Profile: Aaron Turner goes from the frying pan to the fire

By Veda Gilbert
Updated September 14 2014 - 10:18am, first published September 3 2014 - 8:54am
Spice of life: Aaron Turner at his Nashville-style restaurant Belle's Hot Chicken; and the flaming hot chicken they serve. Photo: Paul Jeffers/Getty Images
Spice of life: Aaron Turner at his Nashville-style restaurant Belle's Hot Chicken; and the flaming hot chicken they serve. Photo: Paul Jeffers/Getty Images

A year in Nashville, Tennessee, has been very healing for Australian chef Aaron Turner. With the closure in June 2013 of Loam, Turner's Bellarine Peninsula produce-driven restaurant, and the demise of his relationship with former wife and restaurant manager Astrid, The Age Good Food Guide 2012 Regional Restaurant of the Year award winner boarded a Nashville-bound plane with the aim of recuperating on friend and fellow chef Morgan McGlone's couch. What Turner found was inspiration and unbridled support.

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