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Food Festivals & The State of Hospo w/ Pat Nourse – Food & Wine Victoria

Pat Nourse is the creative director at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. A former restaurant citric and food writer at Gourmet Traveller, he’s been in the game a long time – and thinks about food and hospitality a lot. In this sprawling chat we cover the role of the MFWF, where and how Pat […]

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