Management
Benjamin Christie – Founder & Managing Director
Benjamin Christie is the founder and managing director of the Gourmet Ads network, an online vertical advertising network specialising in the food, wine and beer verticals. Prior to the launch of Gourmet Ads in May 2008, Benjamin played key leadership roles within internet based businesses, while evangelising Australian Cuisine throughout the world. It was Christie’s unique combination of experience in both the food and tech sectors which contributed to the success of Gourmet Ads.
Benjamin’s career started as an apprentice chef at the award winning The Watermark Restaurant in Sydney and after completing his apprenticeship, Benjamin was tapped as Executive Chef at Great Keppel Island Resort, The Parkroyal Perth, Angsana Spa Resort and the acclaimed, Banyan Tree Resort in Indonesia. Transitioning from the heat and pressure of restaurant kitchens, Benjamin in 2003 co-hosted the TV series, Dining Downunder and wrote the Dining Downunder cookbook.
Diversifying from food into the tech sector, Benjamin then managed several dot com projects with de Groots Media which included Best Restaurants of Australia, Best Hotels of Australia, Perfect Gift Certificates and Inflight Concierge. For the past 5 years he has been a consultant with the highly successful web agency, Wiliam; helping drive innovation on projects with Yahoo Australia, Australian Labour Party, Network Ten, Foxtel, Radio Rentals and most recently the start-up, Big Brown Box.
Apart from managing the day to day direction of Gourmet Ads, Benjamin is still very active on the food scene with his recipes often appearing in major international newspapers and leading food magazines throughout the world. Benjamin shares his recipes and blogs about Australian food on his website, www.benjaminchristie.com which is quantifiably one of the top-ten chef websites in the world. His videos are also available “on demand” on sites including Hulu, Joost and Youtube.
Under Benjamin’s direction, Gourmet Ads now manages the advertising on over 30 million pages a month around the globe in the food, wine and beer verticals. Working with advertising partner Adify, Benjamin is responsible for driving advertising revenues in American, Canadian, Australian, Asian and UK markets. Christie also works on the publisher side helping sites and bloggers monetize their content.
When not travelling around the globe, Benjamin resides in Sydney, Australia with his partner.
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