Fleurieu Living Magazine

From France to the Fleurieu with love

Like many overseas love affairs, this one was short, simple and left a lasting impression. When chef Rob Kolencik and his wife visited Paris, they fell in love with a bijou cafe, with a fixed menu, a large solitary table and shelves packed with providore foods.

‘We just loved the concept of that cafe,’ he tells me with a smile. ‘It was such a simple little place but the food was just amazing and we just kept going back the entire time we were in Paris.’

That short-lived love-affair set in motion a chain-of-events that has culminated in Rob Kolencik sitting

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