This page features some of the spicey highlights of Athol's food adventures around the world.

fiji- Outrigger on the Lagoon
Fiji's premiere 5 star resort outrigger on the lagoon fiji
fiji- Castaway Island

"Athol Wark has been working at Castaway Island, on of the South Pacific's top 10 best island resorts...."

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Castaway Island Web Site

 

Molecular Chefs -it's time to come back down to earth

Feb 8, 2009 in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

Executive chef Athol Wark has catered to highly discerning palates in Europe, Japan and the United States. But when it comes to serving faddish plates of foam and molecules, he’s not interested. “Molecular cuisine undoubtedly has that ‘wow’ factor with its dry ice, gels and foams,” says Wark. “But I’m unconvinced that it’s much more than small serves, reduced taste and exorbitant expense.”
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Honourary Ambassador for Alice Springs
"Athol Wark a worthy ambassador for Alice Springs
At its May 2007 ordinary meeting the Alice Springs Town Council appointed Athol Wark, of Warkabout Consultancy and ‘Australian Wild Foods’, to be an Honorary Ambassador for the Alice Springs community and Central Australian region...."

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Wrest Point Casino, Hobart, Tasmania

Consulting Chef to Wrest Point and kitchen mentor.

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Opening of the Desert Knowledge Business and Innovation Centre.

Desert Knowledge Australia, in partnership with the Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre and the Desert Peoples Centre opened the first building at the national Desert Knowledge Precinct in Alice Springs – The Desert Knowledge Business and Innovation Centre. Athol attended with the Central Australian Food Group, a business cluster formed under this program.

Visit www.desertknowledge.com.au for more information

Bushfoods in Central Australia - Bushfoods Food Trail
Blue Sky Red Earth Festival, Broken Hill
In 2008, Blue Sky Red Earth will celebrate regional and desert foods and will be held in conjunction with the cultural festival Red Desert Live on 11 - 12 October 2008, and will feature cooking demonstrations by Athol Wark, chef, promoter of Australian Wildfoods, and member of the Alice Desert Festival Bushfoods/Wildfoods Committee in Alice Springs. blue sky red earth food festival
Upcoming Projects on the go .... watch this space!
Athol is doing a consultancy for Calibre Management International, who produce major events like World Expo in 2010 in Shanghai.
Southern Cross Hotel, Broken Hill - The launch of their wildfoods menu in March 2009.
 
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