Ideas & Inspiration

Our ambassador chef Carly Day, owner of Jamaican restaurant The Ja Joint, recently took a DNA test to learn more about her cultural background. We caught up with Carly to find out what she discovered from the test!

I was always curious about my cultural heritage beyond what I knew about my family being from Singapore, with Chinese ancestry. Growing up in a predominantly white Australian community, with a few Greek and Italian families, I was always fascinated about how far and wide they knew their family tree.

Our Chef Ambassador Chung Jae Lee took a DNA test to discover more about his Korean heritage. We spoke with him to find out what he learnt and what surprised him most from his results.

How much do you know about your cultural heritage? Our ambassador chef Dominique Rizzo recently undertook a DNA test to discover more about her cultural heritage.

Our chef ambassador Liliana Battle recently took a DNA test to learn more about her family history. We spoke with Liliana to find out what she discovered about her cultural heritage and which results surprised her the most!

When Lisa Macdonald, Operations Supervisor at Autocare Townsville comes to work each day, she has one expectation from her team working as vehicle processors and drivers in the trucking business. And that is to come through the door with a smile, and say hello (even if they might be still waking up for the day).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS A TASTE OF HARMONY 1. Think HQ of 16-20 Thistlethwaite Street, South Melbourne (“the Promoter”) is responsible for conducting the A Taste of Harmony Competition (“the Competition”) on behalf of the Trustee for the Scanlon Foundation (ABN 87 838 627 010) (“The trustee for Australian Multicultural Foundation Research Trust”). 2. The Promoter

Taste the hits at your A Taste of Harmony event with our 2019 playlist. The playlist features collection of songs from around the world to enjoy during your ATOH event – it’s also collaborative!

Tessa is Australian, as are her parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Her father’s ancestors came from Scandinavia.