Copper Chimney Indian Restaurant opened in May 2012. It is a New chef-owned restaurant in South Fremantle that seeks to restore Indian cuisine’s reputation as world-class.

Co-owner and Chef Elance Fernando has enjoyed an exemplary chef career: Eleven years ago he graduated top of his class in India and the gold medal for his degree, a Bachelor in Hotel Management and Catering Science from Madurai Kama Raj University. From there he worked at various Indian restaurants before coming to Australia to work for Mela, Nine Mary’s and Chutney Mary’s and Burswood, where he was one of just two chefs-out of 5200 employees-to earn a Shining Star of Burswood award.Elance has opened Copper Chimney with fellow chef Kaushal Verma, a former head chef at Nine Mary’s known in the industry for his traditional Indian curries and artistic approach to food.

Chef Kaushal and Elance won The Galaxy Star Award 2012 at Crown Perth. They worked as a team to design and create a menu that celebrated the cuisine of their homeland to share with their fellow workers in staff dining room For the Spice Trail theme days in April and May. The pair is determined to make the beautifully decorated South Terrace restaurant WA’s pre-eminent destination for Indian cuisine.

“Traditional Indian food must be cooked with precision, love and honesty,” Kaushal says. “Cooking is an art: When it is done with the knowledge of traditional process and spices, it really is a pleasure.”

“Traditional Indian food must be cooked with precision, love and honesty.”

“We aim to lead the way,” Elance adds. “All our chicken is free-range and we carefully choose the seafood from local and imported markets to ensure it is the best quality and from sustainable fisheries.

“Our menu reflects the diversity of India: All of the cuisine is cooked fresh to order with fresh ingredients and can be altered at your request. Further more dishes are available with out oil and butter and with your choices of garnish and side dishes.we do gluten free and vegan food as well

“We also serve indian filter coffee- with beans imported from India-and masala and chai” Also, many people in India are vegetarian so naturally we have an excellent selection of dishes that can serve as superb mains in their own right or as complements to other selections.”