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Porthminster Beach Café Patron/ Chef Mick Smith

While it was the ocean lifestyle that first drew Porthminster Beach Café Mick Smith to Cornwall, it is the ‘world class’ ingredients that keeps his culinary inspiration alive.

Mick’s route to St Ives has taken in a culinary journey spanning the globe. After growing up a stone’s throw from world famous surf along the Great Ocean Road inVictoria, Australia, he left his hometown of Warrnambool to sink his teeth into the bright lights of Melbourne’s foodie scene helping start up the kitchen at Donovans a now dining institution. He went on to win a chefs hat (Oz version of a Michelin star) at the age of 21 at the Victoria in Port Fairy. He then longed for travelling the globe.

After a period of travel around Asia, always indulging in his two greatest pleasures, cooking and surfing, Mick settled in London, working at ‘The Sugar Club in Soho’ With the siren song of the ocean calling, it seemed like natural progression, both personal and professional, to say goodbye to city life in 2002 and set up home in St Ives, starting at the multi-award winning restaurants, The Porthminster Beach Café, Porthgwidden Beach Cafe and Porthminster Kitchen.

Always focused on creating innovative dishes using the bounty of Cornwall’s soil and sea, the talent behind multi-award winning Porthminster Beach Café and Porthminster Kitchen.

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