Saison

Borago`

NZ Gardens

Throughout my time in NZ I traveled all over the country side. All through the north island you would see fruit orchids, vineyards, vegetable crops and berry farms as far as the eye could see. But to my surprise most of my family and friends I stayed with had vegetable gardens in their backyards! Herbs, Vegies and Fruit were all fresh and ready to be picked just out the back door step.

I was also surprised at this time of year (January) the quality of, wild fennel, nasturtiums, wood sorrel, rocket flowers, wild garlic, wild watercress and many other edible flowers and herbs were around compared to the same time in Australia. 

This is a collection of photo's from my family and friends gardens. Would be great to see more of this back home! 

Royal Mail!

Lucky Peach

Check this mag out! Very different to all the other food magazines out there.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/luckypeach

Eating out in NZ

If your looking to eat out in New Zealand check out these restaurants!

Meredith's

http://merediths.co.nz

The Grove

www.thegroverestaurant.co.nz

Fergburger

http://www.fergburger.com

Stage

While I was in Auckland I staged at a restaurant called Sidart. Sid Sahrawat Is a great chef and really nice guy. The whole team was great, only three of them in the kitchen to serve a restaurant that seats just over 40. 

Some amazing food coming out of such a little kitchen. Check out the website for more info.

http://sidart.co.nz/page/Home

Restaurant Andre

Restaurant Andre in Pictures!

http://www.theworlds50best.com/a-meal-at-restaurant-andre-in-pictures/9968

Paris

An article on Paris dining, and some of the greatest chefs alive.

http://www.theworlds50best.com/paris-dining-redux-epicure-february-2012-2/10779

Cooking in progress

Cant wait to see this!

frantzen lindeberg

Veggies!

frantzen lindeberg

frantzen lindeberg

A great little Vid!

New Zealand

New Zealand is situated in the South Pacific and has a population of around 4.3 million. Agriculture contributes to about two-thirds of exported goods in New Zealand with exports valued at over $15 billion p.a. New Zealand's high proportion of winter sunshine hours and considerable rainfall provide an ideal resource base for pastoral agriculture, forestry, horticulture and hydro-electricity generation.


Everywhere we travelled, there were farms. I visited, dairies, vineyards, berry farms, fruit orchids, venison farms, beekeepers and drove past farms filled with wheat, barley, oats and maize. The little vegetable stalls are abundant through the farming land and packed with some of the best produce that I have seen.

Veggie stall at a little farm we stayed on

Breakfast radishes, for chef!

The best Maori potatoes. Our host brought down a pot of cooked Peru Peru for our breakfast. So creamy and flavoursome.

The dairy.