Sam Macbeth, waiter at Goldilocks and Firechief
Samuel may be a youthful 21 but he's already a veteran in hospitality, having started working at the age of 14 as a café assistant on the Gold Coast. His passion for dance brought him to Melbourne a few months ago and when he is not effortlessly weaving between tables with pizzas piled high he is studying ballet at the National Ballet Theatre and one day hopes to make it to New York.
As a dancer Samuel needs to make sure he refuels and Firechief and Goldilocks certainly sate his appetite. Having worked his way around the menu, Samuel’s predilection for ‘hot stuff’ means he has zoned in on a couple of favourites.
The friarielli pizza consisting of pork sausage, rapé, fior di latter, parmigiano, basil, chillis and extra virgin olive oil is a go-to as is Goldilocks’ baked eggs in a spicy paprika capsicum sauce.
When it comes to pizzas, Samuel is quite the expert. A Macbeth family tradition is a pizza competition and Samuel’s specialty is the Hawaiian as ‘it’s all about the pineapple’. After much in-depth analysis Samuel has concluded that Firechief’s version ‘doesn’t even compare to his’, not because his is superior, but because Firechief’s surpasses his on all levels. Perhaps a Hawaiian-pizza-off is in order?
