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July 11, 2022

The chef behind one of regional Victoria’s most revered dining destinations has come to a surprising realisation. Michael Ryan, who owns the two-chef’s hatted Provenance in Beechworth, found a positive in the pandemic. “I reckon COVID probably saved our business,” says Ryan at his restaurant in a gold-rush era bank