MFWF Legends

Chef/Restaurateur/Hospitality Professional

Stephanie Alexander AO
Abla Amad
Athalie and Luigi Bazzani OAM
Maggie Beer AM
Tony Bilson
George Biron
Paul Bocuse
Caterina Borsato
Walter Bourke
Frank Camorra
Antonio Carluccio OBE
Boeing Cho
Con Christopoulos
Rino Codognotto OAM
Gail Donovan
Donlevy Fitzpatrick
Richard Frank
Michelle Garnaut
Gabriel Gaté
Tansy Good
Bill Granger
Rose Gray
Vlado Gregurek OAM
Guy Grossi
Iain Hewitson
Janni Kyritsis
John and Steve Lau
Gilbert Lau
Cheong Liew OAM
Anthony Lui
Jason Lui
Mario De Pasquale and Mario Maccarone
Greg Malouf
Karen Martini
Leon Massoni
Bruce Matear AM
Andrew McConnell
Joe and Lou Molina
Philippe Mouchel
Mietta O’Donnell
Leo Pellegrini
Neil Perry AM
Damien Pignolet
Jean-Paul Prunetti
Jacques Reymond
Ruth Rogers
Vincent Rosales
Michel Roux
Peter Rowland OAM
Hermann Schneider
Jimmy Shu
Patrizia Simone
Ben Shewry (Trailblazer)
Gloria Staley
Maurizio Terzini
David Triaca
Mario Virgona
Raph Rashid (Trailblazer)
Kate Reid (Trailblazer)
Alla Wolf-Tasker AM
Stefano de Pieri
Ronnie di Stasio
Mike Russell (Trailblazer)
Frank van Haandel
John van Haandel
Jung Eun Chae (Trailblazer)
Shannon Martinez (Trailblazer)
Thi Le (Trailblazer)
Dan Hunter
Tom Sarafian (Trailblazer)
Chris Young
Nagesh Seethiah (Trailblazer)

Food Producer/Retailer/Advocate

Con Andronis
David Blackmore
Julie and Sandy Cameron
Canals family
Bruce Collis
John Dench
Gino di Santo
Bronwyn and Geoff Dobson
Leo Donati
Mark Dundon
Sharon Flynn
Jonathan Gianfreda
Giancarlo Giusti
Gary McBean
Ian Milburn
Carla Meurs and Ann-Marie Monda
Michael Mow
Damian Pike OAM
John Portelli
Alan Rundell
Hermann Schulz
Seymour family
Miranda Sharp
Will Studd
Richard Thomas
Syd Weddell
Simon Schulz (Trailblazer)
Judy Croagh
John Rivera (Trailblazer)
Allen & Lizette Snaith
Sava Goto (Trailblazer)

Beverage Producer/Retailer/Advocate

Stuart Anderson
John Brown
Ross Brown
Richard Buller
Pat Carmody
Bruce Chalmers OAM
Bill Chambers
Tash Conte
Garry Crittenden
Doug Crittenden
Otto Dal Zotto
Dr Guill de Pury
Sandra de Pury
John Ellis
Len Evans AO OBE
Gary Farr
Fleur Studd (Trailblazer)
Jessica and Paul Ghaie
James Halliday AM
Ian Hickinbotham OAM
Phillip Jones
George Kerridge
Norman Killeen
Rick Kinzbrunner
Ron Laughton
David Lawler
Trevor Mast
Ian McKenzie
Dr John Middleton
Mick Morris
Dan Murphy
Dominique Portet
Alister Purbrick
Kathleen Quealy
George Sutherland Smith
Viv Thomson
John Thomson
Matthew Bax (Trailblazer)
Alan Watson
Nat White OAM
Mack Forbes
Imogen Hayes & Christina Trabucco (Trailblazers)
Michael Dhillon
Aaron Trotman (Trailblazer)

Communicator/Educator 

Max Allen
Clive Blazey
Ross Campbell
Elizabeth Chong AM
Richard Cornish
Madame Wivine de Stoop
Jill Dupleix
Terry Durack
Rita Erlich
Claude Forell
Roslyn Grundy
Diane Holuigue OAM
Roy Moorfield
Dr John Nieuwenhuysen
Anne O’Donovan AO
Steven Pallett
Bruce Pascoe
Jeni Port
Matt Preston
Colin Richardson
Beverley Sutherland Smith
Cam Smith
Tony Tan
Dani Valent
Ray Way PSM
Natalie Paull
Julia Busuttil Nishimura (Trailblazer)
Tim White & Amanda Schulze
Alice Zaslavsky (Trailblazer)

Local Hero

Sonia Anthony
Hana Assafiri
Melissa Connors
John Downes
Sallie Jones
Sisto Malaspina
Luke Mangan OAM
Nino Pangrazio
John Reid
Loretta Bolotin (Trailblazer)
Annie Smithers
Gerald Diffey
Chayse & Blayne Bertoncello (Trailblazers)
Gabrielle & Chris Moore
Hamed Allahyari (Trailblazer)

Sustainability Champions

Jo Barrett (Trailblazer)
Matt Stone (Trailblazer)
Joost Bakker
Ian and Simone Carson
Hayley Purbrick
Duncan & Jan Thompson
Ninna Larsen (Trailblazer)
Tammi & Stuart Jones
Gabriel Tucker, Max Moolman & Bridget Lansell (Trailblazers)

Honorary Legends

Pamela Bakes
Peter Clemenger AM AO
John Haddad AO
Kevin Luscombe
Judy Matear
Natalie O’Brien AM

Each year, MFWF calls for nominations from the existing Legends Hall of Fame and the hospitality sector. To be nominated as a Legend, a person must demonstrate at least 15 years of service to the Victorian food and drink industry and an outstanding contribution to the industry through innovation or education, as well as a proven record in inspiring and informing the public on Victoria’s rich food and drink culture.

From the longlist, a panel of advisors from the industry selects the year’s inductees to the Hall of Fame across six categories:

• Food Producer, Retailer, Advocate

• Communicator, Educator

• Drink Producer, Retailer, Advocate

• Chef, Restaurateur, Hospitality Professional

• Local Hero

• Sustainability Champion

To be nominated as a Trailblazer, a person must be 40 years of age or younger and have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the Victorian food and drink industry. The nominee must be professionally engaged in the Victorian food and drink trade – whether as a chef, sommelier, winemaker, journalist, caterer, producer, restaurateur, educator, retailer or another aspect of hospitality.