TASTE COOKING STAGE
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The perfect place to discover how to take your garden to your table. Be inspired to whip up a feast as the Taste magazine experts including Luca Villari, Sean Armstrong andJulie Biuso create new recipes and ideas for using your garden produce. This stage will be filled with easy, hands-on ideas you can try at home.
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Suzanne DaleSuzanne Dale launched Taste magazine in 2005 and has been editing this popular national magazine ever since. With a focus on in-season produce, Taste delivers more than 100 fabulous recipes and fresh ideas for Kiwi cooks every month |
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Jo Bates
Deputy editor Jo Bates is a keen cook and enthusiastic traveller. A pescatarian, Jo has previously worked on many food publications including Vogue Entertaining and Travel and Delicious in Australia. |
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Luca Villari
Chef Luca Villari runs the kitchen at a busy, popular Auckland venue, teaches cooking classes and contributes a lively monthly feature to Taste. He distils his chef's knowledge for Taste readers into recipes that are delicious, user-friendly and often reflect his Italian heritage. |
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Julie Biuso
Julie Biuso is one of New Zealand's most recognised food personalities. As consulting food editor to Taste, she contributes years of experience to her features that cover seasonal produce, making the most of pantry staples and entertaining ideas. |
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Sean Armstrong
Sean Armstrong is a chef, baker and cook book author who brings his wealth of knowledge to Taste, delivering clever, yet easy, ideas for readers who enjoy entertaining at home and working with new, flavours and techniques.
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Kelly Young
2010 Kelly was the runner up to the New Zealand Masterchef, from there she went and worked for one of the Judges of the show, Simon Gault in Euro at prince’s wharf, Auckland. Kelly enjoyed working in a professional kitchen with some of New Zealand’s top chefs but due to the show she was offered many amazing opportunities within the food industry so she started up her own company “Kel’s Kitchen Ltd” where she does motivational talks and food demonstrations at schools, corporate companies and in stores, she writes for a couple of food industry magazines and has just started post-production for a food show on prime. www.kelsktichen.co.nz has also been set up for people to get recipes, kitchen and garden tricks and tips that are useful for the DIY Kiwi’s. |
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CHRIS FORTUNESince winning HELL’S KITCHEN in May 2003 Chris has received excellent promotion and recognition through local and national media and hospitality publications. Having been busy working and running restaurants for the last 15 years he is now enjoying helping raise his young 8 year old son and 4 year old daughter. Never to be far from the hotspots though, Chris is also currently working for the Heartland Hotel Blenheim and the Marlborough Convention Centre as the Executive Chef and presides as the Chairperson for the Marlborough Farmers Market and chairperson of the New Zealand Farmers Market Association. Chris is passionate about all NZ food producers and supports local fresh honest cuisine. This gives him a much broader and deeper appreciation of how produce gets to the kitchen. Having run many different kitchens and an active member of different organisations both in Marlborough and New Zealand Chris understands that no longer can a chef hide in his kitchen; they must represent their philosophy and understanding of hospitality. |
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