Daniel Simon Resnik

(paradisesonline.com travel writer/blogger )

Daniel Simon Resnik has had an exciting travel history, and over the last 30 years has travelled to all 4 corners of the world.

He has travelled extensively through Asia and the Pacific & has an intimate knowledge of these areas. Danny is very well known in travel media circles and has a reputation for writing in depth and intimate articles which carry the true essence of the regions that he visits.

Danny has become an integral part of the Paradises team and is very much looking forward to entertaining the readers with his regular blog.

Peter Evans

Pete Evans discovered his love of cooking because of his passion for the great outdoors. If he could work at night and have his days free to surf and fish, then a chef he would be.

Born in Melbourne but raised on the Gold Coast, Pete is not just your average chef – he’s an avid fisherman, surfer, cookbook author and television personality. Pete’s food career began at the tender age of 19 when, with brother Dave, he opened their first restaurant, The Pantry, in Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Brighton in 1993.

Hugos Manly, which they opened in 2008, is the latest in a chain of venues for the Hugos Group along with Hugos Bar Pizza and Hugos Lounge Kings Cross which between them share eight Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide chef’s hats, 21 ‘best in Australia’ titles and a World’s Best Pizza award at the 2005 New York Pizza Show.

Pete also co ordinates Hugos Catering & Hugos Team Building events which includes Pizza and cocktail making classes. Also, a pretty impressive point to note: 60 Members of the Oprah Winfrey Ultimate Down under Adventure Audience came to Hugos in late 2010 to learn the art of making the perfect pizza from Pete!

His most recent venture has seen him take on the role, with Manu Feildel, as presenter and judge of Seven Network’s My Kitchen Rules. The rather-easy-on-the-eye duo have now presented the show for two successful seasons, with plans for a third series in 2011.

Pete is hardly shy of the camera and his other work includes over 400 episodes as the host of Australia’s number 1 cooking show “FRESH” on Channel 9, 60 episodes of “Home” a lifestyle program, a one-hour behind-the-scenesdocumentary,“Cooking For Our Princess Mary” and the series “FISH” which saw Pete and his fishing mad brother in-law ‘Udo’ travel around Australia sourcing & cooking the freshest catch.

And if that isn’t enough,He also annually appears at some of Australia’s most acclaimed food events such as “Tasting Australia”, “The Good Food Show” and “The Great Barrier Feast” as well as cooking in both LA and New York for the G’day USA celebrations 2009, 2010 and 2012.

Pete and Hugos are proud to be actively involved with a variety of charities including Sydney Children’s Hospital, The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Paul Newman Foundation, PLAN, Ocean Aid for Japan, Starlight Foundation to name a few. Pete is proud to be partners with Jacobs Creek Reserve Range, Sumo Salads, Range Rover and Breville.

Glen A. Baker

Glenn A. Baker (born 28 July 1952) is an Australian journalist, commentator, and broadcaster well known in Australia for his vast knowledge of Rock music. He has written books and magazine articles on rock music and travel, interviewed celebrities, managed bands such as Ol' 55 and promoted tours of international stars. In the mid-1980s, Baker took the BBC's "Rock Brain of the Universe" crown three times. Baker was the Australian editor of Billboard for over 20 years. He won the inaugural Australian Travel Writer of the Year award in 1995 from the Australian Society of Travel Writers, he won the award again in 2000.

Glenn A. Baker was born in 1952, the eldest of four children to Joyce Baker and grew up in Coogee until he was nine; when the Bakers relocated to Canberra. His younger brother, Johnny, drowned in an accident in the following year and his parents separated not long after. He moved about NSW, attending 12 schools in 10 years. While working for the Department of the Media, where he worked on the research project that led to the establishment of 2JJ, Baker met Geoff Plummer who was a drummer for a 1950s retro band, Fanis. Baker saw them perform in 1975 and became their manager, changing their name to Ol' 55 after the Tom Waits' song. Baker's management was astute and presented the group as a combination of retro kitsch, rock music and clever theatrics. Baker introduced chartered accountant, Peter Brian, to the band, he became their versatile front man Frankie J. Holden; in October, Baker recruited saxophone player, Nick Aitken, who performed as Wilbur Wilde.Ol' 55 had hit singles with "On the Prowl", "Looking for an Echo" and the number one "(I Want A) Rockin' Christmas" (which Baker co-wrote, as he did "C'mon Let's Do It") and a #2 triple platinum debut album, Take It Greasy. Both Holden and Wilde had careers in television after Ol' 55.

During 1976–1978 Baker also managed Punkz which he molded into the pop group Cheek, who had national chart success with "So Much In Love". Raven Records is an Australian label established in 1979 by Baker, Kevin Mueller and Peter Shillito, specialising in reissues and retrospectives. "Glenn A. Baker > Credits". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-03-18. Baker's radio career started by hosting a music trivia program on Sydney radio station 2JJ (soon to become Triple J) and moved on to the Triple M network. In the mid-1980s, Baker took the BBC's "Rock Brain of the Universe" crown three times. Specialising in music and travel writing, Baker has authored 16 books, written for more than 200 magazines and annotated over 500 music albums, as well as acting as a consultant on various music-related projects. He has also co-written music for films and is an active television/radio presenter and public speaker appearing regularly on The Today Show, Mornings With Kerri-Anne, 20 To 1 and on The Ovation Channel.

He has been heard as an in-flight presenter on Qantas for more than two decades. Glenn won the inaugural Australian Travel Writer of the Year award in 1995, from the Australian Society of Travel Writers, and won the award again in 2000. He has visited more than 100 countries. He resides in the Sydney Hills District and is the father of five sons and a daughter. He and his wife Lorelle divorced in mid 2009. His second son Rudi Baker is an accomplished Australian actor having appeared in numerous Australian feature films (such as "Dirty Deeds") and television series, including the role of regular cast member 'Quentin Richards' on ABC TV's "Love Is A Four Letter Word".

Baker is a member of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame Advisory Committee. On 1 July 2008, Baker inducted New Zealand-born blues/rock and roll veteran, Max Merritt, into the Hall of Fame, having previously inducted Australian Crawl, The Masters Apprentices and Billy Thorpe. September 2010 will see the simultaneous release of two books - "Best Of Baker: Music" and "Best of Baker: Travel".

Guy Leech

Guy Leech shot to fame as a 19 year old with an extraordinary, against-the-odds victory in the first ever professional ironman race in the world - the Coolangatta Gold in 1984 - in front of 120,000 people. Leech epitomised the bronzed Aussie with his sun bleached hair, outgoing personality, athletic talent and fighting spirit which saw him dominate Iron Man competition for the next 10 years."Leechy" won an amazing 7 Uncle Toby's Iron Man Championships and the World Iron Man title in the event many believe to be the ultimate test of fitness. He won the Australian Marathon Swimming Championships, represented his country in still water swimming and triumphed in his first attempt at the gruelling World Ocean Paddling championship in Molokai, Hawaii over 56kms.

In 1994 Guy was crowned "Australia's fittest Athlete" by the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, competing in 10 events over two days against elite athletes from our highest profile sports. Inside Sport dubbed him "The Fittest Man on the Planet" the following year. He is now 47 years old and remains in phenomenal shape that Ultra Fit magazine called him the "Fittest 40 year old on the planet" in their 100th issue.

In 2007 he launched "Guy Leech Health" company and now helps others to get fit - from his daily morning men's and women's training groups, attracting hundreds of people a week (www.guyleechpaddlefitness.com) to world class athletes such as 7 times world surfing champion, Layne Beachley and Olympic Beach Volleyball Gold Medalist, Kerri Pottharst. Also high profile celebrities with weight and health issues such as Casey Donovan, Jono Coleman and Dicko. Leechy has also trained celebrities such as Madonna, Kieran Perkins, Lochie Daddo, Antonia Kidman & currently looks after Tom Williams & Paul O'Brien, to name a few.

Guy feels very passionately about Australia and is going to do all he can to address the health issues that are affecting kids and adults in this country like never before - obesity and heart disease to name a couple. He has established a multi-media platform from which he educates and motivates Australians about the importance of fitness and health. In conjunction with industry leaders MBF and Cardiotech, Guy is developing his own range of premium quality yet affordable health & fitness equipment that is available in-store at KMart & other stores around Australia.

Guy continues to utilise television, radio and print media to cement himself as Australia's face of health and fitness. Guy is the ambassador for the Heart Research Institute of Australia and runs, swims, cycles & paddles to raise awareness and money for more charities than any other Australian Celebrity. He is married with 2 daughters.

Origin of Energy

Origin of Energy is a health & fitness movement designed to inspire individuals to take charge of their life & create a healthy beautiful body through simple lifestyle and training choices.

The founder of OE Aaron McKenzie, opened Origin of Energy health & fitness studio, to help their members get healthy, strong, lean & sexy in the most easy and accessible way possible. Origin of Energy combines their unique fitness training style with the best quality organic food, making OE health & fitness studio like no other gym on the planet.

Alannah Hill

Australia's reigning queen of romantic, girlie fare, designer Alannah Hill has worked her whole life to build an iconic fashion empire around her love of colour, flowers and sequins.

Hill was born in Tasmania in 1963 to Catholic parents who owned a milk bar in the coastal town of Penguin. At 16 years of age, the designer left home for Melbourne, with "six suitcases filled with costumes", her mother's wedding ring and hopes of becoming an actress.

After waitressing at a local café, Hill was hired by Indigo clothing store on Chapel Street in South Yarra, where she worked for 15 years. During this time, she approached the owners with some design ideas, and was soon creating her own label for the brand.

In 1996, Hill launched the Alannah Hill label, opening her first boutique one year later. Today she boasts 14 boutiques in Australia, 14 branded boutiques in David Jones and an online store that will go global in July. This year, Hill will unveil a new swimwear range.

One of the designer's proudest moments was being picked up by Henri Bendel in New York and walking past the store window on Fifth Ave with her designs on display.

Hill lives in (and loves) Melbourne with her 8-year-old son Edward, who she affectionately calls "Sugary".

Lisa Maree

All eyes are on Lisa Maree The next hottest thing in Australian swimwear...

It's hard to believe Lisa Maree Boersma started her swim label, Lisa Maree just two years ago. After a highly successful launch at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week 2010, fashionistas are lining up to buy Lisa's signature crochet swimwear.

A qualified graphic designer, Lisa started in the fashion industry as a wholesaler, printing unique designs on T-Shirts and selling them to retailers in her spare time. Customers responded to Lisa's sassy prints giving her the assurance to take the plunge into her true design passion, swimwear.

As a Bondi local and former model, Lisa loved swimwear and knew there was a demand for fashion-forward swimwear with a point of difference. While keeping with her aesthetic she wanted her range to represent Australia's beach culture and the spirit of the Bondi summer. Lisa began designing a range of retro crochet swimwear and day-to-night beach wear.

Lisa Maree is now stocked in leading boutiques across Australia and major international retailers are also picking up the label. The biggest achievement under her belt is the deal she has signed with the world's largest online designer fashion store, Net-A-Porter. Other major international retailers that already stock Lisa Maree include mycatwalk, Urban Outfitters, and US retailer Free People.