Matt Moran

With the best possible produce as his starting point, Matt Moran creates food with extraordinary depth of flavour – for example, tuna sashimi with cucumber, enoki mushroom and daikon dressing. In addition to such signature dishes from Aria and his previous restaurants, adapted for the home cook, his much-anticipated first book will also include recipes for some of the more relaxed dishes he might prepare for himself, his family and friends, such as a generous platter of roast lamb and char-grilled vegetables. Sourcing the best produce at the peak of its season is vitally important to Matthew as a chef, and he values his longstanding relationships with suppliers, having done business with some of them for more than 15 years. He also maintains a strong link with the land through his father’s sheep farm near Oberon, to the west of the Blue Mountains . Matt’s love of produce is evidenced by the ‘chef’s tours’ he conducts, in which he takes small groups around suppliers’ warehouses before returning to Aria for a tour of the vast two-storey kitchen, as well as a cooking demonstration and lunch. Run only a few times a year, the tours boast a very long waiting list.   This handsome hardback will be lavishly illustrated with Geoff Lung ’s beautiful photography – of both finished dishes and of Matt sourcing produce and sharing the results with friends and family.