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]
Best of best in best of breed: attending the Ōra King Awards lunch
Best of best in best of breed: attending the Ōra King Awards lunch by Anna King Shahab It’s one of the hottest tickets on the food writers’ calendar. The day when a select few journalists are invited to join a select group of industry professionals to celebrate the four chefs at the top of…[Read more]
Voyage to Aotearoa
The Ora King Awards are a special time of year for us. Not only do we witness an array of innovative dishes from some of the best chefs around the world, we also get the opportunity to come together and celebrate. Finalists of the Ora’s are invited from the USA, Australia and NZ to the home of…[Read more]
“Memories Shared” Series: Matt Lambert
I was born in Waitakere hospital in Auckland and spent most of my childhood in Auckland apart from a few years in Wellington. I set myself the goal of having my own restaurant by the time I was 21 and achieved that when I was 20 when I bought Sun Sierra restaurant. That didn’t work…[Read more]
Salmon Superstars
The annual Ora King awards celebrate the best culinary uses of this fabulous fish. Kiwi chefs who venture overseas may be a loss to our local dining public, but we can all bask in the glory as their success resonates around the world. They become culinary ambassadors for the fine New Zealand ingredients we grow,…[Read more]