Chefs

Australian born chef Daniel Hill is based in Central Otago where he joined Pitches Café and Restaurant as head chef in 2014. Twenty years…

Chef Mario Rodrigues has travelled the world and enjoyed a very interesting career to date. Having trained in Cape Town, when Rodrigues qualified, he…

Greg Piner has an impressive career history as a chef and has worked for many leading restaurants around New Zealand including Blanket Bay, Hotel…

Chef Aaron Ballantyne started working in kitchens at the age of 15, washing dishes after school, which lead him to fall in love with…

Having started out as a commis chef at Shed 5 in 1997 under the original owners, Geoff Ngan then travelled the world extensively, cooking…

Chef Paul Limacher has collected a range of awards for his cuisine abilities during a career that has seen him leading several top Wellington…

Originally from Palmerston North, Andrew May has been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years. At the end of 1992, he moved to…

At just 16, Richard Ponder started working in a kitchen in a small restaurant in his local town in the Midlands in the UK…

Regarded as one of New Zealand’s leading chefs and with Palate being one of the country’s most awarded restaurants, Mat McLean is a chef…

Born in Christchurch from Scottish and Maori decent, Tu Fearn moved to the upper north Island with his family when he was ten and…

Prior to his current role at Molten, chef Alex Aitken worked under award-winning executive chef Ben Bayly at the Grove as junior sous chef….

After training at Auckland University School of Hospitality and Tourism, Logan Coath started his career at Moka Restaurant in West Auckland. He has travelled…