by alpha | Mar 24, 2023 | 2023, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Gideon Landman, New Zealand
Gideon Landman Follow Having worked in South African and European Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury hotels, Gideon moved to New Zealand in 2013 to take up a role with the iconic Huka Lodge. In December of that year, he joined Simon Wright and Creaghan...
by Downing Designer | Feb 21, 2023 | 2023, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, James Stapley, New Zealand
James Stapley Follow James started his career in London in the mid-90s training at Michelin Star restaurant ‘Windows’ at the Park Lane Hilton. He then went on to be the Head Chef of a Terence Conran restaurant The Premier, in Selfridges on Oxford Street. After moving...
by Downing Designer | Jun 10, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Matt Lambert, New Zealand
Matt Lambert Follow MATT LAMBERT is a chef of international acclaim who recently returned home to his native home of New Zealand. Having worked on multiple projects in the USA he is beyond excited to take the lead as Executive Chef at Rodd and Gunn’s The Lodge...
by Downing Designer | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, New Zealand, Punit D'souza
Punit D’souza Follow My love of cooking began in my early teens. Immediately after college, I enrolled in the Arun Muchhala International College of Hotel Management in Thane, Mumbai. I learnt a lot here and ultimately decided to travel, with my first stop being...
by Downing Designer | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Kevin Hopgood, New Zealand
Kevin Hopgood Follow Hopgood’s Restaurant or, as everyone calls it, ‘Hopgood’s’ is a restaurant you can rely on to deliver great quality food and service every time, something that is very difficult to do in any business let alone a hospitality business. Food is...
by Downing Designer | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021, 2022, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, New Zealand, Phil Clark
Phil Clark Follow At the age of 15, Phil Clark got a summer job as a chef while working on a marine biology scholarship. Years later, Clark happily prepares and expertly cooks the seafood, rather than studies it. Having owned Phil’s Kitchen in Auckland for just under...
