Short Cuts to Glory

Short Cuts to Glory

A diverse and generous group of Australian chefs and cooks share their essential recipes, along with step-by-step tips methods and plenty of tips and tricks to help inexperienced home cooks create the best-ever version, plus some variations for good measure. Structured in themed chapters such as -The Basics', -Last Minute Meals', -Date Night' and -Feed and Army' to reflect the TV series, which will be aired over 10 weeks on ABC2, starting in mid-April 2017.

Contributors, many with a massive media presence, include: Adriana Zumbo, Miguel Maestre, Colin Fassnidge, Neil Perry, Justine Schofield, Hayden Quinn, Tom Walton, Christine Manfield, Giovanni Pilu, Monday Morning Cooking Club, Jill Dupleix, Martin Boetz, Stefano Manfredi, Mark Best, Brigitte Hafner, Bernard Chu.

In this book, you'll find ultimate versions of kitchen staples and classic recipes, from omelettes and egg and bacon rolls to rissoles, roasts and gravies; all your favourite foods, simplified and perfected by some of Australia's hippest chefs and cooks. As well as a fresh take on old classics by all Aussie chefs, this TV tie-in is going to be massive!

Multi-talented (and beautiful, let's face it!) comedian, actor, triple j presenter and musician Matt Okine will be hosting the ABC TV series tie-in to Short Cuts to Glory, working alongside some of Australia's best known and up-and-coming food stars who'll be sharing their ultimate versions of kitchen staples and classic recipes, from omelettes and egg and bacon rolls to rissoles, roasts and gravies.

Okine, who hails from Brisbane, has been a regular on several TV shows, including ABC TV's It's a Date and Dirty Laundry Live and SBS's Legally Brown. He performs sell-out national tours of his live shows year in, year out, and supports international acts including Dave Chappelle and Chelsea Handler.

Matt has scooped some major awards in recent years, including the prestigious Director's Choice Award at the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival for his very personal show The Other Guy. Following the success of the live stand-up show, TV channel Stan announced The Other Guy as one of its new and original productions for 2017. Matt launched his career by becoming a national triple j RAW finalist in 2004, at the age of 18, after only three previous gigs – all of which were part of the competition.

Short Cuts to Glory
Echo Publishing
Author: Matt Okine
RRP: $29.99