Media release – Tuesday, 24 October2017
Curtis Stone to attend Beef Australia in 2018
Internationally renowned Australian chef Curtis Stone will be at Beef Australia in Rockhampton in 2018.He will be attending with Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), a principal partner of the event.
MLA Managing Director Richard Norton said MLA was excited to bring a chef and personality as acclaimed as Curtis Stone to Rockhampton.
“Curtis will be a strong advocate for the Australian Beef industry – driving awareness of our quality product and boosting awareness of Australian beef amongst consumers and chefs,” Mr Norton said.
“Working in conjunction with Beef Australia, MLA is determined to make Beef Australia 2018 the most successful ever – and having Curtis’s attendance is a major boost to an already strong line up of world leading chefs.”
In announcing his attendance at Beef Australia next year, Curtis Stone said, “the countdown is on for Beef Australia 2018 and I can’t wait to arrive in Rockhampton to celebrate Australian Beef - the greatest meat on earth.
“I’m really looking forward to showing thousands of people new and delicious ways to get cooking at home with beef, to create that great taste we all love. There’s going to be so much on offer to show what makes Australian Beef the best in the world!”
As a chef, restauranteur, author, media personality and businessman - Curtis has become a household name both in Australia and overseas.
Following 12 years of culinary training in Australia and Europe, eight of which were under renowned chef Marco Pierre White, Curtis opened his first solo restaurant, Maude, in Beverley Hills in 2014.Following the success of Maude, Curtis partnered with his brother Luke to open Gwen Butcher Shop & Restaurant in Hollywood in 2016.
Curtis is very familiar to Australian TV viewers through regular appearances on MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules. He has also hosted a number of top rating programs in the US.
A New York Times bestselling author with six cookbooks and a food columnist for the wildly popular O Magazine, the number one women’s lifestyle magazine in the U.S, Curtis also serves as CEO of Stone’s Food Inc., his culinary-focused consulting, content, and partnership company.
Chairman of Beef Australia Blair Angus said they are delighted that Curtis will be at the event. “Beef Australia is very excited to have such an exceptional and inspiring chef as Curtis Stone attending and cooking in the celebrity chef restaurant at Beef Australia 2018.”
“The aim of the celebrity chef program is to bring prominent chefs to Rockhampton to showcase Australian beef and all the ways it can be eaten and enjoyed by people all over the world. Curtis will help set a very high benchmark for the Beef Australia celebrity chef restaurant.
“He is an unmistakable household name in Australia and all over the world, and now visitors to Beef Australia 2018, will get to experience his culinary skills up close and personal.”
Beef Australia is a national beef expohosted in Rockhampton,Queensland every three years that celebrates all facets of the Australian beef industry. The event facilitates new trade and export opportunities by exposing the local supply chain to the international industry leaders.
It features a range of activities including cattle shows, seminars delivering research and market information to producers and industry; trade fairs promoting various businesses and industry technology; as well as restaurants, social events, and celebrity chef cooking demonstrations that allow attendees to experience and appreciate the quality of Australian beef.
For more information on Beef Australia and how to get involved visit
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Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) delivers marketing and research and development services for Australia's cattle, sheep and goat producers, creating opportunities from their combined investments to build demand and productivity across the supply chain. Most of MLA's funding comes from transaction levies placed on the sale of livestock, with the Australian Government providing matched funding for levy investment in most R&D.