This Just In: Josh and Julie Niland Are Celebrating Ten Years of Saint Peter by Collaborating With the World's Best Chefs
Australia's top seafood chef is welcoming talents from the world's best kitchens to exclusive dinners at his Paddington restaurant.
Ten years ago, chef and restaurateur duo Josh and Julie Niland opened a celebration of Australian seafood in Paddington, Saint Peter. The focus was responsibly sourced, quality bounty of Australian waters — used in a nose-to-tail fashion that's been at the heart of all of the Niland's ventures thus far. In 2024, it moved to the Grand National Hotel and was named 98th in the World's Best Restaurants longlist, before placing 66th in 2025. Now, a decade has passed, and the Nilands are planning one hell of a party to mark it.
Over the course of ten exclusive dinners, Josh will collaborate with ten chefs who have helped shape their journey through the culinary world, each collaboration resulting in a one-night-only menu available at Saint Peter.
First on the list is Rasmus Munk, the multi-award-winning head chef of Alchemist in Denmark. Munk and Niland collaborated in Denmark earlier this year, now they'll reunite for another standout evening on Wednesday, April 15.
And to follow, the Niland's have confirmed that Virgilio Martínez, Central (Peru), Wylie Dufresne, Stretch Pizza (New York), Peter Doyle, Est. (Sydney), Joan Roca, El Celler de Can Roca (Spain), Pascal Barbot, Astrance (France), Kylie Kwong, Lucky Kwong (Sydney) and Stephen Hodges, Fish Face (Sydney) will all take part. More names will be confirmed later in the year.
Rasmus Munk, Head Chef and co-owner of Alchemist in Copenhagen.
"This series of dinners is our way of celebrating and thanking the exceptionally talented team at Saint Peter that contributes tirelessly to making it the special place that it is. We want to provide them the opportunity to stand alongside the chefs we all admire most - to cook, learn and be inspired by them," said Josh Niland, adding, "We are all very excited to cook with these incredible chefs. I really couldn't think of a better way to celebrate ten years."
Bookings for Rasmus Munk's dinner will be available from 4pm today, Wednesday, March 18 via OpenTable. Otherwise, visit the Saint Peter website for more information.
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