Cook with Ben Devlin
Board a private fishing charter on the NSW North Coast, then head to Ben Devlin's award-winning Pipit restaurant to turn your catch into art.
Area
New South Wales
Type
Active
Grade
Standard
Who
Adults
Teens
Difficulty
Leisurely
Moderate
Duration
Half Day
The day starts on the water. A private fishing charter sets out from the NSW North Coast, and what you bring back shapes everything that follows.
At Pipit restaurant - Ben Devlin's award-winning dining room that has drawn serious attention for its commitment to hyper-local, seasonal cooking - your catch becomes the centrepiece of something unexpected. Before it reaches the plate, it becomes art. A fish printing class, rooted in the Japanese tradition of gyotaku, produces a direct impression of your catch on paper - a record of the morning that you take home alongside the meal.
Then Ben takes over. One of Australia's most respected chefs, Devlin has built Pipit's reputation on an intimate understanding of this coastline and its produce. Cooking alongside him, with the fish you caught hours earlier, is a rare kind of satisfying - the whole day connected, from the open water to the table.
Pipit is accessible from both Byron Bay and the Gold Coast, making this a natural centrepiece for any stay along this stretch of the coast.
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