Bottom of the World
Welcome to Bottom of the World - the podcast where we chat life in Lutruwita/Tasmania with the people who call it home, or create their own stories here. This is your guide to what makes life on this little island feel so big.
Image: Stu Gibson
Bottom of the World
Luke Burgess - Chef
With a kitchen pedigree that includes Tetsuya's in Sydney and Copenhagen's Noma, chef, photographer and environmental advocate Luke Burgess opened Garagistes in Nipaluna/Hobart in 2010. The restaurant gained quick public and industry acclaim, going on to place 17th in Gourmet Traveller's Top 100 Restaurants in Australia list, and being largely credited to this day with putting Tassie on the map for fine dining.
On the eve of the opening of his new restaurant - Scholé - Emma Azon-Jacometti and Amanda Vallis pinned Luke down for a chat about his hopes for a more sustainable future Tasmania, the best and worst things about life down here, and just how much the culinary scene has changed in his 15 years at the bottom of the world.