About

The Milk Bar is an independent guide to the best of Melbourne. Updated daily and covering everything from food and freebies to art and architecture, the Milk Bar is your cultural and creative guide to the city.

Editor – Dan Kuseta
Dan grew up in the outer eastern suburbs, and has been moving closer to the heart of Melbourne ever since. After working as a writer and editor in Toronto, Dan’s happy to be home and running his own Milk Bar, just like his grandparent’s did. Fascinated, engaged and excited by the creative culture of Melbourne, Dan launched the Milk Bar to capture the stories and spirit of the best city in the world.

Events Editor – Matt Wilson
Matt grew up in the western suburbs of Melbourne and went on to become a writer. He spent too many years at uni and now writes a blog, reviews and fiction trying to scrape up something of a writing career.

Features Editor – Luke Applebee
Luke is a ghostbuster from the Western suburbs of Melbourne. He blasts typos with his proton pack…when he’s not crossing the streams he’s either working hard for the money, playing computer games or writing. See http://flukeylukey.wordpress.com.

CONTRIBUTORS
Brett Hamm
Brett Hamm is Executive Writer at Melbourne copywriting agency, Copy Transmission. Apart from Milk Bar, he is also a regular arts & culture contributor to Broadsheet Melbourne and mX.

Carla Sammut
Gastropod. Vegan sans hessian sack underpants. Hates bad service, loves salt. Follow Carla’s vegan food odyssey at  www.easyasveganpie.net

G. Raymond Leavold
G. Raymond Leavold is a Melbourne writer, living hermetically in West Footscray. He dabbles in screenwriting, fiction, short story, poetry, journalism and review. He is partial to horror films.

Nola James
Nola James is a writer and editor who supposedly lives in Melbourne but is usually travelling elsewhere. Her credit card statement is divided equally into bars, restaurants and plane tickets. Apparently other women buy shoes.

Jess Ho
President of Martini Tuesdays.

Jade Kelly
Jade hails from Melbourne’s West-Side and is an advocate for life’s simple pleasures. On any given day you might find her completely engrossed in a bowl of Ramen Noodles, browsing the shelves of the local Indian spice store, rummaging through a good op-shop, or discussing food with anyone willing to listen. Jade is a recovering sweet tooth, and is now a self-confessed “Savoury Person”.

Robert Clark
After working at a number of top restaurants around Melbourne, Robert is now the culinary curator at Swinburne TAFE. He believes in sustainable food production and the principles of the Slow Food movement.

Jess Winterbine
Jenn is a graduate from La Trobe University’s Cinema Studies Honours program. She is an enthusiast of alternative music and film. You can follow more of Jess’ work at www.jennwinterbine.wordpress.com.

Duncan Wilcox
Duncan is a happy Elwood resident and a passionate food & wine guy who spends a lot of his days reading about & searching for the next best drop. When not on his vino veritas quest, he happily tags along with his Jack Russell Billie’s suburban wilderness explorations.

Ash Koek
Ash likes to make things look pretty. and tell stories. If he wasn’t a filmmaker, he’d have a real job and make money.

Kate Ballard
Until recently Kate was a student, which made explaining what she does with her life a bit easier. Now? Well… we’ll see. She has a penchant for food and talking. Often there is no-one around who cares to listen so she writes stuff down on serviettes, metcards and old payslips. Sometimes she is organised enough to put stuff on her blog which you can find at breadjamandcream.blogspot.com

Sheamus Duggan
Sheamus is a freelance writer with a tech support day job. He enjoys building card houses then kicking them over. https://twitter.com/hullcrushdepth.

Grace Taylor
Grace is a country-raised, city-based writer and journalist. She works as a copywriter at a creative agency and is a regular contributor to several lifestyle publications across Melbourne as a features journalist, reviewer and columnist.

Becca Z
Becca Z is a Melbourne suburb agnostic who holds the firm belief that everything should be tried at least once. She loves cheese, despite being lactose intolerant and dabbles in the internet, despite a cat allergy. twitter.com/#!/ribenaberry

Trish Gallagher
Born and bred in Sydney, Trish moved to Melbourne seven years ago after an extended sabbatical in Europe. Her obsession with food borders on the manic, which can get quite boring for her colleagues. She lives in North West Melbourne with her Hairy Greek partner and hay-fever afflicted French Bulldog, Leon. Trish writes a weekly food blog at ninemsn Food and also pens, cooks, and photographs her creations at www.thepinkleopard.net.

Camila Galaz: Camila is an artist and arts journalist based in Melbourne. She hosts the weekly arts discussion show, Let’s Art, on Radio Valerie (radiovalerie.org). Also on twitter.com/c_galaz.

Anne Hasegawa
Anne is a Melbourne born and bred creative that has an unhealthy obsession with cameras and shoes. Strange combination, but that’s what makes her interesting right? She also has a love for horror films. And her weimaraner, Edie.

Kristian Hatton
Kristian is a footloose 2nd generation hippy originally from Byron Bay. He came to Melbourne to sell out and get a grey suit, bad haircut and corporate position. He ended up DJing, organising underground EDM events, and is a 2nd year writing and publishing student at NMIT.