I’m a Le Cordon Bleu culinary institute trained chef in addition to being a licensed accredited clinical nutritionist.

With over 20 years of cooking around the world and a keen focus on fresh healthy seasonal ingredients, I turn the ingredients into dishes that delight the palate and eyes. Classically trained in French I also like to cook Asian Fusion and Mod Oz to Mediterrean to foods combinations that heal.

I have been the head health chef for King Salman and Her Majesty in Saudi Arabia to more recently The Executive Chef & Culinary Nutritionist at the multi award winning health spa Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat.

I look forward to creating a nourishing delicious dining experience for you.

For me, cooking is...

A journey of all the senses and has an incredible impact on the body and mental wellbeing.

I learned to cook at...

Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute and the knees of my fathers European chefs.

A cooking secret...

I love cooking and I use only the freshest produce and organic where possible.

My menus

Traditional English & Classical French

STARTER

All inclusive

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

~ Smoked ham broth with cabbage & quail eggs

~ Lemon Cod fishcakes with horseradish & mustard tartare sauce

~ Beetroot cured ocean trout with Pickled beets

& quail eggs ~ Porcini, enoki & shiitake consommé with tarragon & black oil

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

~ Roast pork loin with Jerusalem artichoke & caramelised pears ~ Braised beef cheeks with pickled beetroot & horseradish & mustard crème fraise

Classic roast beef rib-eye with Yorkshire puddings, green beans, potato gratin & red wine sauce

~ Baked cod with sorrel & lemon meunière sauce

~ Slow cooked rosemary lamb with roast kifler potatoes, preserved lemon, podded peas, gravy & mint jelly

Traditional lamb & fennel Sheppard’s pie with kifler potato crusted mash

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Steamed Mandarin & Treacle pudding with creme anglaise

~ Chocolate & Earl Grey tea tart with chantilly cream

Warm chocolate fondants & stewed raspberries & vanilla bean ice cream

Plum & almond tart with double cream

Asian Fusion Menu

STARTER

All inclusive

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Miang of caramelised prawn with fingerlime caviar on betel leaf

Tom Yum Soup w charred Kumquats and lemongrass

Duck Chinese Pancake w julienne Asian Greens

Lime chicken mint larb salad with roasted rice & peanuts

MAIN COURSE

Choose 2 dishes

Penang Duck Curry with eggplant pea and holy basil & coriander coconut rice

Baked orange sesame sticky salmon with miso spinach & roast sweet potato

Asian braised short ribs in star anise braise reduction with edamame & Asian greens

Lemongrass & holy basil chicken with coconut rice with peanut crunch

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Caraibe chocolate mousse with jaffa orange chocolate sand and praline

Chocolate and coconut marquis with lime and coconut sorbet

Chocolate ganache torte with raspberry pearls & chantilly cream

Chocolate Tiramasu

Mediterrean Menu

STARTER

Choose 1 dish

Smokey grilled grapes with fresh burrata & purple basil

Morrocan Meatballs with pomegranate glaze

FIRST COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Herb mushroom pate with lemon cashew cream & carraway seed wafers

Tartare of Yellowtail Kingfish with green tomato jelly

Beetroot persian fetta tart with lemon tahini

Charred scallops fennel salad with pumpkin puree & caramelised sticky blood orange glaze

MAIN COURSE

Choose 1 dish

Slow cooked wild caught sockeye salmon w tarator crust pomegranate tahini sauce and asparagus with pinenut breadcrumbs

Handmade potato gnocchi with slow cooked organic Grey Murray oxtail ragout

Poached organic buttermilk lemongrass chicken breast on a bed of tomato basil & saffron ragu

Roast pork cutlets with star anise hibiscus poached pears & mustard sauce

DESSERT

Choose 1 dish

Caraibe chocolate mousse with jaffa orange

Rose pistachio pannacotta tart

Blancmange with lemon honey pear & fennel almonds

Rose wine jelly layered w brandy orange almond cake, brandy creme anglaise & meringue tops

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Chef Dane's reviews

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Chef Dane delivered a fantastic culinary experience overall. She was professional and easy to communicate with, leaving the kitchen in impeccable condition. Her delicious food and thoughtful gesture of supplying extra plates and cutlery made the evening even more enjoyable. I would definitely recommend Chef Dane to anyone looking for a reliable and talented personal chef.

The food was absolutely delicious and presented beautifully. Dane was a very polite and fabulous chef who knew a lot about food. We Highly recommend having her in your home for a dinner party!