999, Manu Feildel first appeared on Australian television with Ready Steady Cook. Since then he has become one of the most popular personalities on Australian television as co-host of the successful "My Kitchen Rules". Manu has also been a judge on 'Australia's Got Talent', he won the 2011 series of Dancing with the Stars and he'll soon appear in a new cooking show called Plate of Origin. Prior to appearing on our screens, Manu was the Executive Chef in several popular Sydney restaurants, opened his first restaurant L'etoile in Paddington, Sydney, where he was awarded a Chef's Hat and he's also the author of 4 cookbooks.

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What an incredible conversation we had with Jock about his career and his work preserving indigenous ingredients.

Jock Zonfrillo is a Scottish born chef who got his start working for Marco Pierre White before travelling to Australia to work at Restaurant Forty-One in Sydney. Jock then moved to Adelaide where he opened up Restaurant Orana and started his not-for-profit, The Orana Foundation to preserve the sophisticated cooking techniques and ingredients of The First Australians. This season, Jock became one of the new judges on MasterChef Australia and is currently filming MasterChef Junior.

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Hear from one of Australia's most awarded chefs in Australia on how he's stayed at the top of his game for 18 years.

Peter Gilmore is the Executive Chef at two of Australia's most exciting restaurants; Bennelong at the Sydney Opera House & Quay, which has been awarded Three Chefs Hats for an unprecedented 18 years and included in The World's 50 Best Restaurants since 2009, making Peter one of the most awarded chefs in Australia. Peter describes his cuisine as food inspired by nature and as a passionate gardener himself, he was one of the first chefs in Australia to embrace heirloom varieties of vegetables and continues to work in partnership with small and artisan producers. Peter is also a regular guest chef and judge on MasterChef which featured one of his most famous creations, the Snow Egg.

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Enjoy this morning chat with Alice as she helps join the dots between cuisine, culture and the environment.

Alice Zaslavsky is widely recognised for her modern, accessible approach to cooking and eating, her expertise as a champion food judge, critic, writer and food literacy advocate, and her penchant for puns and spectacular spectacles. The former head of department-turned-MasterChef Australia crowd favourite has been a TV and radio host and is the resident Culinary Correspondent on ABC News Breakfast. Her latest cookbook, In Praise of Veg, topped the best-selling cookbooks list before even hitting the shelves.

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Justin shares his thoughts on how to evolve and shift with the changing workplace and share the lessons he's learned along the way in terms of leadership

Justin Dry launched his wine company Vinomofo in April 2011 from a little garage in Adelaide and it's become one of Australia's fastest-growing companies, as well as being listed as one of Australia's best places to work. Justin, a natural born entrepreneur, and wine geek, created the company with his brother-in-law because they wanted to share good wines, keep it real (in other words, not be wankers about it!), and have fun. They created Australia's first online wine community site, where they have been able to unite a tribe of other wine geeks with a mutual love of wine, food and adventure.

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It's so important to create and follow your dreams because by dreaming, we can all help make the world a better place, starting with us!

Kristina Karlsson is the Founder and Creative Director of global Swedish design and stationery business, kikki.K. After growing up on a small farm in country Sweden, at the age of 22 Kristina found herself in a new country, half a world away from family and friends, with little money and no idea what to do with her life. So what was a girl to do? Imagine what her dream life could look like - and then make it happen. Kristina is on a mission to encourage people the world over to create and follow their own dreams. She wants 101 million people to write their own dreams on paper and set about bringing them to life.

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Jules and Cam met and fell in love on Married At First Site and are now expecting their first baby! In addition to being Australia's Sweethearts as TV personalities, Jules calls herself a 'purpose-driven' female entrepreneur, as the Founder and Director of Figur - an uplifting and sophisticated brand providing shapewear for women of all shapes and sizes. It is also a movement, building an inspired community of women who believe in each other and in celebrating 'bodies of purpose'. Cam, who was previously a professional cricketer, is now happy in front of any type of camera, talking sports or entertainment and has recently signed on as a proud Ambassador for Gotcha4Life.

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Fiona became a household name back in 2005 when she appeared as a contestant on the first-ever Australian series of the reality weight-loss show The Biggest Loser. She had both national and international success as a plus-size model until she decided to step back, this time in front of the camera to host the show herself. Fiona and her fiancé Hayley Willis have been trying to have a baby and are now share the real truths about their journey through their podcast, What the IVF!

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