Creative, enthusiastic and sustainable chef, Cris joined the cooking school in Brazil in 2007, when she was just 19 years old.

She doesn't come from a family of professional chefs, but she grew up with her mum always trying new recipes that she had learned in TV shows.

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Her passion for travelling and exploring took her to work on board of a cruise around Europe in 2009 where she met a friend that told her she should try to be a chef in Australia. 

She went back to Sao Paulo and in 2012 she finally decided to risk and spend some time in the other side of the world.

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Some months in Sydney later, in 2013 she met Mu...and 7 years have passed, and they are still in Australia.

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And was after a trip to Brazil in 2017 where they could attend a big Food Event in Sao Paulo, the first KeenTown ideas pop up in their mind.

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With another vision for food, she was never the same. She soon joined Slow Food and after a while joined Oz Harvest as a chef for the Cooking for a Cause program.

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Nowadays with a better undertanding in the food chain, she is passionate about the farm to table concept and trully believes food can help us change everything and the fork is a very important vote all of us have in our hands everyday.

Back in Brazil Mu had no idea what life was preparing for him. With a background in management and logistics, he had worked with industrial engeneering for 5 years before having the decision of taking a break of what he considered a boring life.

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Also in 2012 he had decided to make a change and study English for 6 months in Australia.

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The first 6 months , turned into 1 year, which now are 8 years living in Sydney. From dishwasher, soccer coach, marketing researcher to butcher, he definitely experience different areas and professions since he has arrived here.

 

But even not having a degree or experience as a chef, Mu has a passion for food and it was watching his dad by the BBQ since he was a kid combined with his butchery experience turned him into KeenTown's BBQ master.

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Mu is also Keentown's official Gardener and Composting expert, turning all food scraps into a natural fertilizer to nourish the food growing in the backyard.

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Finally, The Homebrew came due his passion for Beer. Since they moved to a region of breweries Mu has been improving himself every batch and in each beer he brings so much passion and flavour to it.

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Mu is a dreamer and  he believes in the power that people have in helping each other to build a better and fairer world.

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