Speaker Profile

Nick Smith is the executive chef and co-owner of Rising Sun Workshop, a profit for purpose restaurant that houses Sydney's only communal motorcycle workshop for its members.
Nick's food draws inspiration from the most exciting and innovative place in the world - the Australian pantry. Rising Sun Workshop's food programme first drew attention via a pop ramen shop back in 2014, fast forward a few years, Nick's menus still draw cues from Japanese cuisine among others. often taking a dish we're familiar with and adding a twist of Tokyo, a dash of Seoul, a touch of Hong Kong. Nick feels that the effect that migration and cultural movement has had on food, best defines the Australian table". Rising Sun Workshop currently holds one hat in the Sydney Morning Herald's Good Food Guide.