Michel Flores
Our Chef:
"Still on the tools" by choice, master chef Michel Flores is happy to say that, after 43 years in the trade, he still enjoys it. "I tried retirement but I love working and the daily contact with lots of people," Michel says.
"Quality ingredients, a modern approach to the menus and happy staff are the key to pleasing our customers."
-Michel Flores
French born in Casa Blanca North Africa, of Spanish origin, and Australian by choice Michel has plenty of culinary inspiration to draw upon. With a father who worked in civil construction, Michel moved around a lot in his formative years. "We then migrated to Australia in 1971 to Melbourne and I worked extensively around Australia, including in the bush, and eventually made Townsville my home," he says.
Having run four successful establishments in Townsville over the last 35 years, Michel is a hard-working achiever like his father and his father-in-law. A proud moment for them all was when Michel received a Lifetime Achievement Award for the state of Queensland presented at Parliament House in Canberra.
Excerpt from Duo Magazine, December 2014 Edition.
