Australia Restaurant industry honours achievers

The Restaurant & Catering Industry Association has acknowledged and noted six individuals at their yearly Lifetime successes presentation dinner party, nursed on Tuesday 9 March 2010.

The annual grants night, the 7th since the plan was established in 2003, was held at Parliament House in Canberra and was attended to by previous recipients of the award, as well as over fifty MPs.

The Lifetime winner plan was established by RCIA to admit those individuals who have made a dedication and donation to the restaurant and catering industry throughout their lives.

The recipients of the awards, and RCIA’s listings of their achievements, were:
VIC – Alla Wolf Tasker
Over the past three decades Alla hasn’t only assembled a expanding business with her husband in regional Victoria, the Lake House in Daylesford, she has likewise worked inexhaustibly for the development of the tourism and hospitality industries by freely applying her time and expertise.

WA – Dawn Davies
Dawn owned the celebrated Oyster Beds Restaurant on the Swan River for 23 years, in that time reconstructing it so it didn’t get overflowing on high tide, while turning it into the first holidaymaker attraction where she hosted several functions and parties, raising money for charity.

SA – Cheong Liew
Cheong is one of South Australia’s most long-familiar chefs and has passed the last fifteen years in charge of the Grange Kitchen at the honored Hilton Hotel in Adelaide.

NSW – Raymond Kersch and Jennice Kersch
Raymond, as chef, and Jennice, as queen of front-of-house, are a brother and sister team who have captivated Sydney diners with their innovational employ of aboriginal ingredients, converting bush tucker into haute cuisine.

QLD – Michel Flores
Michel has spent the past thirty years in Townsville contributing five very contrary styled restaurants into existence, all of which have been privileged by the locals and holidaymakers in the region, while also being accountable for a large number if trainees.

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