The Olympic Highway drinking hole offers a Double Stacker parmigiana, just in case one is not sufficiently large enough.

Rest assured, one is generous.

Gerogery Hotel chef Daniel Bell said it was only the brave who had ordered the parmigiana by two on his shift.

"In five months I've only cooked four and only one person polished it off!" he said.

Wednesday night is Pot and Parmi Night at the hotel, with 10 variations from which to choose.

Having trained at Cafe Victor in Albury, Bell said he came to commercial cookery by accident.

"I'd left school in Wodonga and my mate was doing a hospitality course," Bell said.

"I guess I sort of fell into it; I did the hospitality course at 17 and I've been cooking ever since."

Based at Holbrook with his partner and their four children, Bell started cooking for the Gerogery Hotel five months ago.

He said they launched their new winter menu last week.

"It's home-cooked, Mediterranean-style pub meals," he said.

"Most places I've worked at have served Mediterranean-style food.

"I've incorporated that into the way I cook and dishes I like."

Gerogery Hotel publican Jimmy O'Neill said he took over running the hotel in spring 2017.

"We do 300 to 400 meals a week," he said.

MEET MORE HOMEGROWN CHEFS:

What's your favourite winter dish?

Beef stews or lasagne

What's your favourite season?

Summer, not for working in the kitchen though.

What are the staples in your pantry now?

Pasta sauce, pasta, baked beans

What is your earliest cooking memory?

When I was 8 or 9, helping mum make chocolate crackles.

Which ingredients do you grow yourself?

We grow tomatoes, corn, snow peas and lettuce.

Which six people would you invite to dinner?

Friends and family

What is your favourite foodie ritual?

Monday night family roast

What are you bingeing on TV? If anything.

Nothing at the moment

What did you have for dinner last night?

Chicken kiev and salad

What are you drinking at the moment?

Soft drink or iced coffee, they'd have to be my biggest downfall.

Details:

Gerogery Hotel,

Olympic Highway, Gerogery

Phone: (02) 6026 0516