Mark Olive

{{Short description|Aboriginal Australian chef}}

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Mark Olive (born 1962), also known as the Black Olive, is an Aboriginal Australian chef.

Olive was born in Wollongong in 1962 and is a Bundjalung man.Message Stick TV [http://www.abc.net.au/message/tv/ms/s548696.htm Mark Olive] Olive had a cooking segment on the ABC's Message Stick TV seriesMessage Stick [http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/message/radio/speaking/stories/s1681074.htm Mark Olive & Ten Canoes] and later got his own TV cooking series, The Outback Cafe. He has released a cookbook, The Outback Cafe, based on the series.The Age [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/03/23/1237656851514.html Native ambitions] Paul Best, March 24, 2009The Age [http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/bush-foods-could-soon-be-on-the-mainstream-menu/2007/01/26/1169788693780.html?s_cid=rss_age Bush foods could soon be on the mainstream menu] Carolyn Webb, January 27, 2007 In 2006 he won a Deadly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment.Deadly Vibe, Issue 116 October 2006 [http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1618 Mark Olive. The Entertainer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728230023/https://www.vibe.com.au/vibe.asp?PageID=1618 |date=2008-07-28 }} Mark Olive hosts Australian reality competitive cooking show The Chefs' Line with chef Dan Hong and food writer Melissa Leong.