Jaffa Friands

The animals at Monarto Zoo in South Australia do not know how lucky they are. The 1000-hectare open-range zoo and native fauna sanctuary near Murray Bridge plays an important international role in breeding rare and endangered species from across the southern hemisphere. Among the keepers looking after them is prize-winning show cook Vaughan Wilson.

‘A lot of my job is actually spent in the kitchen, cutting up buckets of fruit and vegetables,’ he explains. ‘We even cook chicken twice