Via Liz
Campers got a break from the barbie yesterday when they were treated to a home-cooked meal courtesy of Dancing with the Stars judge Paul Mercurio.
The Strictly Ballroom star was in town filming his Channel 7 cooking show, Mercurio's Menu, which focuses on regional cuisine.
Liza sent along this gallery for the Black Swan Prize for Portraiture finalists. You may recognize a couple familiar faces in the subjects!
PEOPLE still ask Paul Mercurio about Strictly Ballroom, the hugely successful 1992 Baz Luhrmann film that made the suave former Sydney Dance Company star a household name.
But these days it's food rather than acting or dancing that's dominating his life.
His interest in food stretches back to his time as a 16-year-old head chef at a Red Rooster restaurant. "Basically I was the young bloke who gets paid $1.40 an hour to cook and clean everything. I worked hard and when I was 17 I'd earned enough money to buy my own motorbike."
The celebrities who will be strutting their stuff in the new series of popular television show Dancing With The Stars have been announced.
Black Sticks captain Lizzy Igasan, Olympic gold medallist Barbara Kendall, actor Geraldine Brophy; sister and brother acting duo Rebecca and Chris Hobbs, former All Black Josh Kronfeld; Breakfast's Tamati Coffey, and singer John Rowles will team up with professional dancers for the 2009 series.
Critiquing their ability will be judges Alison Leonard, Craig Revel Horwood, Brendan Cole and Paul Mercurio.
Dancing With The Stars began in 2005 and has raised more than $1.3 million for New Zealand charities.
- NZ HERALD ONLINE
Finally! I'm testing a new guestbook service, so for now, it's back online. Pop over and leave a message!
Paul now has a page on Facebook, which I am administering. If you are a Facebook user, be sure to stop by, write on the wall, and become a fan!
THE Tweed's famous oysters, fish and mud crabs will be the stars of an episode of Mercurio's Menu filmed at Salt yesterday.
Strictly Ballroom star and former Dancing with The Stars judge Paul Mercurio brought his unique cooking and travel show to the Tweed for a look at the area's produce and natural beauty.
In the popular Channel 7 show, the self-described home cook travels around Australia, teaming up with popular chefs to cook up a storm using locally grown-and-caught produce.
For the Salt segment, Fins@Salt celebrity chef Steven Snow joined Mr Mercurio on camera to cook locally caught oyster and mud crab with the help of native finger limes and lemon myrtle.
Thank you, Liza, for gathering these links together. This is some SUPER stuff. Oh, and while I'm at it: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAUL (a day late, here in the U.S.).
First, here's the website for Paul's latest show, Mercurio's Menu, where Paul travels the food trail, spotlighting local cuisine. And the picture on the About page is adorable.
Dancing with the Stars has a delicious page of videos from and about the show, including Craig and Paul on Good Morning.
Some slightly older stuff...
- I love this: Judges dance celebrating 50 years of television. Paul makes an appropriately big entrance. C'mon, you know the move.
- A short interview in the Herald's Business Day section
- A quick Mercurio's Menu article with a nice pic
- A very nice Jetstar article about Mercurio's Menu. Hey--I've been to Noosa!
- A short Herald MM review
- Paul visits the Bellarine Peninsula for MM
- Visiting the Fleurieu Peninsula for MM
And here are two unmissables:
Food Trail Recipe Book in PDF format, ready for printing, and a clip from Astonish Me, Graeme Murphy showing footage from Some Rooms, and Paul talking about Murphy.
Fantastic! Thank you again, Liza!