Well once apon a time I had a job. Thats right... Ed actually did something. I was a kitchen hand at a tiny little place called Arriva.

It was a pretty easy gig to score. One day I decided it was time to get another job, opened the paper, saw an add for a kitchen hand in new farm and rang up. Brooke asked me to come in the next day for an interview I said "I can come in now if you want" so I did. Brooke read my reference aloud to Mark and offered me the job there and then asking me to start the next night. My reply was of course "I can start now if you need someone for tonight". The rest is history. I worked every night they were open from that day forth until I started uni. Once uni started I worked every shift that didnt clash with classes. Of course within two weeks of me being there they fired the other guy in the kitchen and gave me his job as well.

Mark and Brooke like these little red Italian car things called Ferrari's or something. I think they think these things go fast or something. They have cars everywhere. If there was a F1 race the kitchen closed bang on time and everyone worked their arses off to make sure we got out of there on time to watch the start.

Working at Arriva was a whole heap of fun. We played many jokes (mainly on Brooke). Including moving her tiramisu off the bench and replacing it with an empty container and some cream on the floor while she was gone. Needless to say the reaction was hillarious.

So is this joint any good? Well gourmet traveller recons it is: top 10 pizzas in Australia edition. Restaurant and Caterers think it is: best pizza restaurant. Various news papers and magazines would agree. As would all their customers. So yeah I guess its not bad.

Mark is one of those guys that loves a good laugh. There have been plenty of times where Mark will break out into his very own versions of songs that we all know like "beds are burning" which became "how can you sleep while your breads are burning" everytime I burnt a garlic bread. Anytime someone would complain Mark would sing "what about me" until they shut up.

Mark is an ideas man. He had the great idea that we should put cameras in the kitchen and have it like big brother. It would have been far more exciting than any reality tv show you have ever seen. There is no other show where a head chef will tap his tongs twice and throw a hot pan across the kitchen into the sink just as the kitchen hand dodges it without even seeing it, time and time again. The amount of food the three of us managed to pump out was insane some nights.

Brooke is pretty good for a laugh too. She is from Canberra so we can always just laugh at her. Just joking.

Mark and Brooke have taken me to some great (read: expensive) restaurants like Restaurant 2 and Kabuki. We have had plenty of great food in the restaurant too like zucchini flowers, deep fried calzone, a heap of different cheeses... mmm cheese. No wonder I loved working there soo much.

One day I might fill everyone in on the rest of the people that I worked with at Arriva and maybe even at my other jobs... maybe.

There is a few things about working there I dont miss: peeling prawns, scrubbing mussels, chopping tomato.

Msg to Mark and Brooke: Ferrari's suck! just joking. Thanks for all the laughs. I dont think I will ever have a job that is that much fun (or work) again. You have taught (and paid) me heaps over the years and shared plenty of great food with me. I am getting around to coming in for dinner again.. hopefully on the 15th. 11?

Have fun.