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I’ve never believed good cooking is about owning expensive equipment. It’s about understanding heat. Every oven function and cooktop setting on these pages has earned its place because it gives me another way to control heat, moisture, colour or texture. These aren’t reviews—they’re the programmes I use every week in my own kitchen. Why do I use it?

Baking Fundamentals

A basket of freshly baked sourdough boules, baguettes and croissants, dusted with flour

Seafood Technique

Bearded Rock Cod, poached

Equipment & Appliances

Tiger prawns on induction griddle

What I Reference

A shelf of well-used cookbooks on baking, seafood, fermentation and other references

Understanding Heat

Macro shot of a sliced blackberry tart, showing the buttery pastry base and fresh blackberries baked on top

How These Recipes Work

Overhead flat-lay of wholegrain spelt pastry ingredients — flour, butter cubes, salt, and an egg — arranged in small bowls on a wooden board.

The Art of Seafood

Geoff Staples and chef Jamie Steele demonstrating seafood cookery to an audience at the Sea to Shore masterclass in Glenelg, South Australia