Willespie Sunday Series | Braizen by Melissa Palinkas
Description
For six weekends this winter, Willespie’s verandah is home to Melissa Palinkas, one of Western Australia’s most respected chefs.
Named Good Food Guide Chef of the Year in 2019, with her restaurant Young George recently awarded a second hat, Palinkas is known for a bold, produce-driven style grounded in nose-to-tail and root-to-shoot cooking.
No fuss. Just good food cooked with conviction over fire.
Braizen is Melissa Palinkas’s weekly Sunday session at Willespie Estate – fire, instinct and bold flavour, in full view.
A different hero dish each week, cooked over the purpose-built asado and above-ground grill. The way Sunday should be: unhurried, generous, unapologetic. Pull up a chair on the verandah, pour a glass of Willespie, and let Sunday do its thing.
A weekly menu, written by the season.
Melissa cooks with what’s good right now — pulled from the ground, picked off the trees, or landed on the boats that week. Sourced directly from WA growers, makers and fishers. The hero dish is shaped by what’s at its peak and what the asado is calling for, and each week’s menu is published the week before, so you know what’s coming.
Built for the middle of the table.
The hero dish anchors the meal — sides to share, a few things to start, something sweet to finish. Yours to build when you book, all made to share between two. Order a few, mix it up, and let the table take care of the rest.
All you need to know
- WHEN: Every Sunday, from 12:00 pm. 17 May – 21 June 2026.
- PRICE: From $45 per person.
- MENU: Hero dish released the week prior to your booking.
- WINE: Available by the glass or the bottle.
Pull up a chair on Sunday.
Slow. Smoky. A glass that doesn’t need to be put down. Food cooked with conviction and shared without apology.
Bookings essential.
