With his love and passion for food well documented, Eamon Sullivan is fulfilling his dream of opening up a café in his hometown Perth. Louis Baxters is the result of years of planning, recipe testing and an unwavering desire to bring together all that Eamon has learnt about food and coffee.
The café will focus on offering fabulous coffee and food. Louis Baxter’s coffee comes from Australian specialty coffee roaster, Campos Coffee – a very popular coffee in the Eastern States.
‘We’re really excited that we can finally get our product to Perth again– we have a lot of online customers from Perth who I know will be excited about being able to get their favourite coffee from Louis Baxters,’ say Campos director Raf Bartkowski.
Eamon’s love of cooking started when he discovered that doing home economics was a way of getting an extra meal during a time when he was training four hours a day [on top of going to school!]. A fussy eater as a child, he soon developed a new found respect for food and flavours. When, it looked like his swimming career might not take off, Eamon decided to become a chef. However his swimming career did take off and luckily his love of food and cooking stayed with him.
Being an Olympic and Australian representative swimmer has had its extra perks such as world travel, where Eamon has been able to sample the flavours of countries such as Mexico, China, Barcelona and France.
Now he’s bringing it all back to his favourite city, Perth, together with business partner Laki Baker. Laki, a seasoned television producer with 18 years under her belt, has recently returned to her home town after 16 years in Sydney, having worked on some of the biggest shows including Getaway, The Chopping Block with Matt Moran, Fish with Pete Evans [for the lifestyle Channel] and most recently MasterChef, where she met Eamon.
Eamon won the title of Australia’s Celebrity MasterChef, winning over the judges with his beautiful dessert, the Chocolate Delice – layers of biscuit, creme brulee chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache – and yes, you will find this signature dish on the menu at Louis Baxter’s along with recipes from Eamon’s upcoming cook book.
Look out for Eamon’s signature coffee dishes such as coffee caviar – coffee like you’ve never had it before. Eamon says ‘I wanted to find new, fun ways to get that hit of caffeine, to experience a new sensation – when the caviar pops in your mouth it’s familiar, but unexpected.’
Be sure not to miss Spanish eggs from the breakfast menu and tasty lunch option such as the slow roasted lamb roll. Daily muffins will include salted caramel and macadamia, white chocolate and raspberry. Eamon’s attention to detail and focus on quality is the basis of this small but punchy menu that delivers more than the average café.
And if you’re wondering who Louis Baxter is… then look no further than the pairs’ furry friends – French bulldogs Louis Pierre Baker and Baxter Sullivan.
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