“The producers, the GROWERS, the breeders… Without them – I’ll be honest – I wouldn’t be the chef that I am.”
— Matt Moran
When you put Matt Moran and Gerry Harvey together in a room, it’s never long before the conversation turns to food. And the fresher that food, the better. Such was the case when the pair recently met for lunch at Moran’s restaurant and vinyl bar, Rekodo in Barangaroo, Sydney. After swapping asparagus-growing tips and jam-making stories, the topic soon turned to the delicious. Harvey Norman Produce Awards program.
“I think it’s so important that you reward producers,” Harvey says of the awards, of which Harvey Norman has been a proud supporter since 2019. “The big thing here is the celebration of our producers, and the fact that they’re doing this wonderful job.