Philippa Sibley is one of Australia’s leading chefs. Best known as a pastry & dessert specialist, Philippa’s solid old-school training & respect for timeless, classic cooking techniques has steered her reputation as “Savoury Queen” status equal to the sweet. Her focus is on seasonal, sustainable ingredients from local producers & “marriages of flavours: tomato and basil; mushroom and game; peach,
raspberry and vanilla. Strawberries and cream. I'm a sucker when it comes to the old school, I just like to put a new spin on it”. Philippa is co-author of the “Marriages est est est cookbook” published in 1999 (when est est est was described by the New York Times as “the restaurant of the moment”). While dessert junkies’ prayers were answered by her second book, "PS Desserts' (published in 2011), her third book,"New Classics", puts a PS contemporary mark on savoury & sweet classics. Pip’s cooking career commenced in Melbourne in the late 1980‘s with acclaimed chefs Stephanie Alexander & Tansy Good. Her fate as a pastry chef was sealed by work in London at Le Gavroche, Est, Quaglino’s & Harvey’s (with Marco Pierre White) followed by her appointment as Chef de Partie at three Michelin star La Côte Saint Jacques in France. Back in Australia in 1996, Philippa opened est est est, followed by Luxe in 1998, & then Ondine in 2001. All three restaurants collected three hats in The Age Good Food Guide, & est est est and Ondine the coveted Best New Restaurant award. Her work at Ondine earnt Philippa The Age Good Food Guide Chef of the Year Award 2004. Philippa’s has cooked in some of Australia’s finest restaurants, more recently, as first Executive Chef at Albert St Food & Wine (awarded a hat in The Age Good Food Guide), then at Prix Fixe, in Alfred Place, Melbourne. Philippa was Time Out Melbourne’s Chef of the Year in 2014. Pip is an ambassador of Pacojet Australia. She has cooked up a new range of food products including the most beautiful churned-to-order sorbets: mango; black n blue (blackberry n blueberry); coconut & Kaffir; pineapple & verbena; banana & passionfruit (whole passionfruit); apricot & vanilla; strawberry; & more. The sorbets have a beautiful creamy texture & superb flavour while being entirely dairy free & low in added sugar. In Jan & Feb 2016 you can taste & buy from the PS - Kampot Pepper Traders pop-up store at The Essential Tree 260 Church street Richmond3121. Give us a call on 0412 818244 if you'd like to inquire or order ahead.
