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WEEKENDER FOOD & DRINK - Saturday March 20, 2021 By Lisa Rockman

Scholarship becomes a family affair

MATTHEW Mirosevich is one step closer to realising his restaurant dream, having been crowned the winner of the 2021 Brett Graham Scholarship.

The Signal Box chef cooked off against fellow finalists Jayden Dann (EXP. restaurant) and Samuel McKinnon (Muse Restaurant) on Wednesday night at TAFE NSW Hamilton.

Mirosevich's brother, George, head chef and co-owner of Signal Box, won the same scholarship in 2013.

The $10,000 scholarship, offered annually by TAFE NSW and the Hunter Culinary Association, gives Mirosevich the opportunity to work alongside Michelin-starred chef Brett Graham at his restaurant The Ledbury in Notting Hill.

Graham, as always, set the brief. Contestants had to produce an entree (a warm beetroot salad using different varieties of beetroots, accompanied by various sorrels), a main (leg of chicken filled, poached and roasted, garnished with mashed potatoes, truffle oil, mushrooms and celery) and a dessert (custard tart, blind baked pastry case with a layer of prune).

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