Sunday, 28 July 2024

Delia heads west to give Optus Stadium some new flavours


Sports fans in Perth are about to get a gourmet lift with news that chef Shane Delia has signed a deal with Optus Stadium. 

The celebrity chef, restaurateur and sports fan will introduce his signature Middle Eastern flavours with a new retail food outlet and the addition of his menu to premium event spaces.

Delia operates Melbourne eateries Maha, Maha East, Maha North and Jayda, as well as two Melbourne Airport food outlets and has now linked with VenuesLive.

"VenuesLive is one of the country's best stadium caterers and Perth has always been a place of amazing produce,” Delia said.

“It’s been a dream of mine to bring my flavour to Western Australia for the first time and it makes perfect sense to go on this journey with one of the best operators in the market.”

He will collaborate with the stadium’s executive chef Jochen Beranek to develop food options for premium event spaces and suites during match days, and the stadium’s private functions on non-match days.

Optus Stadium CEO Mike McKenna said Delia was a natural fit with the stadium’s food ethos. 

“Bringing Shane’s flavours to our premium event space menu options will further enhance the range of choice available to our guests whether they’re being hosted in a suite, the Victory Lounge or attending a gala function in the River View Room,” McKenna said.

Delia is also partnering with the stadium to open the first Western Australian based Biggie Smalls outlet; a kebab shop with a twist that's is named after late rap legend The Notorious B.I.G. 

Delia follows the Western Bulldogs, like all members of his family, after his father discovered the team (then Footscray) when he began working at the tyre factory opposite Whitten Oval in 1974 after migrating from Malta a few years earlier. 

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