Growing up in the hospitality industry, Belinda started out early in her career managing her parents restaurant before moving on to a national catering company. In 2004 she started her own catering business focused on just sandwiches which very quickly grew into what Flavours Catering + Events is today –one of Sydneys most successful catering companies.

Belinda has a genuine passion for all things culinary and believes that food contributes in such a significant way when celebrating special occasions. When she isn’t at Flavours, she loves to spend time with her husband and sons on the Gold Coast, dining out and exploring new restaurants and loves a good Netflix series power watch!

Her favourite menu item is the compressed watermelon, togarashi, feta, mint & lime canape.

Having worked in food related roles since being a teenager, Chris brings a great wealth of hospitality experience to Flavours. He was the first employee Belinda took on following the launch of Flavours with his role evolving over the years from Chief Sandwich Maker to General Manager. Chris is a valued contributor to the Flavours business in many areas, particularly finance, logistics, IT and product development. He admits his inner geek loves a good excel spreadsheet! Don’t leave chocolate around in the office, he’ll always be the first to sneak it away to his desk.

Chris loves to spend time with his family boating and beaching and experimenting in his kitchen at home.

His favourite menu item is the house baked chocolate fudge brownie (no suprises there Chris)

With over 25 years experience in hospitality, hotels, resorts and the events industry, Wendy brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Flavours. Belinda quickly named her  “Wendy Poppins” when she flew in and instantly provided our clients and our team with an exceptional level of service, knowledge and commitment to excellence.

Known for her instant rapport with our clients, Wendy is committed to meeting your needs and exceeding expectations to ensure what is promised is delivered. Her keen eye for detail, efficiency and professionalism has Wendy leading our sales and customer service teams like a well oiled machine.

When not at work Wendy loves loud live music, long walks by the ocean, spending time with her niece and nephew and an occasional Netflix a thon. She loves pineapple on pizza, can’t wait to travel again and can quote everything from Sex and The City

Her favourite menu items are the pumpkin arancini, vegan pesto and the compressed watermelon, togarashi, feta, mint, fresh lime from the canape menu.

Joining the Flavours team in 2023, we are delighted to have the talent and experience of Chris who has so many career highlights in some of the most prestigious kitchens around the world. Having traveled around the world to pursue his passion, he has worked within many 5 star hotels, 5 Diamond and Michelin starred restaurants.

From a private Chef for a family in Canada to Group Executive Chef of 5 venues in New Zealand & 2 Michelin star restaurants in Sweden, Chris is thrilled with his decision to join the Flavours team for a new challenge and to share his expertise. What he loves most about working with Flavours is the positive attitude of the team who were all so welcoming. He loves the variety and creative input opportunities Flavours offers.

He takes a hands on approach when mentoring and supporting our kitchen staff, with an incredible eye for detail and palate for beautiful food. In his down time, Chris loves snowboarding, going to live gigs and improving his skills in training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He’s also a big fan of the artistic ability behind quality street art and graffiti.

One of his favourite menu items is the Compressed watermelon from our sydney catering canape menu “it is so well balanced and just delicious, definitely a must for your next event menu”

Brad joined the Flavours team in 2022 and brings with him a strong and varied background in various kitchen management roles. His experience in catering for large guest numbers in alacarte, café, club, restaurant and production kitchen environments has been a valuable asset to our team. Brad has a happy, calm and friendly manner, making him an approachable and supportive Head Chef, leading our kitchen team to daily success, while working so well with the wider Flavours team.

He loves that no two days are ever the same at Flavours, in a role that gives him great work life balance. He is a self-confessed sports nut – it’s the only trivia topic he’s great at! He loves everything sport, both watching and participating, particularly cricket in summer and football in winter.

His favourite menu item is the Smoked salmon, crème fraiche, dill, preserved lemon petite savoury tart because he feels it is such a simple canape but with great bursts of flavour

Managing the delivery and logistics part of Flavours is no easy task and Tamara brings a very hands on approach to this essential role within the team. She brings an extensive and varied background in hospitality and contributes her friendly, focused and calm approach to our very busy kitchen, dispatch and events team. From assigning our daily delivery schedules to ensuring our delivery team are providing the most efficient and friendly service to overseeing event operations, Tamara’s role is incredibly varied and certainly keeps her on her toes.

She loves the organisation within Flavours and the variety that each day brings. She also loves getting creative at event set ups ! In her free time Tamara loves camping, 4wd adventures and pretty much, anything in the great outdoors. She is a lover of bugs so you’ll never ever see her kill a spider!

Her favourite menu is easy to choose – the Smoked Salmon, crème fraiche, dill, preserved lemon petite savoury tart

Sharon has been with Flavours for over 15 years and brings an extensive knowledge of the retail food industry as well as quality assurance and logistics.

Sharon loves working in the great team environment at Flavours and is such an integral part of it, ensuring all orders leave complete and on time by running the important (and very very busy) dispatch process.

Every chance she gets, Sharon enjoys taking a long walk and loves spending time with her family

Her favourite menu items (she couldn’t choose just one) is the duck pancakes and the brioche toast with brie, red currant jelly, rosemary & walnut dust canape.

Jenn is a bubbly, enthusiastic member of the Flavours team and brings with her a wealth of customer service experience from both retail management and event / marketing coordinating roles. She is a valued Event Manager within our team & works closely with our clients to ensure their event comes to life just the way they envisaged. She spent a lot of her free time in 2021 volunteering her time with her local Netball Club doing their sponsorship, marketing and social media – way to support the community Jenn !

Jenn loves to travel and is very excited to finally be able to take an overseas holiday toward the end of 2022, with her previous plans being cancelled a week before flying out in 2020 (we hear you!). She loves trying new restaurants, wine tasting and spending time with her loved ones. She has a slight obsession with cows (the highland cow is her favourite animal) and her favourite Flavours menu items are the Chocolate Brownies & the Peking Duck Pancakes

Managing family owned restaurants and cafes for over 15 years, Nicole certainly understands food and customer service. She particularly loves helping our clients host events they can be proud of.  Coming from a large Greek family, she understands the importance of food at such events and gives our clients great guidance when making their menu selections, reducing some of the stress of their event planning.

In her spare time Nicole loves to spend time with her nieces and nephews, going to the beach and trying out new quirky cafes in her local area. She loves watching classic movies and has a cool talent of being able to recite lines from a movie after just one watch.

Her favourite menu items are our house baked chocolate brownies and the pumpkin arancini.

Having transitioned from family owned restaurants and cafes to catering and events, Alex brings friendly and genuinely helpful customer service to Flavours. She is one of the first voices you get if you call the office and has a such a great rapport with our clients; she loves to work on a variety of different events with them. The favourite part of her job is menu tasting days! Alex loves dining out, playing soccer and discovering new hiking paths.

her happy place is either at the beach or cleaning and she considers herself a pretty good espresso martini maker.  Alex’s favourite menu items are the chicken & mushroom arancini balls, black cherry baby blini’s and alllllll our sweet items (and yes Alex & Nicole are sisters)

Coming from a strong event management and guest services background in a variety of fabulous hotels and venues, Diane brings a great amount of experience to the Flavours team. Born and bred in France, Diane moved to Australia in early 2018 and has not looked back since, especially now she is an owner in an Australian race horse that she hopes will have a big race win one day.

While French is her native language, she also speaks Spanish, loves skiing, shopping and being with her beautiful black Labrador. Diane has completed a wide range of studies both in France and Australia in event and hospitality management, tourism, leisure and more that have contributed to great success in her career journey. We feel very lucky to have her as part of the team to work with our clients for fantastic event outcomes.

She loves working at Flavours because of the supportive and welcoming environment (and because the food is amazing she says!)

Her favourite menu items are the house made chocolate fudge brownies and the Souvlaki bbq package

Ava brings her positive energy, enthusiastic attitude and personable approach to the Flavours team, coming from a strong customer service and admin background. She joined the Flavours team in 2023 with a focus on learning all areas of the business so she can grow her role over the coming years.

She loves being a part of the Flavours team, working directly with our customers to assist in their catering needs and loves working on events of all styles. Ava has some great talents away from the office too – she is a fantastic classical piano player and can take on a long beach sand run and make it look easy!

Ava has a strange fear of skip bins and rubbish trucks (oh Ava what did they ever do to you hey?) and absolutely loves anything to do with the ocean, whether it be whale watching, swimming, making sand angels or watching sunsets.

Her favourite menu items are the Salt & Pepper King Prawns and Chicken & Mushroom Arancini from our canape menus

As our newest Apprentice Chef officially joining the Flavours team in 2022, Charlie has shown a great interest in the family business from a very young age. He first wore a Flavours Chef jacket at the age of just 4! With no babysitter available for the day, Charlie did a ‘day at work with mum’ for a catering job at the school he was actually going to be attending from the following year…. And so the seed was planted! He is passionate about food and all things hospitality and is always learning under the wing of our incredible kitchen team. No special treatment here, Charlie strives for excellence and excited about his role contributing to the shaping the future of Flavours.

With any free time, Charlie loves working on his 4WD, playing golf (he’s actually pretty good!) and binge watching a good TV series.

He loves that every day at Flavours is busy and challenging and makes the day fly by

His favourite menu item is the Roasted boneless chicken, lemon, garlic, thyme

A very important part of the Flavours team, Simon is known for his fun and affectionate attitude around the office. As Belinda’s shadow when he comes to visit, Simon sits quietly in his spot in the office unless he’s just woken from a nap and needs some pats. Apologies in advance if you call us and hear Simon playing or barking in the background, he’s likely demanding a hand shake to which the office team will always oblige.

The newest member to join the Flavours fur-family, Barbara is a fluffy bundle of cuteness who loves to visit the office team for love, attention and pats. As a little shadow to Simon, Barbara loves to play tug-o-war before having a big nap under someone’s desk. She loves cuddles, stirring up Simon and running around the office when a burst of energy hits.