PRESENTERS
Dominic Catalano
Dominic Catalano has been a popular radio personality for eight years in and around Sydney with a dedicated listening audience. Over these years he has become a favourite MC at numerous functions and events in the true style of a local celebrity. Developing a comedic alias of Cicciu, an old Italian migrant, he has not only performed this act on radio but toured with other comedians such as The Two Tony's and currently with Joe Fimmano on his “Shad Dup Your Face” tour, with a lyrical performance on Joe Fimmano’s remix of Joe Dolce’s “Shad Dup Your Face”. Cicciu’s comedic look at life adds some comic relief to our programme.
Jodie Raquel is a dramatic arts and music graduate from the EORA School of Performing Arts. Currently, she participates in the mediums of acting, singing, song writing and dance. Her career highlights to date have seen Jodie receive nation-wide exposure from the recording of her own single “You are the One” featured on ABC TV series “Songlines’ to accompanying Deborah Cheetham in a vocal performance at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. More recently reporting from the red carpet at the ARIA Music Awards for Triple M. Jodie’s love of people, passion for travel and thirst for adventure has led her to visit places as vast and as different as Africa, Nepal, Europe, USA, Indonesia and the UK. It is this exposure to diverse cultures and life experiences which gives Jodie a well-rounded view of life and the very essence of what she brings into her world and those around her.
When it comes to Italian Dance, nobody knows the music scene better than Sydney’s own DJ Stefano. He has brought the sounds of Italian and Euro dance music to another level. He has played at some of Sydney’s biggest Italian events and has interviewed such International DJ/Artists as Roby Rossini and Stefy NRG and local artists including Cosima DeVito and Laura Gissara among others.
He is responsible for bringing the sounds of Italian dance artists such as Danijay, Brothers, Paps‘n’Skar, DJ Lhasa, Gabry Ponte and many many more to the airwaves of Sydney over the past 5 years.
You can catch DJ Stefano playing the hottest and latest releases of Italian Dance, Euro and House on “Club Italia” every Thursday night from 7-9pm on Sydney’s 2RDJ 88.1FM and on “Movimento FM” every Saturday night from 6-7pm on 98.5 2000FM. Follow DJ Stefano to his My Space on http://www.myspace.com/djstefano07.
While at the University of Sydney obtaining an honours degree in Ancient History, Nino was severely bitten by the acting bug and has been paying for it ever since. He has worked extensively in theatre, including roles with the acclaimed cross cultural theatre company Doppio Teatro, based in Adelaide. He toured with the company through most of Australia and also performed at the Singapore Arts Festival. He has also worked on feature films (La Spagnola, Danny Deckchair), short films, radio and television (including Comedy Inc, Home & Away, Police Rescue).
Nino has recently been working for Co.As.It. as their youth liaison, has written for La Fiamma and had a short story published in Italian by the Italian Consulate of Sydney (“Premio 2 Giugno”: Racconti, 1999). Nino hopes to bring an eclectic mix to the program, with a common thread: passion.
Our motoring journalist John-Louis Canale from gtstyle.com covers all things Italian in the motoring world. His time as co-editor of Road and Track magazine in Australia has earned him a well respected position within the world of motor journalism.
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The website features hi-res pictures, movie clips, comparisons, interviews and detailed technical reviews. There’s a huge database of all your favourite sports, luxury and exotic vehicles, plus full spec panels of every detail of the models you love.
Your only bookmark needed for a new era of online automotive entertainment is www.GTstyle.com.
Miramare Garden’s talented Executive chef now joins The Italian Guide crew as our Guide to Italian food. Lee fell in love with hospitality setting tables at the original Miramare at 11 years old. But it wasn’t until he got his hands dirty in the kitchen that he realised he’d truly found his calling. Lee’s career has seen him graduating from working in luxury hotels to running his own restaurants, delis and cafés and has built his life around sourcing and preparing truly premium dishes. His expertise, combined with world-class kitchens, make dining at Miramare Gardens an experience in itself. “Whether you choose a light cocktail menu or a seven-course banquet, you and your guests will remember the food at your event for all the very best of reasons.” Says Lee. Find out more about Miramare gardens at www.miramaregardens.com.au.
Born and bred on the Gold Coast, Kylie Sandstrom has joined the team as our Queensland correspondent, reporting on all things Italian in the Sunshine State.
During the past few years, Kylie has completed numerous acting and presenting courses, training with television personalities such as Lachlan Daddo, Benita Collings and Paul Barry. She has worked on countless television and film sets as an extra, most notably as a regular nurse on Channel 7’s ‘All Saints’.
Kylie has travelled extensively throughout the world, including the US, France, Asia, the UK, and last year visited Rome for the first time, enjoying the beauty of the Colleseo, Vatican City, Tivoli Fountain and revelled in the Italian culture. Having experienced the Italian culture in Italy like many Australians, Kylie seeks and enjoys elements of Italian culture in Australia. It is her outsider's look into a different culture that adds realism and excitement to The Italian Guide.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Key Personnel
Giovanni Albanese
Executive Producer
Giovanni Albanese started his 16 year career in Television as a Channel Ten cameraman in Far North Queensland, working on local programmes such as Radiant Living, Australia's longest running TV show to date and national programmes such as The Investigators. During his time at Ten he was also part of the News team shooting and editing his own stories as is common practice at regional stations. This multi-skilled position put him ahead of his game and has lead him to other roles behind the camera, such as producing and directing.
Behind the scenes Giovanni has worked in all areas of TV Production and Broadcasting with his employment at Channel Seven Adelaide seeing him move into on-air presentation as a technical operator. Seven Adelaide was at the time producing Wheel of Fortune and The Book Place as well as local news and lifestyle shows which gave Giovanni experience as a videotape operator, which eventually lead him into post production.
Currently Giovanni is employed full-time with Foxtel, a position that has seen him go from Foxtel's first technical operator during start up to his current role as Editor.
Parallel to his position at Foxtel, Giovanni is Company Director of Alba Productions, an all-Australian production company producing programmes and events for both the domestic and international markets.
Richard
Fricker
Executive Producer
While still at high school, Richard was introduced to television
as a
presenter / writer / researcher for an ABC teenage magazine
show.
After graduating from university with a B.Sc. and M.Sc.(Qual.)
in 1980,
Richard went on to work in the production of live music,
theatre, radio
and television.
The combination of these entertainment and organisational skills
and experience
led to the formation in 1987 of
Project Television – a film and
video production company specialising in NTSC production and
post-production and a pioneer in video for mobile phones and
Stereoscopic 3D video.
Richard has developed a client list of major corporations,
international
production companies and broadcasters, and has successfully
produced or
coordinated a range of 35mm film and video shoots for film,
broadcast
television and corporate programs destined for Australian,
European, Chinese,
Japanese, Korean and American audiences among others including
the top
rated MTV program The Real World watched in 365 million
households around
the world, music videos and international advertisements for
SONY televisions
and MasterCard.
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The Italian Guide 2006 - 2010