Grant King - Culinary Wizzard


Named the No.1 Chef in Australia. Now Cooking at Your Table.

Grant King is one of the most decorated chefs in Australian fine dining.

He took The Pier from two chef hats to three, and held them for five consecutive years. Under him it was named Gourmet Traveller's Restaurant of the Year, the best restaurant in Australia and ranked #98 in the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants.

He then built Gastro Park from nothing, with no investor, and earned two chef hats and two Gourmet Traveller stars in its first year. In 2016 Gault&Millau scored it 18 out of 20, named it in the Top 20 restaurants in Australia, and named Grant Chef of the Year, the No.1 chef in the country.

Their published reason: "Grant does not get the recognition of the industry that we feel he deserves."

He never lost those accolades. He walked away from that world to cook for people directly.

Where It Started

Grant grew up at the southern tip of New Zealand, surrounded by produce, his parents grew fruit and vegetables, family nearby ran farms. He decided to cook after watching a video of Marco Pierre White and realising you could make a living experimenting with taste and texture.

He trained in New Zealand, then in Michelin-starred kitchens in the United Kingdom, then came to Sydney in 2003. Everything since has come from the same obsession: find the best possible ingredient, then work out what it wants to be.

What That Means for Your Event

The chef who earned those accolades is the chef who designs and cooks your menu. Not a team trained by someone with awards. Him.

Every menu is built from scratch around you, your guests and the season. Grant sources the produce himself from farmers and fishermen he has worked with for decades, and cooks live at your home, venue or vessel.

The Record

  • Three chef hats, The Pier - held five consecutive years

  • Gourmet Traveller Restaurant of the Year, 2008

  • San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants, #98

  • Gault&Millau Chef of the Year, 2016 - 18/20

  • Two chef hats, Gastro Park

  • Guest judge, MasterChef Australia

  • Co-author, The Pier Cookbook

View the complete awards and press record → CLICK HERE or view his instagram @grantkingchef

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