Former Kensington home of chef Shannon Bennett resold

The former Kensingston home of the popular chef and owner of Melbourne’s iconic Vue De Monde restaurant Shannon Bennett and his wife, Madeleine West, has been re-sold.

It's a chef’s dream within the Nicholas Murray-designed residence.

The 5 Bruce Street, Kensington property was for private sale with an asking price of $2,325,000.

A young professional couple from Port Melbourne snapped up the five-bedroom Victorian for $2,265,000 earlier this month, the Herald Sun reported.

Decked out in the best appliances on offer, the home also includes is a barbecue kitchen with a pizza oven.

The property boasts Jack Merlo-designed gardens, a Japanese pond and a self-cleaning lap pool.

The Kensington property last listed with price hopes of $1.5 million to $1.65 million fetched $1.65 million in early 2013.

Located on Bruce Street, Kensington, the four-bedroom home has a Joost Bakker herb wall plus a vegetable garden on the roof of the double garage.

It had been sold to Bennett for $820,000 in 2004.