For the last 3 years, I have been blessed to work in this amazing place, Kaikoura for the annual Seafest Festival. Which, for those of you not familiar with NZ is on the East Coast of the South Island, it is stunning. Thousands of people flock to this region to sample beautiful wines, delicious seafood and…

I had the best time recently on the Kenwood Stand at the Christchurch Food Show, re creating the Generation Game.   Using the Kenwood Chef, in teams of 2 we had to re create a meringue basket.   As you can see, the majority of my meringue ended up on the judges and   around…

Back in the Naki, this time for the Home and Lifestyle Expo.  It was really nice to get out of the rain and back into the sunshine, which my body needs, did anyone tell you, I’m Jamaican!   I cooked up Jerk Chicken on the Saturday and a beautiful Lamb and Salsa Verde on the…

In case you didn’t want to read all of it and just wanted a nose at the pics: Back stage at the Bowl watching Arrested Developments electrifying performance. Yeah! Sometimes, I just couldn’t contain myself – ha! Me and H, enjoying the back stage buzz! There would be no show without Karen, Jo and George…

For the last 3 years, I have been blessed to be invited to host the Nova Taste The World marquee at WOMAD NZ. This year was even more special then ever, because WOMAD had a 10 year birthday party, so even more reason to celebrate.  Every year I tell the WOMAD-ites who descend upon the…