Troy Rhoades-Brown from Muse wins Australian Young Restaurateur 2014

MUSE Restaurant’s Troy Rhoades-Brown has been named Australian Young Restaurateur 2014 at the Electrolux Appetite for Excellence awards.

The Pokolbin-based chef and restaurateur beat three other finalists, including Novocastrian Chris Thornton, of Restaurant Mason at the finals in Melbourne on Monday night.

Rhoades-Brown and wife Megan opened Muse Restaurant in 2004, drawing on the chef’s CV which at the time already included working with acclaimed chef Robert Molines, winning the prestigious Brett Graham Award in 2005 and time as head chef at Robert’s Restaurant.”

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