Chef Christian Colognesi

Chef Christian Colognesi has over 20 years experience working in a number of distinguished restaurants along side with some of the most inspirational chefs around the world.

Growing up in Northern Italy meant being surrounded by notoriously good food and wine at a young age, which meant that Christian’s future as a Chef was well established before he even knew it.

Christian’s career officially began as a Chef in Milan, working in a number of distinguished restaurants, before moving to the Milan Intercontinental. The outstanding performance and the talent demonstrated gained Christian an opportunity to work with the famed Giorgio Locatelli in London in 2007.​

After many years of cooking his way around Europe, Christian moved to Sydney, where he displayed his modern Italian cuisine as the Head Chef at places like the Aperitivo and Bambini Trust , with numerous high scores and write-ups from the Sydney Good Food Guide.

Christian is known for his creative and contemporary style of cooking and he had been featured in numerous media publications, Two Hungry Man, Spice News, Eat Drink Play as well as international publications such as Italian Magazine.

​Christian has the trademark perpetual Italian passion for all things food and wine. When he’s not cooking, Christian can be found eating his way around Sydney or shopping at the local markets for the best seasonal produce he can lay his hands on!