Roberta Muir
(MA Gastronomy)

Roberta Muir

I love making it easy for home cooks to explore new cuisines and ingredients and sharing my passion for cooking, eating, drinking and travelling. I have a Master of Arts degree in Gastronomy and am a certified Sherry educator and cheese judge (I even wrote a little cheese book). For almost 25 years I ran Australia’s largest recreational cooking school, Sydney Seafood School at Sydney Fish Market. I became immersed in the exciting food and restaurant world, forming friendships with many great chefs and awesome producers and learning a lot along the way. I’ve written cookbooks with some of them – A Lombardian Cookbook (with Alessandro Pavoni), A Sardinian Cookbook (with Giovanni Pilu), Wild Weed Pie (with Janni Kyritsis) and the Sydney Seafood School Cookbook – hosted cooking classes with just about all of them, and learnt to translate their ‘chef speak’ into ‘home cook speak’. I live in Sydney with my husband – photographer, spirits expert and fellow food lover – Franz Scheurer.

Reviewing & Judging

I have reviewed and judged for:

  • Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide
  • The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide
  • Sydney Eats (previously Cheap Eats)
  • Restaurant & Catering Awards (NSW & National)
  • Australian Food Awards (Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria)
  • Fine Food Awards (Royal Agricultural Society of NSW)
  • Wineslinger Top 50 Venues list
  • Seafood Excellence Awards (Sydney Fish Market)
Published

My work has been printed in leading food and lifestyle publications in Australia and overseas (see articles archive), including:

  • Australian Gourmet Traveller
  • The Guardian
  • Business Insider
  • Jetstar Inflight Magazine
  • French Living
  • Taste (Singapore)
  • Indulgence (Singapore)
  • Wine & Dine (Singapore)

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What My Cooks Say

Melisa (Beacon Hill, NSW)
Melisa (Beacon Hill, NSW)
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We made the pot-sticker dumplings and bang bang chicken from the Chinese class the other night. Once again both exceeded our expectations. My husband keeps saying it’s better than going out to restaurants as the recipes and quality are amazing.
Glennis (Caringbah South, NSW)
Glennis (Caringbah South, NSW)
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The whole Be Inspired experience has helped me love cooking again. I was sick of cooking the same old things - meal time is a lot brighter thanks to you Roberta.
Pam (Cammeray, NSW)
Pam (Cammeray, NSW)
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Your recipes are something I always feel confident offering guests and also reasonable in the time to prepare. We often try your recommended wines and suppliers and enjoy your travel tales too!
Jen (Tamarama, NSW)
Jen (Tamarama, NSW)
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Thank you for stocking our pantry with such authentic Ingredients and quality produce. We really like the flexibility of cooking over a couple of days and changing the order we cook the dishes in when we want to. And I love listening to the themed playlist while cooking.
Katrina (Arncliffe, NSW)
Katrina (Arncliffe, NSW)
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I am absolutely loving Be Inspired! There are ingredients I have never worked with before so having the confidence to try something new is so much fun! The recipes are just amazing and the notes on what can be prep’d beforehand are a great help too. Thank you so much.
Deb (Belconnen, ACT, Australia)
Deb (Belconnen, ACT, Australia)
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Awesome fun traveling through Emilia-Romagna experiencing first hand some of the produce I've worked with over the last couple of years cooking with Roberta's classes – the family are reaping the benefits now.
Judith (Woronora, NSW)
Judith (Woronora, NSW)
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Food, wine and travel! Three of my favourite things! Be Inspired with Roberta has been a wonderful experience and given me more confidence in the kitchen. I have learnt so much, cooked things I never would have attempted without Roberta’s excellent videos, and used ingredients I have never tried before.
Sandra (Garran, ACT)
Sandra (Garran, ACT)
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I'm a competent cook whose learned so much from Roberta's online cooking classes. The recipes are yummy and Roberta’s video guidance offers so many little tips to improve flavour and organise the flow of preparation. I enjoy her warmth, sense of humour, and ability to giggle at herself when she occasionally messes up.
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