Chef’s Corner

Phil LaBrooy started his career as a chef at the age of 17 in Hong Kong at the Island Shangri La Hotel, where he developed a wide knowledge of many different styles of cooking including fine dining, pastry, Thai and Chinese.

After moving back to Australia, Phil worked in Sydney at The Bennelong restaurant at The Opera House, Cicada and Ampersand; all 3 chef hat restaurants with Ampersand being in the top 50 in the world at the time. He then moved to Melbourne, where he continued to work at top restaurants in the city including Est Est Est, and Luxe and Mongustos.

Phil then returned home to Perth, where he started a family whilst working in various restaurants including The Royal, Balthazar and Duende. He has a passion and love for good ingredients and his favourite thing to do is to dine out.

As Restaurant Business Development/Resident Chef at European Foods, Phil also leads the Chocolate Patisserie division. He is usually around The Marketplace if you need any advice on ingredients or how to cook a product, please don’t hesitate to have a chat to him when you see him.

Every recipe of The Marketplace Kitchen is found below. Recipes are either created by Chef Phil or Chef Rafaela who serves up free tastings every Saturday at the Marketplace.