It’s a sunny, balmy Queensland-postcard kind of winter day, and Marion Grasby and I are charging around Noosaville in a black Range Rover looking for a restaurant to have lunch.
The woman who catapulted her 15 minutes of fame on an Australian TV show into a global gastro phenomenon is also accompanied by her husband and business partner, Tim Althaus, and business development manager Andrew Hinshelwood. We try one eatery after another, but all are closed. Finally, at 1.55pm, a miracle – GT’s Bar & Restaurant is open and taking customers.