Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of The Year Award
Josephine is remembered through the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year Award, which sends the most promising young chefs overseas. Winning the Josephine Pignolet Young Chef of the Year Award has been the stepping stone to a brilliant career for many chefs. Previous winners include Mark Best, the head chef of Marque Restaurant, Damian Heads of Milsons and now Pony, Mitch Orr of Sepia restaurant, Daniel Puskas and James Parry of Oscillate Wildly,
In 1992 Damien went into partnership with Ron White and purchased the Woollahra Hotel creating Bistro Moncur in Woollahara.
He has been recognised as a leader in his field within New South Wales.
He is the author of French, with photography by Earl Carter, published in 2005 by Lantern (Penguin Aus.) (ISBN 192098917X).
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