Hugh Allen is the chef of Yiaga, a tasting-menu restaurant set in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens. Born and raised in Melbourne, Allen began his apprenticeship at 15 at Neil Perry’s Rockpool Bar & Grill, before moving to Vue de Monde. He then staged in Paris at Le Cinq and Le Pré Catelan, and spent more than three years at Noma in Copenhagen, including its Mexico and Australia pop-ups and the opening of Noma 2.0. Back home, he led Vue de Monde before opening Yiaga, a dream project several years in the making, built with architect John Wardle and more than 50 Australian craftspeople.
In his podcast, we will hear Hugh Allen tell about his path from a Melbourne steakhouse to some of the world’s most ambitious kitchens, his passion for Australian produce and native ingredients, and the craft and terracotta architecture behind Yiaga. He will also reveal some of his favourite places in Melbourne, Australia and the rest of the world. All the recommendations mentioned in this podcast and thousands more are available in the World of Mouth app: https://www.worldofmouth.app/
