From Superyachts to the South Coast: Kelly Eastwood on Fires, Pivots & Building Eastwoods Bermagui

This week we are sitting down with Kelly Eastwood - chef, founder, community hero and the woman behind Eastwoods Bermagui, the South Coast's beloved chef-made meal delivery service. Kelly's journey is anything but ordinary. From 14 years cooking for royalty and billionaires on the high seas, to producing some of Australia's biggest food TV shows, to landing in Bermagui and building a business that has reinvented itself more times than we can count — Kelly is the kind of founder who makes you want to back yourself a little harder. In this episode we get into the stories from her private chef days, what was really happening behind the scenes on MasterChef and MKR, how River Cottage Australia brought her to the South Coast, and how a café and cooking school slowly evolved into something much bigger. We also talk about the Black Summer bushfires — a chapter that was devastating for this region but proved to be a turning point for Eastwoods — and how Kelly led a kitchen of 270 volunteers to produce over 46,000 meals for communities in crisis alongside World Central Kitchen. We talk pivots, COVID, the moment Cookaborough came knocking, $2 million in turnover, a National Emergency Medal, a star-studded reopening night with Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and Manu Feildel, and what Kelly has her sights set on next. This one is warm, honest, and full of the kind of stories that remind you why you started. Eastwoods Bermagui: eastwoodsbermagui.com.au Instagram: @eastwoodsbermagui Find For Founders Sake here: Instagram: instagram.com/for.founders.sake TikTok: tiktok.com/@forfounderssakepodcast YouTube:    / @forfounderssake   If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave us a review and share it with a fellow founder or South Coast local who would love Kelly's story.