About Us : Our Team

The VictorsFood’s team are an enthusiastic and talented bunch.

Read more about our founder and Executive Chef Victor Pisapia on Profile, Resume and Appearances.

Think you have what it takes to be part of our dynamic team? We'd love for you to join us! Find out more about working with us.

Greg Ardill

Presenter

Greg Ardill is also known as “Gourmet Greg”, which suits him perfectly. Greg’s team building approach is enthusiastic and professional. He has a charismatic way of bringing people together and having fun, while meeting their objectives through his patient and professional teaching skills.

As a chef for 15 years, Greg has earned his stripes at various Sydney restaurants like Neil Perrys' Wokpool, Post Restaurant in Martin Place and Kingsley’s in Sydney, and has years of catering experience under his belt.

Greg’s secret talent is being a fantastic didgeridoo player, which adds a bit extra to our events when he brings one along.

Tawnya Bahr

Marketing, Presenter, Tour Leader

Tawnya has been an enthusiastic advocate of healthy cooking all her life since purchasing her first cookbook at the age of eight. Fourteen years ago she brought her passion for food to Australia from San Francisco, California and never looked back.

Tawnya's energy and creative drive combined with her strong marketing background led her to create and build her own gourmet product line (Condiment Connoisseur) and distribution company for the Australian market. For years she showcased quality gourmet foods and created new products with a focus on natural and organic food.

Since selling her distribution business, Tawnya continues organising events for educational centres, art exhibitions, local farmers’ market tours and presenting cooking classes for both adults and children. She shares her marketing and food experience freely with various charity organisations and food events.

As a member of the “Slow Food Movement”, Tawnya is a staunch advocate of growers' markets and organic foods, featuring local producers in her tours, food classes and presentations. Her dedicated quest for quality and value for money have helped her establish a strong rapport with local producers, and she passes that knowledge onto the public in all her food events.

Michelle Darlington

Presenter / Tour Leader

Michelle Darlington is often recognised as one of the contestants on the first series of MasterChef Australia. Michelle came into cooking as a recent career change. A bookshop owner, Michelle has also been a teacher and a photographer, and she credits this life experience as an advantage in working with people.

Michelle started to focus on her passion for food after a kitchen tour when she realised she had got so excited that tears of joy ran down her face. A trip to Italy with a chef allowed Michelle to learn an amazing amount about an industry and a world that it would normally take years to break into.

Passionate about the food she eats, Michelle grows her own veggies and fruit trees, prefers to eat organic and admires Jamie Oliver "I love Jamie Oliver because he gives back to other people and to the community. He's the salt of the earth and he cares about food and is trying to help changes as well and I identify with that energy." Michelle reflects all of this back in her team building approach.

David Grati

Presenter

David Grati is full of life and love for food. With his own pizza oven in his back yard, he is used to getting people to bond over good food. David's love of food was instilled by his mum who is a fantastic cook.

As a restaurant owner, David brings to the table a keen ability to make sure people learn and appreciate the whole essence of the food activity.

His leadership skills are inspiring to all. David has a strong presence in team building, being able to share his restaurant knowledge with his team.

Jamie Milverton

Presenter

Jamie’s love of food and passion for cooking all started in far North Queensland on Fitzroy Island. This then inspired him on to complete his apprenticeship at Kiplings Restaurant in Cairns in the mid 90’s.

Inspired by fresh quality produce with influences of Mediterranean, Asian, Modern Australian and many others along the way, Jamie headed down the coast where the Noosa journey began at the Sheraton Noosa, where Victor and Jamie met (slaving over a barbecue cooking smoked duck breasts for the Noosa Hot & Spicy Festival).

Jamie then ventured back to his home town of Sydney, and worked along side Victor in many of his corporate team building events throughout NSW and Queensland. Jamie has now settled down on the Sunshine Coast, and is now working with VictorsFood to create events on the coast and surrounding areas.

Evelyn Morris

Presenter

Evelyn Morris wanted to cook pretty much since she discovered her taste buds. While pursuing a career in science she never gave up on her passion for food and cooking. So about 12 years ago she changed course and began her pursuit of a career in food.

From a stint in a chain coffee shop, through a commercial cooking course, Evelyn has gone on to do recipe development at Australian Women’s Weekly, assisting presenters at Sydney Seafood School, food styling, and developing and testing recipes with renowned chef Luke Mangan for his Sydney Morning Herald, Good Living column.

Wanitha Tanasingam

Presenter

Wanitha has been teaching hands-on cooking since 1982, combining her education and training qualifications. 1996 saw her launch her own cooking school which was a high draw card for both her food fans as well as the corporate market, pioneering the concept of cooking as a corporate team building exercise.

In 2002 Wanitha co-founded Cheeky Food Group with our Director, Victor Pisapia. In 2004 she left Cheeky Food Group, and set up Wanitha Inc to take her idea in new directions. We are excited to have Wanitha working with us again!