Curtis Stone

The chef on Australian motels, packing light and his travel bucket list.

- Joanna Hunkin

We took an excellent vacation over summer. My wife Lindsay and I took the boys to Greece for a couple of weeks. Lindsay had never been and she really wanted to go to the spots that everyone goes to – Mykonos, Santorini – so we did that. I traveled through Greece a lot when I was younger so that was fun because it was me showing her a little bit of Europe that I knew.

My parents got divorced when I was really young. My dad would always take us to Batemans Bay for his annual holiday. We’d stay in the motel behind the main street, one of those typical Aussie motels with the swimming pool in the middle. We’d go to the local pub for dinner a couple of times a week. There was a trampoline on the foreshore, which was a big highlight, and an arcade where we’d play video games.