by Downing Designer | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 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, 2023, 2024, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Chetan Pangam, New Zealand
Chetan Pangam Follow My mum is my cooking inspiration. Cooking style: modern New Zealand with Indian French influences. A lot of my cooking showcases my Indian heritage currently at One80 Restaurant Copthorne Hotel Oriental Bay, Wellington. I obtained a Bachelor’s...
by Downing Designer | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, New Zealand, Norka Mella Munoz
Norka Mella Munoz Follow Norka Mella Muñoz is a talented chef originally from Santiago, Chile, with a passion for creating delicious dishes that celebrate the fusion of Chilean flavors and New Zealand’s local produce. Growing up in a household where her mother was a...
by Downing Designer | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, Makoto Tokuyama, New Zealand
Makoto Tokuyama Follow It’s difficult for Makoto Tokuyama to pin down one dish that reminds him of growing up in Saga, Japan. Living in a Zen Buddhist temple meant mealtimes were always shared with the extended family and often consisted of seafood wrangled from the...
by Downing Designer | Jun 3, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, New Zealand, Shaun Clouston
Shaun Clouston Follow For Shaun, cooking has been a huge passion of his since he was young. He has always wanted to cook from an early age starting with making a tray of toast and marmalade and taking it on a tray to his mum. For over 25 years, Logan Brown Restaurant...
by Josh Munro | Jun 2, 2021 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, Amabassadors, Ambassadors Region, Ambassadors Year, North America
Mathew Peters Follow Growing up in Meadville, Pennsylvania, TV inspired Peters to cook. Watching episodes of Great Chefs of the World, he became determined to pursue a career as a chef. After high school, he attended Le Cordon Bleu in Pittsburgh and then started his...
