	{"id":95545,"date":"2024-05-03T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=95545"},"modified":"2024-06-22T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T04:41:45","slug":"blak-brews-wins-big-on-food-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/blak-brews-wins-big-on-food-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Blak Brews wins big on Food Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A GEELONG man has scored the opportunity of a lifetime, winning a 12-month mentorship with Gordon Ramsay and $250,000 to support his small business after appearing on the Channel 9 television series Food Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Troy Benjamin, the owner of Indigenous tea brand Blak Brews, is now looking forward to working with Ramsay to expand the business&#8217; reach, forging a footprint in Australia and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The show, which featured Ramsay and business mogul Janine Allis, saw two teams of budding entrepreneurs compete against each other to become Australia&#8217;s first Food Stars.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/FSS1_Ep09_7432_69117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin said that support had been streaming in from across the country since his win.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m surprised at how well I did,&#8221; Benjamin said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was 14 leaders, entrepreneurs, hungry young achievers and people who wanted that prize just as much as me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although he doesn&#8217;t yet know what form his year-long mentorship with Ramsay will take, Benjamin said he was looking forward to the experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to being not just mentored but motivated because being around Gordon for those three and a half weeks, for me personally, was mega-motivating because of his style of work rate and energy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a very, very efficient, hard and effective worker so I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing how he maintains that intensity and efficiency and work rate, while also staying connected to his family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nothing but love with Gordon\u2026He genuinely loves and cares for people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134170\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-134170 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/FSS1_Ep09_0130-2-1024x683.jpg?_t=1714695950\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Troy Benjamin during his final pitch on the show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said his entire family had been &#8220;lifted from this moment&#8221;, with the $250,000 investment having an &#8220;immediate ripple effect&#8221; on those closest to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It really is something that&#8217;s going to relieve a lot of stress. 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We&#8217;ve had to work hard for everything,&#8221; Benjamin said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many people don&#8217;t understand that there&#8217;s a lot of Indigenous people out there, and non, but in particular it&#8217;s really common in Indigenous communities and families out there that they don&#8217;t see homeownership as possible, or they don&#8217;t see financial security as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin said his time on the show had also given him a newfound sense of confidence, particularly in his ability to be a leader, both within the business world and for his community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think leaders don&#8217;t look the same as what I thought they do and they&#8217;re not always the barking, authoritative, dominating, overarching voice,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can be caring; I think you&#8217;ve got to read the room well, have good intuition, good emotional intelligence and I think know your place and be happy to work under people and happy to lead at the right time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/FSS1_Ep09_Gordon-Tro_69153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"401\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gordon Ramsay and Troy Benjamin with Sophie Hood the winner on business mogul Janine Allis&#8217; team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin said he&#8217;d received a wave of support following the win from people in all corners of the country, with messages from the Indigenous community touching him the most.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s quite amazing. I&#8217;ve never been in a position where you can have an impact on such a huge number of people in one short space,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always wondered how I can lift my Indigenous community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Quite often we look to footballers\u2026but we&#8217;re very light on in terms of leaders that don&#8217;t have sport or that can run a team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think Indigenous people understand, or have been made to feel, they could be a leader, mainly because they haven&#8217;t seen it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He hopes his time on the show has resonated with them, allowing the Indigenous community in particular to see someone &#8220;lead in a space that they&#8217;re unfamiliar with&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/blakbrews.com\/?v=79cba1185463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blakbrews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A GEELONG man has scored the opportunity of a lifetime, winning a 12-month mentorship with Gordon Ramsay and $250,000 to support his small business after appearing on the Channel 9 television series Food Stars. 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