Athens born Andreas Papadakis has 20 years experience as a chef. He completed his Diploma in Cooking with a Master’s Degree in Culinary Arts from the Ecole Ritz Escoffier in Paris. In Melbourne for the past ten years Andreas has been involved with an array of personal and collaborative ventures in consulting, pop-up appearances, art cuisine installations, events and culinary classes. He spent four years as Senior chef at Vue de Monde, then opened Comida Bebe, his art cuisine and consulting business, and most recently his collaboration with the award winning Italian Melbourne CBD restaurants, Tipo 00 and Osteria Ilaria, where he is chef and co-owner.