Chef, Media Personality, Author

Chef, Author and Media Personality, Tobie Puttock has cooked around the world and worked closely beside Jamie Oliver on projects including 15 and Australia’s Ministry of Food.  Now living in Melbourne and with a healthy plant-based food focus, he is creatively sharing new recipes and a healthy approach to the kitchen.

He began his cooking career at Melbourne’s Cafe e Cucina, before traveling to picturesque Lake Como, Italy to work at the beautiful Hotel Florence. After years of perfecting his culinary skills, Tobie travelled to the UK to work at the famous River Café, cooking alongside a young Jamie Oliver, who shared his passion for simply cooked Italian food and became a close friend.

Tobie returned to Melbourne, Australia in 2000 after further stints in Italy and Switzerland, to set up restaurant ‘Termini’.  In 2002 his old mate Jamie presented him with a new challenge – to return to the UK to become Head Chef of the first Fifteen Restaurant, a social enterprise to teach under-privileged youths to become chefs in a gourmet environment. Tobie seized the opportunity and was instrumental in helping Fifteen, London achieve its status as ‘Tatler’s – Restaurant of the Year’ in 2003.

In 2005, Tobie returned home to Melbourne to establish Australia’s own Fifteen Restaurant and Charitable Foundation. Opening in September 2006, Tobie continued Jamie and the Fifteen Foundation’s work giving 15-20 under privileged Australian youths each year the opportunity, training and support to become qualified chefs.

Tobie’s honest, light-hearted approach and passion for topics such as organics, sustainability, seasonality, and ethical eating, has seen him in high demand as a guest on some of Australia’s favorite television programs, The Circle, Good Morning Australia and Ready Steady Cook as well as writing for Australian titles such as Good Taste Magazine, Delicious and Sunday Life. Tobie also appears regularly at major food events around Australia including the Good Food and Wine Show, Organic Expo, Great Barrier Feast and The Gluten Free Expo.

Since returning to Melbourne, Tobie has featured in the Channel 10 hit series, Jamie’s Kitchen Australia (2006) and Lifestyle’s FOOD TV series, Tobie and Matt – Europe and Asia (2008) as well as several years as a Guest Judge with Channel 7’s ratings hit My Kitchen Rules, and most recently co-hosting ‘Wonderful Indonesia Flavours’ Season One and Two for the Asian Food Chanel (2015 and 2016).  A promoter of Market shopping Tobie also became Ambassador to Prahran Market in Melbourne performing cooking demos and promoting market culture by sharing trader tips. In 2018 he also took on a 12 month role as Creative Director of Jamie’s Ministry of Food Australia to encourage school kids to eat a balanced diet.

Tobie has written and released four best selling cookbooks, Daily Italian (2006), Italian Local (2008), Cook like an Italian (2010) and The Chef Gets Healthy (2015), which sees Tobie take a new direction toward healthy eating and a balanced lifestyle.  In 2018 he released his fifth cook book titled “SuperNatural” which complimented his huge interest in plant-based cooking with Tobie  describing himself as “plant curious”.

He has also created a series of short format video cook eBooks that are available via iTunes in 25 countries.

In 2021 Tobie partnered with The Original Greenpan Company (ANZ), a high quality cookware brand sold exclusively in Myer, as content creator and ambassador. In early 2022 he released his long awaited labour of love, ‘Made by Tobie’, ready-made meals designed to marry convenience with quality, flavour and as little impact on the environment as possible.

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