Recipes for a Good Time
Ben Milgate was told to learn to cook at 15 because 'I wasn't very good at school . His first job was work experience in 'about five kitchens' at the Sydney Opera House he loved it. Now he cooks with fire every day for a living. Elvis Abrahanowicz grew up in Argentina eating a lot of barbecues.  Although he trained and worked in some of Sydney s finest restaurants, when it came time to open his own he wanted something with more of a relaxed feel.  Ben and Elvis made a splash into Sydney's restaurant scene when they opened Bodega, a Spanish/Argentinian tapas eatery in 2006. In 2010, they launched Porteno, their local take on an Argentinian asador, which has bagged a swathe of Australian gourmet awards, most recently the 2012 Time Out Food Awards 'People's Choice Award'.  Ben and Elvis were also named joint Chefs of the Year in 2012 by the Sydney Morning Herald.