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MATT PRESTON
Matt Preston is a food journalist and restaurant critic. Best known for his wrestaurant column in The Age newspaper’s food section, "Epicure", and as a judge on MasterChef Australia, Preston is also a writer for Vogue Entertaining + Travel and delicious magazines, and a former Creative Director of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival .
Preston was educated at St Phillips Preparatory School in London and Worth Abbey in Sussex and graduated from the University of Kent with a BA Hons in Politics and Government. He began his career in the sales and marketing departments of British magazines, including City Limits where he wrote the "Backhanders" column for five years. He then spent four years with UK magazines, TVTimes and What’s on TV, becoming head of their promotions and marketing department. In 1993, Preston moved to Australia where he worked as an Australian soap opera correspondent for British magazines What’s On TV, TVTimes and Women’s Own.
Preston is a regular food correspondent on a number of publications, including Epicure, a supplement in The Age, Vogue Entertaining & Travel (Senior Editor), Delicious (Senior Editor), Australian Good Taste as the drink reviewer, The Guardian newspaper (UK) and Time Out (London). Preston has a weekly contributor to Epicure since 2000. In this role, he writes a weekly review of a cafe or restaurant. He also writes a weekly column in The Age's A2. Preston is a contributor to The Age Good Food Guide and Food and Wine (US).
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ANGIE HILTON
MC, Presenter, Vocalist it’s hard to put Angie Hilton’s qualifications in to any sort of order of ability except to say she is eminently qualified to do almost anything! Whether it be presenting on a national Television network or performing the national anthem for thousands of racegoers, Angie loves what she does… and it shows!
Her vocal ability has seen her perform regularly on the incredibly popular ‘Hey Hey It’s Saturday’ and she has worked with the likes of internationally renowned Ricky Martin, Thelma Houston, Ronan Keating and a number of leading Australian recording artists over the past few years.
At present Angie can be seen each week on Channel 7’s travel show - ‘Coxy’s Big Break’ in addition to her regular band performances and various MC roles for various City councils and corporate clients.
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RACHEL BERGER
RACHEL BERGER is widely acknowledged as one of Australia's finest stand up comedians. Her material is political, psychological and socially conscious. It encompasses contemporary lifestyles, offering a hilarious and poignant expose of human foibles. Her dynamic presence and engagingly sharp observations have made her an extremely popular performer both live and on television, across Australia and overseas.WHAT THE PRESS SAY ABOUT RACHEL BERGER
"Berger, queen of stand-up satire and dominatrix extraordinaire of audiences." The Australian
"She is one of the sharpest comedians of either gender or hemisphere"
The List, Scotland
"An hour with the unique Berger is like driving on a hot, dark night with high beam lights coming straight at you. She's alluring, seductive and dazzling. Two hours could be dangerous."
The Canberra Times
"There are passive stand-ups and there are active ones. Berger is one of the latter ... but there's still a centre to the act too. She's sharing her observations with us rather than pounding out the gags."
Time Out, London
"An uninterrupted high-octane monologue, delivered at breathtaking speed… Elle Magazine, Britain
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CORINNE GRANT
has made a huge impact on the Melbourne comedy scene since leaving her northern Victorian home for the brighter lights. Corinne has appeared on Smallest Room In The House and UpFront Comedy for ABC-TV, Headliners for thecomedychannel, and The Loft Live on Channel 31. In 1999 Corinne sprang to prominence with more appearances on TV including several on Good News Week; and as one of the writers and key performers on the Channel Nine late night show Rove. In 2000 she continued with Good News Week, did a TV debate for Network Ten and started work on the 2000 series of Rove Live also for the Ten Network. 2001 sees her back on board for another series of Rove Live for the Ten Network and talking about current events in The Glass House with Wil Anderson and Dave Hughes on ABC-TV.
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ELLIOT GOBLET
The ideal corporate comedian, very dry & very very funny. The king of the straight faced one liners, Elliot is in constant demand as a corporate presenter & of course as a comedian.
With so many TV appearances over the years it would be hard to find a person who hasn't seen him perform. Good, clean, fast & funny.
• Over 50 stand up spots on Australian national television shows
• Over 1000 corporate performances at conferences, product launches, dinners and cocktail parties
• Oodles of public performances at comedy clubs through to big theatres, including the Sydney Entertainment Centre and Melbourne Concert Hall
• International public appearances including the Montreal festival and an 8 week tour of the US
• A number of radio and television commercials in Australia and New Zealand
• Several cameo roles on television including an episode of Neighbours
• Several corporate videos specifically tailored for the client company
• Host of the Qantas in flight audio comedy channel on all domestic and international flights (since December 2000)
• Best selling book "Business According to Goblet"
• CD "Internally Beserk"
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STEVE BEDWELL
The talent of Steve Bedwell is tremendous, he is a television host, a radio personality, a producer, a director, a ARIA nominated recording artist, an author and a very funny comedian.
Each morning the people of Melbourne wake up to the voice of Steve Bedwell for he is the co-host of the top rating Triple M breakfast show 'Bedder's, Tim & Margie for Breakfast'.
In 1998 Steve found enormous radio success when he moved into the breakfast shift at Triple M Melbourne. This shift is considered one of the top radio positions in the country for a stand up comedian. Teamed up with long time friend Tim Smith they have topped the ratings.
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GEOFF PAINE
Geoff is a writer, performer, host and producer of corporate events and training films through his company, Redskin Productions.
His television work includes 'Neighbours', 'The Games', 'Backberner', and 'Blue Heelers', his films include 'The Craic', and 'The Wogboy' and his stage work includes 'The New Rocky Horror Show' and 'Hair'.
As a writer, Geoff has written and performed in 'The X-Fools' for radio, 'Dilemma' for the comedy channel, and 'It's a Dad Thing' for the stage.
As a host, Geoff has created and performed song medleys, comedy trivia, hoax presenters, hoax games shows using a range of interactive styles.
Previous clients include: Telstra · KPMG · Price Waterhouse Coopers · Heidelberg Australia · Tatts Pokies · BHP · 3 Com · Ericcson · Colonial · Hagemeyer Electrical · Dunlop Tyres · HBA · AXA · Vodafone · CUB · Westpac · City of Melbourne · Nissan.
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