Compass – Chefs Under Pressure on ABC and ABC iview – Compass has an exclusive story on the spate of mental health crises amongst Australia’s high-end chefs, with depression and suicides becoming all too common.
But we feature four high profile chefs who have devised strategies to ensure the wellbeing of their staff and their own mental health.
High costs, risk and long hours have always put chefs under enormous pressure, but it’s the advent of social media, and the constant reviews, many unfair, that have made them more vulnerable to anxiety and depression.
Compass gives the audience a rare glimpse into some of the best kitchens in Australia, following four distinguished chefs.
Neil Perry – a national icon who recently opened a 250 seat Chinese restaurant in Sydney called SONGBIRD. Compass has been granted exclusive access to SONGBIRD in the lead up to its opening.
Two renowned chefs from Melbourne – Jacqui Challinor, Executive Chef of the NOMAD group and Ben Shewry, the owner of the award-winning ATTICA restaurant in Melbourne.
Compass also travels to Bali to meet Tim Stapleforth – a young chef who gave up a lucrative career in Melbourne, and now works to incorporate Balinese values of community and spirituality into his cooking.
Production credit: Executive producer: Amanda Collinge
Compass on ABC and ABC iview Chefs Under Pressure – Sunday 6 October at 6:30pm
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Compass – Chefs Under Pressure on ABC and ABC iview
