Heritage Auckland has announced the promotion of Gerrard O’Keefe to the role of executive chef. O’Keefe has been with the hotel as the executive sous chef for the past ten months.
Being on the crest of trends has been an important part of O’Keefe’s career. He was drawn to join the Heritage Auckland due to the profile the hotel had spear heading New Zealand’s plant based or vegan cuisine.
Tempting new dishes at Heritage Auckland’s Hectors restaurant include chive gnocchi, char grilled sunflower polenta, spice garbanzo bean cassoulet and semolina herbed eggplant. Desserts to die for include coconut mango sago with mandarin sorbet mango compote, pumpkin parfait with cinnamon ‘cream’ and raw chocolate delice which are all dairy and gluten free.
