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CHORIZO, FETTA & WILD HERB STUFFED CHICKEN

Published September 28, 2011 by Anna Johnston

As some of you might have guessed, I’ve started a new job at a Marketing & Events company where I get to work on some of the Nations Capital finest events. We Canberran’s have some fabulous tourist venues and hospitality establishments, and I’m going to go out on a limb and say that we produce some pretty incredible stuff considering the size of our little city.

When I excepted the position at Earlybird, I found myself breathing a massive sigh of relief. You see I’ve been pretty restless & have been moving from job to job this past year, trying to find my fit, but at last I do believe I’ve found my dream job.

For years now, I have yearned to work with a dream team of people equally as passionate about the industry as I am, working on large events, events that are so big they are televised & sometimes even on an International platform.  Each day I wake feeling pumped about going into work, pure excitement runs through me as I drive the mini to work wondering…… who might I meet today? The Prime Minister perhaps? Which venue will I do a site inspection at? The National Gallery of Australia perhaps? I wonder if that exclusive client will like the copy I have written for their brand new website? Or if the design team can work with my ideas? I can’t reveal it all yet…. but stay tuned for more details. Continue Reading

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A GOOD RECIPE FOR WORKING TOGETHER

Published September 21, 2011 by Anna Johnston

A little over 10 years ago now, I entered the kitchens of the National Convention Centre in Canberra. As a senior at college, I think like most of my fellow students, I didn’t really have much of a clue what I wanted to do with my career, so it seemed like a good idea at the time to enter the Healthy Heart Cooking competition, the prize was a $1000.00 scholarship that would pay for my entire training package at the Canberra Institute of Technology cooking school if I won.  I’ve gotta be honest & tell you I really only saw the $1000.00 prize, not what the prize actually meant for my future in the industry.

Back then, I didn’t actually enjoy cooking.  You know why?  Because it meant touching food too much!  I’d used to use pink washing up gloves and a carving fork so I didn’t have to touch the chicken when I cut it up, the texture used to creep me out.  Nor did I have a very broad palette when it came to food either, pretty much every vegetable was out, although to this day Im still particular about a couple of veggies. I mean really?  Who likes Brussel Sprouts anyway? Continue Reading

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