THE GOOD LIFE

“WE’RE IN DUNEDOO,” says Mark LaBrooy. He’s on the road, shooting a new Three Blue Ducks television show that premieres in February on Channel 10.

“It’s Andy [Allen], Daz [Robertson] and myself, cooking and travelling and enjoying each other’s company.”

It’s a project that might have never come about, had it not been for the pandemic that brought the hospitality industry – and the plethora of Ducks’ projects – to a stand-still. “We had to shut it all down,” LaBrooy says. “Our Bronte restaurant – our first-ever project and a bit of an institution now – was closed for about five weeks. It made us think: bloody hell, this is serious.”

And then, just as restaurants started opening, the idea for a TV show struck. “We were approached about doing a Three Blue Ducks show and we thought ‘oh yeah, sweet’. We were having a laugh about it, and then all of a sudden, Andy, Daz and I are on the road for a month filming. When times are tough you have to start thinking ‘okay, how are we going to do things differently?’ But it’s good