Ben Shewry

Ben Shewry is the chef and owner of Attica in Melbourne. He grew up on a remote sheep and cattle farm in Taranaki, a mountainous coastal region on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Shewry arrived in Melbourne in 2002 and worked with chefs like Andrew McConnell. He’s been the head chef at Attica since 2005 and became world famous in 2010 when Attica was listed on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list and Shewry featured in the first season of Netflix Chef’s Table series in 2015.