Excellence celebrated! Excellence was truly celebrated this year at the 2016 Ora King Awards, affectionately known as The Ora’s. A stunning lunch was served up at the Nelson Club on a sunny warm Tuesday afternoon on the 11th October. This is the fourth year of The Ōra’s, where the awards recognise the outstanding contribution of…[Read more]
Geoff Scott Ora King Awards Judge 2016
NZ chef entries are now closed for the #OraKingAwards. We have selected our 10 semi finalists and handed the reigns over to our external independent judges. We are excited to have Chef and restaurateur Geoff Scott join Anna King Shahab in tasting and judging the semi finalists. Between Geoff & Anna, they will determine the overall…[Read more]
Anna King Shahab, 2016 Ora King Awards Judge
We’re delighted to have Anna back as an Ora King Awards judge for 2016 so we took the opportunity to get Anna’s thoughts on this year’s competition….. Fill us in on what’s been happening with you since you were a judge for us in 2015 Around the time I was judging last year my first…[Read more]
Judging the Ōra King Salmon Awards with Lauraine Jacobs
My Month of Salmon It sounds like a dream job and it was. Fifteen finalists competing to find the best Ōra King Salmon chefs in New Zealand and I had the enviable task of flying about the country to sample eight of these extraordinary dishes. Seven flights, four nights away from home and…[Read more]
Anna King Shahab
The judging of our 12 front runners is still underway, both judges are touring the country tasting and critiquing the best Ora King dishes New Zealand chefs have to offer. We managed to catch up with Anna King Shahab between her busy schedule and ask her some food related questions: What…[Read more]