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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The club industry in Australia is probably the most generous segment of our in... [More]

There is an increasing problem with cooking industry personnal (cooks) not standing up and having there own opinion. My example is, get a group of cooks together and ask them for an opinion on convienance foods. As soon as the first one says "in my litchen we make everything" generally the rest will... [More]

It is no wonder that some employers shake there head at the quality of trades people we present at times. i had a friend complain to me how his chef even though was a great guy was totally incompetant. i found it hard to accept so i went to see this guy in action. oh my god words cannot describe the... [More]

It always amazes me that chefs seem to think if they read a dish they too can perform the task. Here is my example, the "Twice cooked pork belly" appears on many menues. pork belly is not an easy product to cook, if you want to do it asian style as most seem to, you first need to select the right pi... [More]

Interestingly I sat beside an elderly jewish gentleman on the way back to the Sunshine coast from Melbourne. my guess is he was about 75 years young. he told me he had been coming to the Sunshine coast for 35 years having a holiday and that he was a developer. I mentioned that he must have seen a lo... [More]

i read in Open house this month that the ACT government had finially cracked down on what we have known for years. The dodgy activities of some asian restaurants in all our states. i am so pleased that an acredited body is actually taking a stance, the operational activites in this area we have know... [More]

I have had about enough of the administraion duties placed on Chefs. I was hosting a dinner on Monday night, prior to the event starting i spent some time with the executive chef who showed me the latest and greatest folder of documents to be filled in on a daily basis. We discussed what a load of c... [More]

  Xtreme in 2009 Hectic is a short word that I would describe 2009, combined with the uncertainties of the economic climate has made this year very challenging. However the Xtreme team has flourished during 2009, re-evaluating our direction and planning to enable us a very strong platform of... [More]

  We can now add consultants to the Beijing Olympics to our impressive client list. This is as a major achievement in 2008. While we are battling the winter cold in Australia, a 3 member X-Treme Team are at the Olympics in Beijing going full steam ahead. They are busy implementing all the pla... [More]

Welcome to the seventh edition of Main Course. Happy Reading!   You thought the guys were busy; well X-Treme Consulting has found new ways to increase productivity and become even more wound (yes it is possible).   An early gold for the X-Team  Global travel is on the ... [More]

Welcome to another helping of Main Course. The second quarter of 2007 has snuck up on us quickly, hasn’t it? But then, there has been a lot to keep the X-Treme team occupied over the last few months… Peter and I remain busy with existing X-Treme projects, plus continue to lo... [More]