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CHEFS COLLAB

4x4x4

The “Chefs Collab” series brings together:

4 x young chefs from
4 x local venues in a
4 x course set menu, supported by
4 x executive chef mentors.

This pop-up started in Pipit in 2021 and now travels to other venues to the showcase up-and-coming talent and support regional networking and training.

NEXT EVENTS - Coming Soon

  • 21 May 2024 - #7 Byron Edition at Loft Byron Bay

  • Aug 2024 - #8 Girl Gang Edition (all female) at Pipit

PAST EVENTS & VENUE PARTNERS

  • #6 - 29 August 2023 - Byron Edition with Pixie, No35, Chef’s Plate, Loft, You Beauty (with mentors from Pipit, Natural Ice Cream Australia, Frida’s Field, Pixie)

  • #5 - 27 March 2023 - Girl Gang Edition 2 (all female) with Pipit, Fig Tree, Beach (with mentors from Joy, Honour, Karakalla)

  • #4 - 17 Oct 2022 - Lennox Heads Edition at Shelter with Pipit, Harvest, Karakalla, Shelter (with mentors from Pipit, Honour, Three Blue Ducks and Karrikin)

  • #3 - 16 May 2022 - Yamba Edition at Karrikin with Pipit, Ciao Mate, Rae’s at Wategos, Karrikin (with mentors from Lola, Shelter, Pipit, Rae’s)

  • #2 - 25 Jan 2022 - Girl Gang Edition 1 (all female) with Pipit, LaCasita, Ciao Mate (with mentors from Beach Byron, The Star and Cut Above)

  • #1 - 20 Sept 2021 - First Edition with Pipit, Fins, Ciao Mate, Three Blue Ducks, Potager

GET INVOLVED!

The 4x4x4 Chef Collab is based on

  • Collaboratively working with multiple venues

  • 3 levels of chef partnerships

  • 4-6 week framework for menu and event planning

  • Financially sustainable cost model

  • Regional cooperation

 

BE PART OF LOCAL EVENTS - Northern Rivers

We aim for 3 events per year (March, July, Sept/Oct) and we are inclusive of all chefs and venue types.

Our main aim is diversity in gender, chef levels and geography (eg north to Tweed and south of Byron)

Please email admin@pipitrestaurant.com if you a chef or venue interested to get involved in future events.

Roles can include:

  • Cooking Chefs (making a dish for menu). Any chef from apprentices up to sous chefs are encouraged.

  • Mentor Chefs (executive chefs) are encouraged to help chefs from other venues

  • Local venue host (with event support by Pipit provided). Any venue with a kitchen big enough for 6 people is encouraged.

CREATE YOU OWN EVENT - Coaching, Collabs and Event Resources

COMING SOON. Contact admin@pipitrestaurant.com if you are outside of the Northern Rivers

NETWORK APPROACH

  • We’ve asked to do the event in other locations, and long-term hope to find other partners to expand this network approach

  • As priority, we seek to support and promote regional dining and small businesses - but this format would work in bigger cities too

  • Events like Park(ing) Day, Pecha Kucha, TEDx all spread to different cities based on giving a clear format that people could replicate and adapt, and sharing 4x4x4 Chef Collab as a kit of resources and learnings is based on this same network principle.

  • Other case study events: Mapleton Pub (4 young chefs) for Curated Plate 2023, Etta Women’s Day 2023 (4 female chefs, 4 somms), MFW 30 under 30 dinner and series 2022

RESOURCES TO HELP YOU

LESSONS LEARNT

  • Phone meeting with Pipit to discuss your region and event idea to share our format learnings

RESOURCES

  • “4x4x4 Event Kit” - Word/ PDF event templates (schedules, partnership, email templates, logo files, checklists).

  • Marketing support

  • Event coaching where Pipit supports through the 4 week program. Available by video/phone

  • Region-to-region collaboration where Northern Rivers chefs are involved in cooking or mentoring.

BACKGROUND Event Objectives

Why we do these?

  1. The 2021 event started out to simply help young chefs build connections and make new friends.  It recognised that regional area can be "isolating" in comparison to hospo scenes in bigger cities due to geographic distance, shared hours, and limited inter-restaurant opportunities   

  2. Chefs get mentoring, training and learning by being in a different kitchen

  3. Chefs get creative freedom being in different kitchen and/or menu style

  4. Exec chefs/owners/mentors benefit from the networking and collaboration, which we’ve seen as an industry gap.

  5. A collaborative and regional mindset towards training and industry leadership aims to strengthen clusters of visitor destinations for wider economic and community benefits. We advocate for our region’s “foodie reputation” as stronger for the sum of many parts. (“the Northern Rivers officially the most foodie region in NSW’ - see SMH Good Food Guide 2022)