About

I grew up between Adelaide and the river. My family had a shack outside Morgan, and most school holidays were spent fishing, birdwatching, skiing, and exploring the river country.

As a young child, when other kids were out riding bikes, I was reading Complete Book of Australian Birds  used my pocket money from mowing lawns to sponsor an endangered Princess Parrot at the Adelaide Zoo.

My mum also taught me to cook at a young age, and before long I was making spaghetti bolognese for the whole family. Years later, I was shortlisted for the first season of MasterChef Australia with an original yabby dish inspired by the river.

After arriving in Mannum, many of those memories returned strongly — welcome swallows skimming across the Murray at dusk, corellas announcing themselves from the gums, and cormorants moving silently through dark water.

Welcome Swallow grew from those memories.

Each pizza is named after birds commonly found along the river and surrounding country. Everything is pickup only and made by hand in Mannum, South Australia.