Entries by Dominique Rizzo

How to cook Chef Dominique Rizzo’s Ekka recipes

No sooner had I packed up my chef’s gear at the Food and Wine stage at The Ekka than requests  started pouring in from many of the visitors on how to cook the recipes that I demonstrated on stage. There are lots of them too! So happy eating, cooking and entertaining.   How to cook! 1. Anchovy Pesto […]

Buy local this season’s best

Having just got back from overseas and a gluttony of all things food I have come back not only with renewed vigour, ideas and recipes but also an acute consciousness to again get onto the buy local eat seasonal with a focus on healthy winter vegetarian food with flair. 

CEO CookOff 2016 w Dominique Rizzo – That was some meal!

At the CEO CookOff, OZHarvest provided the entrée and dessert of mini meringues with whipped cream, while each of the ten chefs designed their own main dish. Middle Eastern was my cuisine, featuring spicy grilled chicken on a homemade flatbread with pumpkin hummus, fresh vegetable slaw drizzled with a yoghurt and herb dressing. It was a hit.

8 Tips for organising your fridge

To me a healthy, organised and clean fridge means a healthy body and an organised kitchen! These simple tips will have you on the way to cooking with ease, eating a wider variety of healthy foods and give you all the pleasure that you will need from your chilled kitchen companion.

Get rid of the kitchen clutter! Here are my fantastic tips on how to clean up your kitchen life, save money, save time and breeze into 2016 with a smile and a happy household.

So now what? We have re-worked the leftovers with the handy tips from foodie magazines and chefs alike, put away the decorations and are back to work, back to school and back to life as it was before the holidays. A new year has always been a fresh start for me. I take the whole New Year’s resolution very seriously, although not so much a resolution but some thoughts on what can I do this year to de stress, de-frazzle and delight my life and I think I have found it. Get rid of the kitchen clutter with these seven tips.

MY TASTE OF SICILY

Looking for the perfect cookbook to add to your collection this Christmas? Chef Dominique Rizzo’s ‘My Taste of Sicily’ is now fully stocked and ready for purchase in store or online for $39.95.