After working at some of Australia's most notable restaurants. Ben O'Donoghue moved to the UK to cook at the famous River Cafe with Jamie Oliver and then at the exclusive Monte's Club in Knightsbridge with Jamie Oliver. He then worked as Head Chef at the famous Atlantic Bar & Grill and helped Oliver Peyton win the contract to open the National Dining Room at the National Gallery with his creative and seasonal menus. He is now the creative director of food for The Great Australian Pie Company based in the UK. Ben co-presented a BBC2 10-part prime-time series The Best in April 2002, with an accompanying BBC book of the same name, and filmed an 8-part food and travel series for the ABC in Australia called Surfing the Menu. This series screened on BBC's UKTV Food channel in 2004, with the UK book coming out at the same time. It has also sold to 26 other territories. He is a regular contributor to Delicious and Olive magazines.