I craft traditional Italian cuisine with three decades of experience across every section of the kitchen.

Paolo Bravi

I bring heartfelt, traditional Italian cuisine with precision and care

I am a professional Italian chef with over 30 years of kitchen experience. I graduated from the School of Hospitality in Assisi, Italy, in 1998 and worked around Italy until 2011. I also spent one year in Spain and six months in Russia, broadening my perspective and techniques.

In 2013 I moved to Australia, where I have worked in several Italian restaurants and spent five years at Crown Casino. Today I channel this journey into refined, generous menus that celebrate seasonality, tradition, and flavor.

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Cooking is my life and my passion. Cooking with love is the key.

How I cook for you

Cooking with love is my key ingredient

Cooking is my life and my passion, and I lead every service with heart, technique, and respect for ingredients. Cooking with love is the key to every menu I create.

I built my craft across Italy

I created my knowledge and skills around Italy, graduating in Assisi and refining my craft in kitchens across the country before taking it to Spain, Russia, and finally Australia.

I cook to spark emotions

I always try to create emotions at the table—through balanced flavors, honest technique, and memorable experiences that bring people together.

Chef Paolo Bravi’s Menus

I offer curated multi-course menus inspired by Italian and Mediterranean traditions, featuring seasonal produce and precise technique. Each experience includes starters, a first course, mains, and dessert.

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Stories and testimonials from my guests

Paolo cooked an early Christmas meal for my family of eight, and the experience was outstanding from start to finish. The food was absolutely beautiful — thoughtfully prepared, perfectly cooked, and presented with real care. Paolo was especially attentive to my mum’s seafood allergy, ensuring she was fully catered for without any compromise on quality or flavour, which we truly appreciated. Beyond the incredible food, Paolo was a pleasure to have in our home. He worked seamlessly in the kitchen and left it absolutely impeccable, as if he’d never been there. An excellent chef in every sense — professional, considerate, and extremely talented. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Paolo and would happily book him again for future occasions.

Tamara

Chef Paolo was incredible, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was amazing. Chef Paola was organised, professional and an amazing Chef. The family enjoyed Chefs explanation of every course presented. We were all fool so much that we didn’t eat the cheese board that I bought, the clean up was surprising and the best gift ???? I could have asked for, thank you Chef Paola and helper. We will definitely do this again xxx

Varrie Brookes

the service was very professional and we had 2 chefs attend at the time of the booking, arrived one hour before the event started. they prepared the food and delivered it in a very classy way. my guests were amazing and very complementary about how they have enjoyed my event. they served over 20 guests am a very happy host thank you chef Paolo

Ben

Our chef Paolo Bravi was simply amazing From our initial contact right through to him preparing an incredible range of dishes far exceeded our expectations. Everything was perfect and would highly recommend Paolo

Simon Flint

Paolo catered for our elopement! He was a fantastic chef, catered to our tastes and to gluten free. He spent time on the night caring for our son so we could all enjoy the food! The food was outstanding! Highly recommend Paolo!

Justin

Amazing food and presentation, everyone thoroughly enjoyed all dishes made by Chef Paolo, as well as interacting and learning from him. Would highly recommend.

Teja S

We had the absolute pleasure of having Paolo cook us a private dinner at home, and it was outstanding. Every dish was beautifully presented, perfectly balanced, and full of flavor. The whole evening felt effortless - Paolo created a relaxed, memorable experience that let us enjoy restaurant-quality dining in the comfort of our own home. I couldn’t recommend them more highly!

Stefan Burrows

Paolo was unreal. Food was divine.

Walter Needham

Chef Paolo was sensational. The most amazing food and experience. We will definitely use him again!

Daniel White

Chef Paolo was absolutely incredible!! He was really pleasant to deal with and was very adaptable with the size of the kitchen he had to work in (it was a small kitchen at the airBnB I was renting). I organised this dinner to catch up with my uni mates as we have not seen each other for over 10 years so naturally, there was a lot of talking and excitement for us trying to catch up with each other's life and Chef Paolo was amazing in being both discreet and engaging with us....perfectly timed with each of the course that were presented and the food was absolutely delicious! As a group, we could not fault the service, the quality of food and the presentation. Definitely would book him again! :)

Siearra Cronin