“I always loved food, a lot,” beams multi-award-winning, London-based Kiwi chef and restauranteur, Chantelle Nicholson. “I think I got into cooking pretty young for a few reasons. I had an aunt in Central Otago that was an amazing cook and baker, and then had another aunt who spent some time travelling and living in America, so had very different influences from her."
Kashmiri Pulao is a traditional rice dish with mushrooms, dried fruit, nuts, and spices from the Kashmiri cuisine.
Chef Monisha Bharadwaj is a culinary genius known for simple, authentic Indian cuisine and is also the founder of cookery school Cooking With Monisha.
It’s good to see the upward trend of sustainable cooking and food sourcing becoming a feature among new restaurants.
Verve catches up with some cool Kiwi chefs to talk about the festive season with Pierre-Allain Fenoux, Adel Jener and June Street.









