Three-Star Chefs 2008 - Gourmet Traveller

In the lead-up to the previous edition of the Gourmet Traveller Australian Restaurant Guide and the announcement of our Restaurant of the Year, we sat down with the chefs who were awarded three stars in the 2008 edition of the guide to talk to them about what it is that they do, and why they do it. With this year’s awards just around the corner, we thought it was a good time to revisit what the nation’s leading chefs had to say.

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PICTURED TOP (L-R) **TETSUYA WAKUDA, NEIL PERRY, CHUI LEE LUK, ARMANDO PERCUOCO

PICTURED MIDDLE (L-R) MARK BEST, GUILLAUME BRAHIMI, JUSTIN NORTH, SHANNON BENNETT

PICTURED BOTTOM (L-R) GREG DOYLE, PETER GILMORE, PETER DOYLE**

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