Over the nearly two decades since he arrived from the UK, Matt Wilkinson has become one of Melbourne’s favourite culinary sons. After tours of duty with Shannon Bennett and Andrew McConnell at Vue de Monde and Circa, he went into business for himself, and today he steers the ships at Pope Joan and The Pie Shop, is the Creative Director of Four Pillars’ Made by Gin, and is the author of three cookbooks. Produce is an obsession for Matt; he is a former ambassador for the Victorian Farmers’ Market Association, and his book, Mr Wilkinson's Favourite Vegetables, has been translated into nine languages.