Executive Chef, Melbourne
Kelly Jackson has spent the past six years working as an experienced, passionate and highly respected Executive Chef at Crown Melbourne.
Originally from London, Kelly has spent time as a chef on the famed cruise liner ‘
The QE2‘, worked at for a The
Republic Restaurant in Canberra and as Chef de Cuisine at
Le Restaurant in the
Regent Hotel in Melbourne. He spent 16 years working his way around the world in senior positions at
The Four Season Hotels in the West Indies and London, the luxurious
Sandy Lane Hotel & Spa in Barbados,
Caprice Holdings in Dubai and
Hotel Le Gray in Beirut. A highlight was the three years Kelly spent at the
Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai.
In 2012, Kelly took up the opportunity to be involved in the running of Crown’s premium restaurants. Less than a year later, he was promoted to Executive Chef of Crown Events & Conferences, managing one of the busiest kitchens in Australia.
Using predominantly locally sourced ingredients, Kelly's multicultural and modern approach to cooking gives his menus a quality rarely seen in such large scale.
Events & Conferences