Gourmet Rabbit | Blog | NEW BOOK: Mark Jensen's "The Urban Cook"

He travelled across Australia visiting food production sites in research for the book. Mark Jensen left a career in hairdressing to become a chef at the age of 27. He worked in Matt Moran's Paddington Inn Bistro and also the Bennelong Restaurant, before making his mark on the Sydney dining scene when he opened The Dining Room at the Olympic Hotel in 1995. In 2001 his brother in-law Luke Nguyen invited him to join his new restaurant, Red Lantern, and he has been there ever ...