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YOUNG CHEFS PREPARE TO COMPETE IN THE NESTLÉ GOLDEN CHEF’S HAT AWARD Young chefs from around New Zealand are gearing up to compete in the regional finals of the 2022 Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat Award.
All the chefs, aged 18-24 years, have entered the competition for a chance to ignite their culinary careers and will be going all out to win the top award. There are two New Zealand regional finals with the South Island event taking place in Christchurch and the North Island competition being held in Auckland. Competing chefs will each create a two-course menu
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(main and dessert dishes) and will have their cooking judged to globally recognised culinary standards. Two winners will be chosen from the New Zealand regional finals. They will win an all expenses paid trip to Melbourne, to compete in a public arena at the Fine Food Expo, against 10 top Australian chefs this September. One winner will take
out the title of Golden Chef of the Year along with a $10,000 cash prize. Now in its 57th year, the Nestlé Golden Chef ’s Hat Award supports top emerging culinary talent from New Zealand and Australia to kick start their careers. Kiwi chef Sam Heaven won the top award in 2020.
SOUTH ISLAND REGIONAL FINALS 26 July @ Ara Institute of Canterbury • Hallie Graham (Picton) • Zak Osborne (Christchurch) • Eileen Prasad (Christchurch) • Joosje Bouman (Christchurch) • Sarah Barradell (Christchurch) • Gabby Sanders (Christchurch)
• Anshul Gurung (Christchurch) • Chris Park (Christchurch) • Matt Kennedy (Christchurch)
NORTH ISLAND REGIONAL FINALS 28 July @ Ignite Colleges • Jacob Aomarere-Poole (Feilding) • Daeshance Cook (Taupo) • Max Zhang Yao Loh (Wellington) • Jimmy Whitefield (Wellington) • Olive Ona (Rotorua) • Isaac Thorp (Auckland) • Shubham Jaglan (Rotorua) • Baxter Neill (Porirua) • Maya Machuca (Auckland)
