Tony Tan is one of Australia’s most respected culinary teachers and chefs, specialising in Chinese, Nonya, Indonesian, Korea, Cambodian Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Singaporean, Malaysian and cross-cultural cooking.

Trained at La Varenne in France and Leith’s School of Food and Wine in England, he has owned and cooked at Shakahari Restaurant in Melbourne and Tatlers Café in Sydney. Tatlers was an instant success and was regarded as one of the most innovative restaurants in Australia. He was principal of his cooking school in Melbourne which he established in 2001.

A graduate in Renaissance History and Chinese Language from Monash University, Tony is fluent in several languages; as a consequence, he hosts intensive culinary and cultural tours to countries in Southeast Asia, China and Spain.

Tony has also presented several master classes around Australia and has been guest chef at hotels and restaurants throughout Australia, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand and Spain including the Ritz in Madrid as well as at Alambique, one of Spain’s top cooking schools.

He has presented at Savour New Zealand, the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Tasting Australia and Melbourne Slow Food Winter Festival. Tony has co-hosted the television series The Food Lovers Guide to Australia and has also appeared on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations and Eddie MacDougall’s The Flying Winemaker.