Chefs confess their secret vices

Matt Moran's secret vice is Maggie Beer's burnt fig ice-cream. Photo: Edwina Pickles

Peter Kuruvita indulges his vice of a 'dodgy mince pie with a glass of milk' throughout the year, not just at Christmas. Photo: Steven Siewert

Eco-warrior Matt Stone heads up Silo by Joost. 'I quite like the crappy Old El Paso taco kit for dinner. You can cook it pretty quickly and it's pretty tasty'. He says the kit reminds him of being a child. Photo: Luis Enrique Ascui

Jacques Reymond's treat is a Pride of France French toast biscotti with real French butter and some dry salami. He loves this snack with a good coffee and says: 'This is much more for me than chocolate or something'. Photo: Eddie Jim

Julie Goodwin's secret vices are wine and cheese. Photo: Steven Siewert

Bondi's Icebergs and Da Orazio Pizza and Porchetta restaurateur Maurice Terzini drinks at least 14 coffees a day: 'It's not really a secret but I am addicted to coffee. I have eight cups of coffee, sweet and black, classic Italian style, before I leave the house in the morning.' Photo: James Brickwood

Restaurateur and farmer Martin Boetz confesses he could eat three packets of Doritos Cheese Supreme corn chips in one sitting. Photo: Steven Siewert

Jazz singer, former Play School presenter, and cookbook author Monica Trapaga keeps a two-kilogram box of crystalised oranges in dark chocolate in her wine fridge. Photo: Marco Del Grande

Matt Wilkinson of Pope Joan confesses he enjoys Happy Cow processed cheese. 'It's easy. Delicious. Happy Cow makes me happy.' Photo: Eddie Jim

Coffee king Salvatore Malatesta of St Ali eats Nutella straight from a five-kilogram container with a spoon, straight from the tub. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones

While Maggie Beer's vice is freshly made peanut butter off a spoon or on 'really crusty grainy bread'. Photo: Marco Del Grande

Adriano Zumbo: 'I love my childhood things like ice-cream and Milo, stirring it up and getting it back to semi-liquid then sucking it off the spoon.' Photo: Steven Siewert

Mark Best of Sydney's Marque restaurant and Melbourne's Pei Modern bistro likes to eat cold baked beans straight from the can. Photo: Marco Del Grande

Adam Liaw's secret vice is fried chicken with Kewpie mayonnaise. The Japanese mayonnaise if available from Asian grocers. Photo: Marco Del Grande

Elvis Abrahanowicz and Sarah Doyle of Porteno with their dogs Buddy (black) and Marcel (white). Elvis' secret vice is Kraft singles, while Sarah says peppermint choc chip ice-cream is her favourite food in the world. Photo: Edwina Pickles

Alla Wolf-Tasker of Daylesford's The Lake House says her secret indulgence is: 'Virtually anything liquorice or aniseed covered with chocolate. Choc aniseed rings will do. But organic dark chocolate liquorice from Organic Times reduces the guilt for really no good reason.' Photo: Simon O'Dwyer

Guillaume Brahimi keeps a stash of Kit Kats in the pantry, out of his kids' sight. Photo: James Brickwood

Neil Perry eats frozen chocolates such as Caramello Koalas, Twixes and Kit Kats. 'They're really industrial commercial chocolate, so they're too sweet but when you freeze them, it takes a lot of that sweetness out and makes them crunchy,' Perry says. Photo: Edwina Pickles

Neil Perry eats frozen Caramello koalas.

Salvatore Malatesta eats Nutella straight from the tub.