When I read the first media release for the Ōra King Bursary I couldn’t have applied more quickly. The idea of someone contributing $10,000 towards an international experience for my career is an opportunity that does not come often. Honestly, cooking my dish was the easy part. It was the formal interview with the judging…[Read more]
Events
An “Ōra-some” Opportunity
Tuesday 18th March and it was a tense morning in the kitchen at The Foodstore. This was it, the final cook off for the Ora King Chef Bursary competition. The competition was designed to offer an up and coming NZ chef a $10,000 travel bursary to travel to the culinary destination of their choice. The trip would…[Read more]
A Taste of New Zealand in NYC
Recipe for showcasing the best New Zealand fare to savvy New Yorkers: Find a great Kiwi chef – Matt Lambert certainly fits the bill. Location – well it would have to be Matt’s outstanding Michelin star restaurant, The Musket Room in Nolita. Who to invite – hmm… influential New York City food and wine professionals…[Read more]
Huxtabook Launch – Sydney
The venue for our Melbourne launch of Huxtabook was obvious – our very own Huxtable – but we still had to decide who to approach as hosts for our book launch in Sydney. I decided to ask my good friends Mike, Jemma & Berri at Pinbone. They were thrilled to have us come up and take…[Read more]
My Ora King Experience: A Long Lunch
As a staff member at Ora King, I was lucky enough to win an internal competition to travel to Blenheim to join a group of around 50 in a ‘Long Lunch’ – Ora King style – at the beautiful Cloudy Bay winery. The lunch celebrated our Ora King production and also presented the inaugural ‘Ora Awards‘. The Ora…[Read more]
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