Where the Ocean Meets the Kitchen
Growing up on the Sunshine Coast, I learned to cook the way most kids learn to swim — through necessity, repetition, and the occasional spectacular failure. My grandmother had a kitchen that opened directly onto a verandah overlooking the Coral Sea, and every recipe she taught me came with the sound of waves as a backing track. I've never been able to separate food from the ocean since.
After a decade working in restaurants from Noosa to Melbourne, I hung up the professional apron and came back to where it all started. Tidepool was born from a simple idea: the best food doesn't try too hard. It uses what's fresh, what's local, and what makes you want to eat barefoot at a table covered in sea salt and sand.
Every recipe here has been tested in my home kitchen, overlooking the same stretch of coast where I learned to crack my first egg. Some are quick weeknight meals, others are long weekend projects. All of them are designed to make you feel like the ocean is just outside the door — even if you're cooking in the suburbs of Brisbane.