I feel very lucky to get to talk to incredible chefs, most of them with many year’s experience in the industry. I often ask chefs what their advice would be to people at the start of their career and I have heard so many gems. It seems apt then, every now and then to chat to one of those chefs who might appreciate that advice, someone who is just starting out and to hear how things are going as they embark on their journey. Dev Gandhi is one of these young chefs. Dev got in touch with me through Instagram to say how much he enjoyed Conversation with a chef and to invite me to his inaugural Cooking, Culture, Connection event. I couldn’t make it, unfortunately, but I could tell that he was passionate about what he was doing and I invited him onto the podcast. Dev moved to Melbourne from India a year ago to study cookery at Le Cordon Bleu. Dev and I talked about what made him swap finance for food, as well as how it is all going now he has his Cert. III, is working on Cert IV as well as working for Delaware North at the MCG and running his passion project, Cooking, Culture, Connection. We also talked about his childhood food memories and how inspirational his mum was and is in it all. Dev’s eyes light up when he talks about food and this was a lovely conversation.