Joel Bickford held the Head Chef position at Aria, Sydney, and was named Daily Telegraph’s Chef of the Year in 2015, has won two Sydney Morning Herald Chef’s Hats for both Biota Dining and Aria Sydney and was recently awarded 2018 Chef of the Year at the Savour Excellence awards.

Bickford has since signed on as culinary director at two of the most ambitious restaurant projects in Sydney: Fort Denison and Shell House Dining Room and Sky Bar.