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Michael Weldon
Michael hails from South Australia. An Adelaide boy at heart – Michael’s culinary tastes can easily take you on a journey from fresh food, small unique restaurants, boutique wineries and farms.
As the MasterChef 2011 runner up, he quickly became a popular and entertaining personality within the food industry. His love for cooking has only grown since this experience.
Successfully running catering companies, working as head chef, hosting cooking demonstrations, and being proud ambassador for Coles, Michael is a valuable member of the Farm to Fork team.
Louis Tikaram
Chef Louis Tikaram was raised on a 110-acre farm in Mullumbimby, on the coast of New South Wales. At an early age, he began exploring his Fijian heritage in the kitchen beside his Fijian Chinese grandmother, but his appreciation for his family’s culture and cuisine was fully developed while living in Fiji as a pre-teen.
Even if you don’t know Louis Tikaram’s name, you’ve possibly eaten the fruits of his work at Longrain, Tetsuya’s or Bentley restaurants in Sydney. It was at Longrain that Tikaram was named “2014 Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year” by the Sydney Morning Herald.
Tikaram has worked in restaurants around the globe from Barcelona to New York, he then headed to Los Angeles for the opportunity to run the kitchen at E.P. & L.P.
After six extremely successful years in the kitchen in the USA, Tikaram also featured in popular media such as “The Today Show”, CBS “This Morning” and features in “Food and Wine Magazine”, “Vice” and he also stared in an EMMY award winning episode of “The Migrant Kitchen” showcasing Tikaram & his unique culture and food in Los Angeles.
Louis has now been lured back to Australia as head chef at Stanley, a Cantonese restaurant at Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves.
When he is not working in the kitchen, Tikaram enjoys Family time with his wife and two Daughters, running and cycling, as well as surfing. A chef who maintains a profound respect for the sea and its creatures, Tikaram is a supporter of various ocean conservation advocacy groups.
Magdalena roze
Magdalena Roze is an award-winning journalist, meteorologist, food writer, and cookbook author whose passion for the land, the seasons, and what we put on our plates makes her a natural fit for the Farm to Fork family.
After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communication, Magdalena began her career behind the scenes as a researcher and producer for major networks including Nine and the BBC, before stepping in front of the camera as a television presenter and meteorologist. Over more than a decade in live television, she co-hosted Network Ten's The Project, covered two Olympic Games, reported on some of Australia's most significant natural disasters, and earned an ASTRA Award for Best News Coverage for her reporting on the Black Saturday bushfires. Her dedication to the science behind weather also saw her return to university to complete a Graduate Diploma in Atmospheric Science at Macquarie University.
Now based in Byron Bay, Magdalena has channelled her lifelong love of food and wholesome living into a thriving second act. She released her debut cookbook Happy and Whole, a celebration of nourishing, seasonal cooking, and launched the food podcast The Pass, which climbed to Number 1 on the Australian iTunes food charts. She has reviewed restaurants for the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide and Delicious Magazine, and is a sought-after MC at food festivals and culinary events across the country, having interviewed some of the world's greatest chefs including Nigella Lawson, Heston Blumenthal, and Massimo Bottura.
She brings warmth, curiosity, and genuine reverence for Australia's farmers and producers to everything she does — and now to your screen as co-host of Farm to Fork.
Courtney Roulston
The youngest of six, from a small farm in Kellyville. Taking her inspiration from Margaret Fulton’s cookbooks, Courtney’s passion for food evolved as she experimented with home cooking in the family kitchen.
Courtney’s success in the kitchen first started as a popular contestant on Series 2 of MasterChef in 2010. Since then, she has shared her passion for reinventing the humble salad in her very own book – promoting exciting dishes, using fresh, healthy ingredients.
Courtney continues to be a great influencer in the food industry. Her many accomplishments include head chef for the Sydney Swans Football Club, an ambassador for Coles, running her ever-growing catering business, and appearing at the Food and Wine Show around Australia.