BONNY BOUNTY

Sydney-born chef and London restaurateur, Bonny Porter, has opened her first Australian restaurant in Brunswick Heads in northern NSW. Overlooking the Simpson River, Bounty serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week, and dinner from Thursday to Sunday. “Bounty will be a destination that brings people together around a common love of simple food done well, in the small seaside village that ‘Bruns’ is,” explains Porter. Taking inspiration from her travels and time in the UK, the innovative menu will be split into four categories – land, sea, garden and pantry – showcasing the best in local and seasonal produce.

Porter started her career at Neil Perry’s Rockpool Bar & Grill, where she completed a three-year apprenticeship. Then at the age of 23, she appeared as the youngestever finalist on MasterChef Australia: Professionals. In 2013, she decided to take a bold step and head to London, where she worked in the kitchen at the Arts Club in Mayfair and Village East in Bermondsey. Two years later, Porter opened her first solo restaurant, Balls & Company, in Soho – which became the area’s first gourmet meatball restaurant. Its own speakeasy-style cocktail bar, Company Below, opened shortly after.

Last year, Porter closed Balls & Company and headed back to Australia to be closer to family. All the while she was planning her new project, which would soon become Bounty – or, as it’s colloquially referred to, Bounty in Bruns. bountybrunswick.com.au