The First Nations chef who’s bringing Australian cuisine to the world
Byron Bay’s Mindy Woods won a World’s 50 Best Restaurants award for her work preserving and sharing Indigenous food culture. Here are her recommendations.
“Jingella Jingy Walla Nanyari Mindy Bundjalung Australian dubay. Nagali nah jagun nagali garima nala jagun.”
So began chef, author and native food advocate Mindy Woods’ speech to a packed room of hundreds of chefs and culinary luminaries from all over the world in the northern Italian city of Turin this month, as part of the 2025 World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards.
