Chef Des Harris joins NZSFW
We are delighted to welcome Chef Des Harris as culinary tutor to work alongside Chef Finn Gybel.
Des started his career in the kitchen of Wellington’s Logan Brown Restaurant with Al Brown and Steve Logan and moved to Auckland as executive chef of Clooney in 2006. In more recent years, Des has been executive chef at the Hunting Lodge.
Here is Des with our diploma chefs and his first menu of Beef carpaccio with lemon thyme, black garlic mayo, pickled shallots, brown butter croutons
Goats cheese cappelletti with asparagus, Parmesan & brown butter
Sous Vide Lamb shoulder with Pumpkin molasses, Medjool date, puffed wheat & black olive
Chocolate sabayon tart with white chocolate yoghurt
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Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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40.6% Yes
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33.8% Maybe?
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25.7% No
Lawn Mowing
Is there a friendly, reliable and tidy lawn mowing gentleman in the Sunnyhills, Farm Cove area who could tend to our lawns on a regular basis? Please call Margaret on 021 833 288
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