The 2015 Ora King awards are less than a week away. Menus are finalised, guest list confirmed and flights are booked, safe to say there is certainly no turning back. This year marks the third annual award celebration and in true Ora King style we have a very special day planned for our guests. We will host over 65…[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]
Lauraine Jacobs
As one of our professional judges for the 2015 Ora King Awards, we have put a few questions to Lauraine Jacobs: What is the single most important rule when it comes to being a food writer? In one word – knowledge. Everyone who loves eating wants to be a food writer or a…[Read more]
Introducing our Judges…..
We’re more than half way through the Ora King Best Dish campaign and the standard of entries is phenomenal! Our 2 industry judges Lauraine Jacobs and Anna King Shahab have a tough job on their hands – tasting the 12 front runners and whittling them down to 4 finalists and and then 1 overall winner for New…[Read more]