PRAHRAN MARKET | A JOURNEY FROM TEMPORARY OUTDOOR MARKET TO CHEF'S PARADISE with Lesley Sharon Rosenthal

In 2014 Prahran Market turned 150 years old. Writer, filmmaker and Market shopper, Lesley Sharon Rosenthal was commissioned to write the Market’s history. Lesley takes us through its fascinating milestones from sawdust floors, horse and carts and the Depression to migrant explosion, birth of delis, foodie entrepreneurs and chef’s gourmet paradise. The Market was a kind of microcosm of Melbourne’s evolving eating habits over the decades as well as a community heartbeat during the changing fortunes of time. Bring along your tastebuds!

LESLEY SHARON ROSENTHAL is a writer and filmmaker who has a love of history. Her films Boutique Magnifique, and Chapel of Chic documenting the history of Collins Street's fashion through its high-end boutiques and Chapel Street’s history of fashion over a hundred years, drew large audiences to ACMI and the Astor Theatre. She has also written Schmattes: Stories of Fabulous Frocks, Funky Fashion and Flinders Lane (2005) documenting Flinders Lane’s colourful history of the rag trade.