Musician, entrepreneur, and the owner of the ‘Paris Cat Jazz Club’, Serge Carnovale leads a very colorful life. Having toured around Australia with his predecessor bands in his earlier years, Serge these days performs corporate gigs in Melbourne with his current band ‘Funky Film Express’. Also being a builder by trade, Serge’s dual interest in the property market led to the establishment of the now-very-successful ‘Paris Cat Jazz Club’, based on Goldie Lane, Melbourne, in early ...
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Having developed a love of coffee and café culture, Ilaine Anderson and her husband Andrew Huyton established the much-loved ‘La Colline Café’ in September 2009.  Being passionate about serving great coffee and providing exceptional customer service, Ilaine and Andrew found themselves relying on their previous managerial experience in running this successful café. 

Here Ilaine explains the personal journey behind opening up the café, their many learnings in the process and how havin...

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Katie Fisher is a physiotherapist by profession.  She currently works at the Day Therapy Centre which provides allied health services to the elderly.  Prior to this Katie did rehabilitation work in the UK which she found extremely rewarding.
Early this month Katie organized the ‘MS Society 80’s Fundraiser Event’ at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Port Melbourne which was a huge success.  Here Katie explains the passion behind the cause, and why helping people is such a big aspect of her life....

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Sean Tan, manager of the highly successful ‘Meshiya Japanese Restaurant’ at QV Square, shares with us the intricacies of running a busy restaurant, and how his early exposure to cuisine has led him to this industry.

How long have you been a manager at Meshiya for?
I have been a manager at Meshiya for three and a half years.  I actually started working there as a casual hall staff two and a half years earlier whilst completing my full time studies at RMIT in Economics and Finance. Upon t...

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