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November 12, 2024

He’s one of Melbourne’s hottest next-gen chefs. Just how did Sunda’s Khanh Nguyen become so successful so young?

Christopher Thé, the gun pastry chef behind the world’s most Instagrammed cake at Black Star Pastry, has shifted his focus to native ingredients at Hearthe, a boutique cake shop in the inner western Sydney suburb of Stanmore. In an interview with food writer Richard Cornish, Christopher talks about life after