Meet the Chef: Digraj Baghela Singh
Digraj Baghela Singh, Head Chef at the Prince’s Gate Hotel in Rotorua, started his career with a baptism by fire, working as a trainee…
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MEET THE CHEF: Ben Batterbury – True South Dining at The Rees
Ben Batterbury of True South Dining at The Rees Hotel said that food is in his family’s DNA. “I was born in the U.K,…
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MEET THE CHEF: Anthony Page – 50 Bistro
Antony Page first got into cooking around 1997. Amidst the long list of places that he has worked at, he noted that his years…
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MEET THE CHEF: Jiwon Do – HIPPOPOTAMUS
Jiwon Do has stepped into big shoes, replacing veteran Laurent Loudeac at QT Wellington’s restaurant Hippopotamus as executive chef. Having previously worked in Wellington…
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MEET THE CHEF: Jean-Michael Poulot – TE WAONUI FOREST RETREAT
Jean-Michel Poulot found his way into cooking through an unexpected avenue – fly fishing. “I used to wander along beautiful rivers collecting wild food…
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MEET THE CHEF: Arnaud Mallet – VINTNERS ROOM RESTAURANT
French chef Arnaud Mallet only arrived in New Zealand earlier this year. Last year he was travelling, visiting his family in France where he…
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JORG PENNEKE – LEFT BANK CAFÉ
Sometimes the calling to become a chef can be simple. Jorg Penneke always loved cooking, growing up he was constantly offering to help his…
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Gerrard O’Keefe – Hectors Restaurant
Cooking is in Gerrard O’Keefe’s blood. Growing up in Auckland, his father was a former Navy chef and was always creating things that caught…
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Adrian Walker – Bistro Lago
Growing up on a farm in Southland has shaped Adrian Walker to become the chef he is today. “In Southland, I developed a passion…
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