Celebrity chef Peter Kuruvita set to entertain travellers at members-only Club Wyndham Dunsborough in August

A celebrity chef is set to head to Dunsborough next month as part of a partnership with a members-only resort. Peter Kuruvita will visit Club Wyndham Dunsborough to hold live cooking demonstrations and dine with guests and members of the vacation club on August 21 and 23. It is part of an initiative to encourage members to cook for fun and make family memories during their stay, with most apartments at the resort having full kitchen facilities. Inspired by memories of cooking with his grandmother and aunties in Colombo, Kuruvita has operated restaurants in Sydney, Fiji and the Sunshine Coast, hosted five TV shows and written three cookbooks. Travel + Leisure Co operations senior vice-president Warren Cullum said the club would be launching culinary inspired travel guides and visitor maps to coincide with the visits. “Our partnership with Peter is designed to highlight the tastes of South Pacific and Sri Lankan cooking, enrich the experiences of our Club Wyndham South Pacific members and guests, and demonstrate the ability families have to create home-cooked wonders in their apartment-style accommodation,” he said. “Our club members will be able to enter their own culinary creations into a competition to win a three-night getaway and an autographed copy of chef Kuruvita’s cookbook.” Kuruvita said he was excited about his visit. “I have been fortunate to travel extensively across my career and I love educating gastronomes in flavour and helping emerging chefs expand their knowledge and sharpen their skills,” he said. “I am looking forward to ... meeting club members and resort guests and instilling in them my passion for the South Pacific, Sri Lanka and sustainable cooking.”