If you’ve noticed that the Deli has exploded with flavour lately it’s because of our incredible Head Deli Chef, Iohne! Super salads, smoked pork terrine, pumpkin and goat cheese quiche...... it's hard to keep up.

From working at the local pub at 14 to cooking in Michelin Star restaurants and running Chalets in Austria. Iohne has done it all and, lucky for us, she’s now cooking up a storm at Harvest. Iohne previously ran The Spotted Pig in Lismore for 8 years with her wife Emily which was heartbreakingly devastated by the Lismore Floods.

Iohne loves the old-school style of food she had growing up with her grandparents in Staffordshire. Eating fresh and seasonal produce, preserving, pickling, jamming, and jarring. Letting incredible produce shine, wasting nothing, and creating super delicious meals.

Iohne is always looking for new ways to use and preserve ingredients, from pickling local garlic, making hand-made charcoal lavosh or dehydrating celery-tops to make super umami celery salt (all now available from the deli).

Ritchie will often drop off a basket of assorted leafy greens and veggies from the garden and without hesitation, like a culinary MacGyver, Iohne will turn seemingly common ingredients into mouth-watering specials for the day.

But most importantly, Iohne has one of the biggest hearts on the team. She’s always putting others first, which is why she can run such a great team and make such delicious food.

And to top it off, she’s also cycling for charity next month! All funds raised will support Children’s Medical Research Institute to develop treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer. Kids should be living life, not fighting for it. So if you are able to make a donation, click here!

And if you see Iohne or any of the deli chefs at Harvest make sure you let them know how great their food is! It means more to them than you might think.