A WRONG TURN IN THE HUNTER REGION OF NSW
LED CHEF ARMANDO PERCUOCO AND HIS WIFE,
GEMMA, TO THE VALLEY OF THEIR DREAMS.
WORDS SAMANTHA VAN EGMOND PHOTOGRAPHY BRIGID ARNOTT STYLING JOHN MANGILAbranching out
Gemma Cunningham and Armando
Percuoco outside the barn at Valleyfield
where they store vats of olive oil for
bottling and labelling. FACING PAGE
They have planted 1200 olive trees,
supplying all the oil to Armando’s
restaurant, Buon Ricordo.
42 COU NTRY ST Y LE JUNE 2017