Chef Garth Crowhurst

Asia / Pacific

Garth Crowhurst is the Production Chef for Gate Gourmet Darwin in Northern Territory (N.T.), Australia. He joined the company as a Chef in October 2000 and was quickly promoted to the position of Sous Chef. He was appointed to his current position in 2005.

Prior to joining Gate Gourmet, Chef Garth worked in a variety of high-profile restaurants and hotels, including Mezzaluna Ristorante, Wentworth Hotel Sydney, Frontier Kakadu village and Mirambeena Tourist Resort, specializing in French, Italian and modern Australian cuisine. He earned his Certificate in Diploma of Business -- Front Line Management -- from Charles Darwin University in Casuarina, N.T., and a Certificate in Commercial Cookery from Tafe College in Ryde, New South Wales.

Although his passion for the culinary arts sees him primarily inside a kitchen, Chef Garth equally enjoys the outdoors. His interests include motorbiking, water and snow-skiing, camping, football, fishing and riding horses. He also is a qualified scuba diver.