I love Pipi’s Kiosk. It’s in Albert Park, but right on the beach. As in, literally on the beach. You sit at a table where the sea is pretty much lapping at your ankles but you are drinking beautiful wine and eating glorious food. With the floor to ceiling windows, you get to see all the theatrics, whether it is glorious sunny weather or dramatic storms, it is all beautiful and at Pipi’s you are centre stage. Plus, you are in the hands of an incredible team led by Jordan Clay and Tom Hunter who all like each other and love that you are there. Pipi’s is the epitome of hospitality. I wrote about them for Broadsheet when they first opened and I have been wanting to get back over there to talk to Jordan since then. When Canadian born Jordan was 18, he won a competition that took him to Paris and he ended up cooking at Le Chateaubriand before it got on the World’s 50 Best list. Since then he has cooked at great places around the world before, lucky for us, he came to Melbourne. Having cooked at Cumulus Up and Ôter, where he met friend and business partner Tom Hunter, he then, with Tom, launched Pipi’s and the world is a better place for it. I loved this conversation and I absolutely know you will too.
