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50 recipes by our favourite female chefs

This one's for the ladies. In honour of International Women’s Day - and every day - we’ve collected a number of recipes to showcase the work of some of our favourite female chefs.
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Over the years, a number of talented female chefs have contributed to Gourmet Traveller. In honour of International Women’s Day – and the other 364 days a year – we’ve gathered some of our all-time favourite recipes to showcase the work of renowned chefs – from celebrity chefs like Kylie Kwong and Christine Manfield to Gourmet Traveller‘s Chef of the Year Thi Le and pastry powerhouse Jaclyn Koludrovic.

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Photo: William Meppem

Jacqui Challinor’s kingfish ceviche with avocado and finger lime

Beef tartare with herbs and nuoc cham
Photo: Mark Roper

Thi Le’s beef tartare with herbs and nuoc cham

Photo: Marnie Hawson

Alla Wolf-Tasker’s tempura zucchini flowers

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Bird's eye view of smoked beetroot dish with pink salad leaves in a white bowl atop a terrazzo surface
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Alanna Sapwell’s smoked beetroot, agrodolce and hazelnuts

Photo: Ben Dearley

Brigitte Hafner’s whole snapper with orange and pistachio sauce

Six scallops served in half of their shells on a bed of lettuce, carrot, and water chestnuts.
Photo: Chris Court

Jane Strode’s scallop sang choi bau

Photo: Parker Blain

Helly Raichura’s stir-fried warrigal greens and vegetables (shak bhaja)

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Green curry of chicken
Photo: Kara Rosenlund

Palisa Anderson’s gaeng keow wan gai (Thai green chicken curry)

Photo: Parker Blain

Tedesca Osteria’s prawns with saffron, fino sherry and garlic sauce

Photo: Elise Hassey

Amy Chanta and Palisa Anderson’s padt cha bpla (stir-fried fish with holy basil, wild ginger and green peppercorns)

Spring onion pancake
Photo: Ben Hansen

Eun Hee An’s spring onion pancakes with jamón

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Charred cabbage with XO sauce
Photo: Adam Gibson

Analiese Gregory’s charred cabbage with XO sauce

Photo: Marnie Hawson

Kohlrabi dumplings with sunflower seed pesto and apple consommé

Chicken curry with pickled pineapple
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chui Lee Luk’s chicken curry with pickled pineapple

Cantonese-style prawn wonton soup
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Kylie Kwong’s Cantonese-style prawn wonton soup

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Vietnamese spring rolls with mustard leaves and herbs
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Thi Le’s Vietnamese spring rolls with mustard leaves and herbs

Photo: James Moffatt

Bianca Johnston’s crispy chicken and rice

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Saba Alemayoh’s derek tibs (Ethiopian beef short ribs with capsicum)

Photo: Marnie Hawson

Emma McCaskill’s chickpea dhal with papadums

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Photo: Babiche Martens

Monique Fiso’s barbecue short ribs

Roast pork shoulder with ajo blanco
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Jacqui Challinor’s roast pork shoulder with ajo blanco

O Tama Carey's black braised brisket
Photo: Ben Dearnley

O Tama Carey’s black braised brisket

Prawn laksa
Photo: William Meppem

Christine Manfield’s prawn laksa

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Photo: Chris Court

Maggie Beer’s herb pasta with sorrel butter and lemon thyme

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Brigitte Hafner’s creamy salt cod and potato soup

Grilled eggplant salad with prawns
Photo: Kara Rosenlund

Palisa Anderson’s grilled eggplant salad with prawns

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Whole barbecued snapper with green papaya salad
Photo: Chris Chen

Amy Hamilton’s (Liberté) whole barbecued snapper with green papaya salad

Photo: Chris Chen

Analiese Gregory’s radish and preserved lemon salad

Photo: William Meppem

Danielle Alvarez’s farro with broad beans, ricotta salata, mint and lovage

Photo: William Meppem

Danielle Alvarez’s slow-cooked ocean trout with peas, and meyer lemon and fennel salsa

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Photo: John Laurie

Eun Hee Wan’s Korean miso soup with oyster cream (Doenjang Guk)

Deep-fried chicken with finger-lime sauce
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Kylie Kwong’s deep-fried chicken with finger-lime sauce

Sweet and sour pork with Davidson's plum
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Kylie Kwong’s sweet and sour pork with Davidson’s plum

Photo: Chris Chen

Nicky Riemer’s pappardelle with salsiccia, roast pepper ragù and wild olives

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O Tama Carey’s sri lankan crab curry

Lauren Eldridge's white chocolate and pistachio profiterole wreath
Photo: Mark Roper

Lauren Eldridge’s white chocolate and pistachio profiterole wreath

Over the top shot of a round tart topped withwhite chocolate and figs
Photo: James Moffatt

Jaclyn Koludrovic’s gluten-free lemon verbena, white chocolate and fig tart

Pauline Kwong's chiffon cake with citrus and ginger
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pauline Kwong’s chiffon cake with citrus and ginger

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Lemon dream
Photo: William Meppem

Nadine Ingram’s lemon dream cake

Shirni Parwana's masala carrot cake
Photo: William Meppem

Shirni Parwana’s masala carrot cake

Photo: Chris Court

Stephanie Alexander’s raspberry and rose-geranium sorbet with honey wafers, raspberries and cream

Photo: Prue Ruscoe

Jemma Whiteman’s five-grain porridge with rhubarb and apple

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Lorraine Godsmark’s peachy panettone with cassata ice-cream

Photo: William Meppem

Nicky Riemer’s chocolate ice-cream with drunken raisins

Over-the-top shot of a round white dish with a baked lemon pudding, with a spoonful taken out of the crust to reveal the molten lemon curd inside.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Bethany Finn’s lemon delicious pudding

Photo: Rob Shaw

Jaclyn Koludrovic’s quince and lemon pudding

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Chocolate Manjari cake
Photo: William Meppem

Nadine Ingram’s chocolate Manjari cake

Photo: John Laurie

Philippa Sibley’s raspberry marshmallows

Jaclyn Koludrovic's gluten-free pistachio, lime and coconut cream cake with melon, apple and mint
Photo: James Moffatt

Jaclyn Koludrovic’s gluten-free pistachio, lime and coconut cream cake with melon, apple and mint

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