The Black Olive is in Alice Springs this week for the The Red Centre Food Festival where he will be cooking a 7 course meal at the Double Tree by Hilton, creating dishes that blend western food with traditional bush foods and spices.
“In the 90’s there wasn’t much cooking on TV- never seen any black faces so I got involved in a bit of TV work” – Mark Olive
Bundjalung Man and Australian Aboriginal Chef, Mark Olive, aka The Black Olive, was the first Aboriginal chef on the south coast of Australia. He shares his 40 year journey as an Aboriginal chef in Australia in this live interview with CAAMA Broadcaster, Jenni Hubert.