Mark Ebbels

It all started when…

Growing up on his family's vegetable farm in the Yarra Valley, Mark has been involved in the food industry since he was a child. His passion for cooking began at home learning hearty, traditional country-style recipes and techniques from his mother.

Moving into professional kitchens as a teen Mark started to create a reputation for hard work, dedication and attention to detail. These career defining attributes along with his passion to discover new ingredients, learn and improve his knowledge and skills as well as work in challenging and different environments  took Mark from kitchens in the Yarra Valley to some of the most renown kitchens in the world.

In 2010 Mark set off to England to work at Heston Blumenthal's famed restaurant, The Fat Duck in Bray where he worked as a chef in the development kitchen. At The Fat Duck, working under Heston, Mark quickly established a reputation for using his natural ingenuity and creative flare to develop new ways of using traditional and obscure ingredients to create unique culinary experiences.

From Bray, Mark moved to Singapore where he worked as Chef De Cuisine at Bacchanalia, he was an integral member of the team that was awarded a coveted Michelin star in 2016.

After his international success, Mark returned home to the Yarra Valley in early 2017 wanting to reconnect with his roots and develop his passion for plant based cooking.

Since his return and with the support of his partner and parents, Mark established The Circle Dining where he has been applying the skills and techniques he has learned from the last 25 years in a broad range of kitchens, to highlight the diversity and creative depth that can be applied to cooking with plant based ingredients.

He is passionate to share his skills and love of vegan food, and show people that eating a plant based diet is not only beneficial to your overall health and the health of the planet but can be exciting and a truly unique experience.

Mark is currently Head Chef at TarraWarra Estate in the Yarra valley as well as coordinating Pop-Up style The Circle Dining dinners.  

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