Now what’s next for me? Well, there’s always Chicago. For those of you who didn’t know, I flew out to Chicago last June to compete on a Food Network show and won the opportunity to take a position in the Windy City (http://blog.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/2013/09/chef-wanted-tavernita-update/). So why am I still in New York? While I was in … Continue reading
The tasting room at Mudbrick Vineyards After our holiday in Pauanui, I was beginning to feel quite at home in Kiwi country. One of the things I definitely wanted to do while I was here was to tour some vineyards. Fellow chefs who had visited NZ recommended dining at vineyard restaurants for their superior food … Continue reading
My first weekend in New Zealand was a long weekend. Monday was New Zealand’s national holiday commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Whitangi. Signed on February 6th, 1840, it established a British governor of New Zealand, and gave the native Maori people the rights of British citizens, and recognized their ownership of their lands … Continue reading
The flight from New York to Auckland, New Zealand is very, very…long. It takes anywhere from 18 to 24 hours, depending on your layover times, and it’s disorienting because when you arrive, it’s 16 hours ahead of New York time, so you lose two days in travel. Lucky for me, my friend V had made … Continue reading
Sorry, this content of this post has been rewritten and reposted as two new posts: Ushering out the Dragon Welcome to the Land of the Long White Cloud Continue reading
