The making of a master chef: Sunshine Cafe & Moonlight Bar
Food is joy, it brings people together. In Pegasus, a new café by day and bar by night serves delicious eats and an ever-changing experience thanks to one passionate chef.
Tim Koh, owner and head chef of Sunshine Cafe & Moonlight Bar on Tahuna Street, discovered a love for cooking in university. Throwing everything he had into becoming the best chef he could be, Tim spent countless hours watching YouTube videos and tutorials and reading cookbooks. “I dedicated myself to the craft,” he explains. From kitchen hand to head chef, Tim started a restaurant and bar in Leithfield that developed a loyal customer base, before selling it late last year. Still, he yearned to continue providing the community with fabulous food in Pegasus. “The opportunity popped up and I took it,” he smiles.
He was an accountant before he was a master in the kitchen, yet the change was always meant to be. “I live and breathe good food,” he says. Each day off for Tim is an opportunity to discover and sample the best eats, before finding the flavours, techniques, and stories behind each dish. He brings the best of those components back for inspiration and integration into the plates he creates. “I’m a little bit obsessed,” he laughs, “but finding the best outcome is worth it.”
He shares his favourite quote from the movie, Cook Up a Storm, “The highest status of being a chef is having people taste the flavours of bliss from the tongue to the heart.” That’s the vision he holds for his career, and the impact he makes on each mouth he feeds.
Visit Sunshine Cafe & Moonlight Bar for all your Christmas and New Year function needs, with catering for up to 80 people.
