Matthew McKenzie

Matthew McKenzie (born 11 November 1986) is an Australian Chef and Public Personality. He is best known for his work with Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver & Tobie Puttock. He is one of the first Fifteen Melbourne students.

Background
Matthew McKenzie is an Australian celebrity chef, public personality, nicknamed "Outback Matty" by fans following his performance on the Fifteen TV series with Jamie Oliver. McKenzie was born in Maffra, Victoria and began cooking at home at the age of fifteen. He attended Maffra and Sale State High School. Matthew’s culinary career took off with gusto when he was accepted into Jamie Oliver's first international restaurant, Fifteen Melbourne, Australia. Matthew carried out training at Box Hill Institute of TAFE and then qualified at Sofitel Culinary Academy.

After successfully graduating from Fifteen Melbourne at the age of 21, Matthew landed his second chef position at Melbourne’s finest three hat French restaurant “Vue de Monde” under the professional mentoring of world renowned chef and entrepreneur, Shannon Bennett. From there, his career excelled with an offer to fly overseas to Hakuba, Japan, to launch the innovative Bar and Restaurant created by Australia’s first winter Olympic gold medallist, Steven Bradbury, at the boutique 4 star Aqua Alpine Hotel.

After the successful launch, including Matty’s own signature dishes, he returned to Brisbane, Australia, where he was appointed Head Chef at the famous historical Old Government House Queensland. Matthew is currently catering for high profiled clients including Australian Governor General Ms Quentin Bryce and Queensland State Premier Anna Bligh. McKenzie has cooked for Aussie actress Madeleine West (UnderBelly, Neighbours), Hamish and Andy (Rove Live), first winter Olympic gold medalist Steven Bradbury and pop singing sensation Dannii Minogue, just to name a few.

Career
McKenzie was working on a farm in Victoria before deciding his heart was in food. He worked at some top Australian restaurants before heading to Japan to launch an Australian Olympic restaurant. In Australia, he debuted his cooking career at the age of 22 at Vue de Monde. On completing his qualifications as a chef, McKenzie began cooking in Brisbane. He went on to become head chef at Old Government House Queensland.

Media History
Work History

TV program

2007 - 2008	Chef	Jamie’s Kitchen Australia	Channel Ten; Freemantle Media Melbourne - CrackerJack Productions. [www.lifestylefood.com.au] TV commercial

2010	Casual Cafe Guy & Friendly Fun Chatting	Sun Cream Japan	Ego Artist Management [www.egomanagement.com.au]

2009	Islander Dancer & Pool Party (Smooth -Fun)	Euro Millions Lottery	Ego Artist Management TV other

2009	Chef	Extra	Channel Nine

2009	Chef	Celebrating 150 Years of Queensland	Channel Nine

2008	Celebrity Chef Appearance	Melbourne Good Food & Wine Show	[goodfoodshow.com.au]Foxtel Presenting

2010	Live Cooking Show - Celebrity Chef Food Association - Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre

2010	Live Cooking Show - Chef	World Skills - [worldskills.org.au]Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	M-World Skills

2010	Live Cooking Show - Celebrity Chef	World Skills - Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	M-Creative/ IBM

2010	Celebrity Chef	Gold Coast Good Food & Wine Show [goldcoastfoodandwineshow.com.au] - Convention & Exhibition Centre	M-Creative

2009	Celebrity Chef	The Healthy Aging and Lifestyle Expo	Meals On Wheels Organisation

2008   Celebrity Chef Tobie Puttock and Matthew McKenzie - Melbourne Good Food and Wine Show Radio

2010	Presenting/ Interview - Chef	Bay FM Radio	Bay FM Radio Byron Bay

2009 - 2010	Live Cooking Schedule - Live History Interviews (3 Shows - 2 Interviews) Chef	ABC 612 Radio Brisbane	ABC 612 Radio Brisbane

2009	Presenting/ Interview - Chef	4BC Radio Brisbane	4BC Radio Brisbane

2009	Live Cooking Show - Chef	ABC 612 Radio Gippsland/ Victoria 	ABC 612 Radio Gippsland/ Victoria

2009	Presenting/ Interview - Chef	RAW FM Radio - QLD/ NSW	RAW FM Radio - QLD/ NSW

Training

Acting

2010	Film Casting/ Acting/ Presenting Class	Griffith Moore - 88th Street Productions Byron Bay

Casting

2009	 Commercial Casting/ Acting Class	Ben Parkinson - Cutting Edge Casting

Presenting

2009	ABC 612 Radio Brisbane	Rob Minshull - ABC 612 Radio Brisbane Producer