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Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Puttock trained at Box Hill Institute of TAFE, his love affair with Italian food began when he was 18 working in Melbourne's acclaimed Caffe e Cucina. The passion flourished as he cheffed his way across Europe, working eighteen-hour days in Italian speaking kitchens, taking time out for snowboarding excursions and the odd very long lunch in a mountainside trattoria. In London, Tobie worked at the River Cafe, widely regarded as that city's best Italian restaurant, alongside a bevy of high-profile chefs, including Jamie Oliver. He moved back to Melbourne and, once again, an Italian kitchen, this time, a place called Termini.
In 2001 a surprise visit from his mate Jamie ( now a well-known celebrity chef), and a request to help on his new endeavour with under privileged London youth, meant Tobie found himself back in the UK shortly after. In 2002, Tobie became head chef at Jamie's Fifteen London, a restaurant venture that teaches disadvantaged young people how to become industry professionals, and that became the subject of a popular television series.
In 2006, Tobie opened a new Fifteen in Melbourne, serving Italian food, made with the best produce available, and prepared with care, imagination and plenty of heart. Tobie's cookbook Daily Italian, released in 2006, sticks to guiding principle of great Italian cuisine: that cooking is, if nothing else, an act of love.
Two years ago while waiting to see the doctor, my sick daughter(11yrs old) while resting her head on my shoulder And I were flicking thru magazines in the waiting room. All of a sudden my daughter raises her head and says'mum can you make this', and points to a recipe - rolled pork with cannelloni beans. I answered 'sure' not really concentrating on what she was looking at. All of a sudden she rips out the recipe (which is quite out of character for her to be interested in any food dishes) and quietly places the recipe in my bag.the next week she reminded me about the dish, so I made it. Do you know it was the best thing ever! And to this day she will always ask for the rolled pork.it is a special memory that we share and laugh about.so thank you very much Tobie, it's a great recipe which I have shared with family. Josie xx
Love your cooking Toby!! Will continue to look out for your show in Lifestye Food. Dunno about the Matt character on the show, I still watch it ONLY because of you!
Love your cookbooks! Check this out...Murray is an Australian Blue Mussel that is determined to bust the long held myth that mussels that don't open are no good to eat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmmImdkv-2w
I MEET TOBY, HE WALKED INTO A JUICE BAR I WORKED IN ONE DAY!!! I WAS SO STUND! HE WAS VERY POLITE AND HE ORDERED A 2+5. :)
I don't care what Tobie or Curtis look like but how they use ingredients and describe the method of preparation in their recipes . As a good cook myself and always looking for new ideas, I find Tobie is by far the better Chef . Do their cooking instead of looking , maybe.
Why are some people so bitter?
Tobie is an awesome chef. He cooks awesome food. I really don't care what he promotes to support his family. It makes no shred of difference to me.
Unfortunately his association with Jamie Oliver will always be a target for Simpletons.
He is somebody who gets nowhere near as much credit as he deserves...
Fifteen Australia Restaurant renaming to The Kitchen Cat. I ask myself why? Inst Fifteen making enough money...
Tobie you let me down. I thought you could become famous doing it yourself not relying on a big super market giant!
Wow Tinks. When I worked at Fifteen Melbourne Tobie Puttock was never in the Kitchen. He was to busy off with the media making himself look pretty. I think he could be there a little more for the kids! I laughed when I noticed a life size carboard cut out of Tobie in Woolies. Curtis Stone you are legendary! Tobie you need to pack your bags!
Tobie doesn't get paid a cent from Jamie! How hilarious that you think that. He runs a charity teaching disadvantaged kids how to be chefs and enter the workforce. The restaurant has nothing to do with Jamie except his name from the foundation set up in London. God people are judgemental! He has a right to make a living without slaving over a stove for the rest of his life!
I can't believe Tobie Puttock has sold out to Woolworths. Is Jamie not paying you enough? After all the programmes on clean-green fresh produce and all the good work by Jamie Oliver and dare I say Tobie Puttock to advance the cause of fresh, seasonal, organic and free range produce, Tobie has now jumped into bed, or should I say, bank, with the enemy. Tobie, you have lost all credibility. As has Ben O'Donahugh
It is very funny that Woolworths needs three if not more Australian chefs to compete with Coles Celebrity Chef - Curtis Stone. Woolworths you are very desperate.
help me please Tobi ! I tried [failed] to make your mayonnaise, but due to my dietitian's required restrictions, I had to substitute ingredients. I used 2 yolks, 1 tsp wholegrain mustard, 1 1/4 cups sunflower oil, salt & pepper. I also made mistake of putting all ingedients in bowl, then mixing in mix master with whisk [rather than slowly adding the oil]. I have a very runny looking solution, rather than a nice thick mayonnaise. Can this be salvaged, or do I have to throw it out? and will it work if I slowly add the oil, or is the substitute oil the problem? Please help. [Coeliac, so no gluten, also no dairy allowed, no corn/maize either]
just a huge fan of tobie great chef and may not be jamie oliver but he is ours a great bloke and chef all aussies should admire.
sad.
Tobie, you are a great chef and l need your help to make better food fro my family. can you please give me the recipes you did on Jamie's kitchen australia. thank you
How do I start this?? Well I see you went to Box Hill TAFE so possibly know Canterbury Girls High, a Govenment school now called Canterbury Girls Secondary College. I am going to cut and paste what I sent to the Wildflower Restaurant in search of a prize for a fund raising event we are having called the BIG GIG to build the girls a new arts centre. I am looking for someone EXACTLY like you (local, celeb chef & likeable!) to be a judge as well as a commentator (working with an MC) at the Master Father Chef event at the BIG GIG. I don't have your email so can't supply the attachments which are really good but really love to hear from you. Many Thanks, Greg, 0412 730 988, gjseers@optusnet.com.au P.S. If you're able to offer any prize it would be most gratefully received but I reallly want you - if at all possible? Any form of promo we can do for you we are most happy to discuss. Here goes ... Canterbury Girls Secondary College (CGSC) are having their inaugural “new school fete†this year that will become known as the BIG GIG on 13 March 2010. It will not be your average school fete though, please see att. It’s theme is Food, Fashion and Entertainment. The BIG GIG is to raise funds for the new GIG centre where many arts disciplines and “non-ball†activities will be performed. CGSC is a government funded school and it is through the work of parents that extra facilities such as the proposed GIG centre be made available. CGSC has 970 girls from 650 families attending, and then of course there is all their friends and the local community. There are many local restaurants but Wildflower Restaurant holds a special position being so close and almost an oasis in its locale. I also believe Wildflower would receive maximum benefit from being involved especially to assist with increasing your custom on days other than Friday and Saturday. We will offer you many ways to become involved including: mentions and links on our website, our newsletter, flyers e.g. the DL flyer att. would have your logo details etc. on it, continual mentions by the MC and your chef over the PA on the day, via banners (vertical preferably), a booth if you desire, and much more but all this is to be discussed. I was hoping that the Wildflower Restaurant may be able to donate the two prime prizes for the crowd and the participants - two dinners for two as there is a major participant prize for prestige and a major “audience voter†prize which is how we will be raising funds for the GIG centre. I understand more detail may be required and look forward to hearing back from you.
Tobies not hot! Curtis Stone is way btter lookign and entertaining then Tobie.
I also agree and he needs a hair cut. He is only famous because of Jamie Oliver. Without him he would be nothing.
Tobie's sizzzzzling hot :)
NOT!
U ARE HOT
I agree with that rawr person. I bet she is pretty awesome.
Toby is hot (:
I really enjoyed your recipe on rolled pork but had a hard time trying to find the recipe and your program series on lifestyle
You rock Tobe's :o)