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Stefano de Pieri

Stefano de Pieri was born in Treviso, near Venice. He migrated to Australia in 1974 and has worked as a newspaper editor, ministerial advisor, restaurateur, cook, political candidate, environmentalist and patron of the arts. He is best known for his television series A Gondola on the Murray and his eponymous restaurant at the Mildura Grand Hotel. He was awarded a Federation Medal for his services to tourism and his restaurant was nominated number 20 in Australia's top 100 restaurants in the Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide for 2006.